ICMR NvCCP Prescribing Skills Course
For the Indian Medical Graduates
This Pursuing/completed Internship after completion of Final year MBBS examination
MBBS interns (completed/pursuing) and Registered medical Practitioners (RMP ) - MBBS stream
The course videos demonstrating specific skills, assignments and additional material for enhanced learning has been reviewed by ICMR-TAG and clinical experts from Delhi and Mumbai.
About the course
The Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) – National Virtual Centre Clinical Pharmacology (NvCCP)
Prescribing Skills course for Indian Medical Graduates (IMG) has been
launched to improve prescription practices in India.
“Prescribing Skills” has been
recognized by the National Medical Commission (NMC) as a “Must Know” entity in
its curriculum for Medical Graduates. A pilot study conducted among first-year
resident doctors on the assessment of prescribing skills documented lack of
preparedness for the rational prescription. Inappropriate prescribing results
in insufficient or delayed recovery, increased risk of preventable harm/adverse
drug reaction, development of antimicrobial resistance, and increased cost of
therapy to the patient.
Considering the inadequacies of
Prescribing Skills in India, Dr. Balram Bhargava, Secretary to the Govt. of
India Dept. of Health Research and Director General, ICMR is delighted to launch
this course on "Prescribing Skills for Indian Medical Graduates
(IMG)".
This course has been developed by
experts from departments of Clinical Pharmacology, Clinical disciplines, and
Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) located in 15 ICMR Rational Use of
Medicines Centres (RUMC) from top medical colleges across India. The ICMR-
NvCCP network, guided by ICMR-Technical Advisory Group (TAG) has peer-reviewed
this course along with clinical experts from New Delhi and Mumbai.
This online course has been designed
as per the Specific Learning Objectives (SLOs) of the NMC curriculum. It
consists of 40 video lectures ( basic modules ) , 5 elective modules and 4
COVID-19 Modules in the form of lecture presentations which are practical
case-based and provide an array of resource materials. The course can be
accessed on all digital platforms as per the convenience of IMGs.
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Technical Advisory Group(TAG) Members
Course development is guided by the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) setup by the Secretary (DHR) & Director-General(DG), ICMR.
Dr. Subir Maulik
MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
AIIMS, New Delhi
Dr. V.P. Kamboj
PhD, DSc
Ex-Director, Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow
Dr. Nilima A. Kshirsagar
MD, PhD, FNAS, FNAMS,
FRCP(UK), FCP(USA)
Dr. Y.K.Gupta
MD, PhD, President
AIIMS Bhopal & AIIMS Jammu
ICMR Course Coordinator
Dr. Nabendu Sekhar Chatterjee
MD, PhD
Scientist G NICED, Kolkata
Course Layout
Module 1: Introduction
III. Prescribing in Medical emergencies
II. Principles of Prescribing
I. Healthcare System
Module 2: Health ecosystem, Health care setting, National Health programmes
Module 3: Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940; Rules, 1945 and Drugs Schedules, amendments thereof, Fixed Dose Combinations, Over The Counter drugs, AYUSH Drugs, Nutraceuticals and Health Supplements
Module 4: Healthcare setting, National Essential Medicines List, Health Insurance schemes including Ayushman Bharat
Module 13: Common Acute Poisoning
Module 14: Management of Shock
Module 15: Prescribing before referral for cases of myocardial infarction and acute coronary
syndrome
Module 5: Fundamentals of prescribing, Good prescribing practices
Module 6: Medication History
Module 7: Formulation and appropriate Route of Administration
Module 8: Relevance of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Safe & Effective Medication
Module 9: Documentation
Module 10: Communication Skills in Prescribing
Module 11: Improving Adherence
Module 12: Principles of antimicrobial prescribing
VI. Therapeutic Groups
IV. Adverse Drug Reactions
V. Prescribing in special patient groups
Module 25. (i): Prescribing appropriately for hypertension
(ii): Prescribing rationally for hypertensive emergencies
Module 26: Prescribing for heart failure
Module 27. Management of Stable Coronary artery
disease and secondary prevention
Module 28: Prescribing in Diabetes Mellitus
Module 29: Prescribing for Pain Management
Module 18: Prescribing for women
Module 20: Prescribing for women II
Module 21. Prescribing for children
Module 22: Prescribing for elderly
Module 23. Prescribing in renal and hepatic impairment
Module 24: Prescribing in perioperative period
Module 16: Basic Principles of Adverse Drug Reactions
Module 17: Adverse Drug Reactions – Management and Prevention
Module 18: Adverse Drug Reaction - Reporting
VII. Therapeutic Groups
VIII. Therapeutic Groups
IX. Elective Modules
Module 30: Prescribing Antimicrobial rationally for common conditions
Module 31: Dermatology Disorders
Module 32: Prescribing for ENT disorders
Module 33: Prescribing for Ophthalmological Disorders
Module 34: Prescribing in Asthma and COPD
Module 35: Prescribing for Community Acquired Pneumonia & Symptomatic cough management
Module 36: Common Gastrointestinal Disorders
Module 37: Common Psychiatric Conditions (Anxiety, Depression)
Module 38: Common Psychiatric Conditions (Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder)
Module 39: Epilepsy, Dementia and Migraine
Module 40: Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout
Module 41: Prescribing in Palliative and End of Life care
Module 42: Approach to hemoglobinopathies
Module 43: Diagnosis and management of PCOS
Module 44: Anti-Tuberculosis drug prescription
Module 45: Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Post Kala - azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)
Module 46: Transfusion reactions, Approach to G6PD deficiency and thrombocytopenia
VIII. COVID-19 Modules
Module 47:
Management of COVID-19 - Children
Module 48:
Management of COVID-19 - Adult
Module 49:
Management - Post COVID-19 sequalae
Module 50:
Symptom Management
Course Highlights
Enrollment is currently Closed.