D.M. (Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics)
Doctor of Medicine in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics

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D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics or Doctor of Medicine in Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics is a Doctorate Clinical Pharmacology Course. Clinical pharmacology is the science of drugs and their clinical use. It is the basic science of pharmacology, with added focus on the application of pharmacological principles and methods. It has a broad scope, from the discovery of new target molecules, to the effects of drug usage in whole populations. The duration of the course is two years and it may be more or less than this as per different institutes. It is career providing in nature that offers them many scopes after its passing.

D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Eligibility

• The candidate should have recognized post graduate degree MD/ MS (or its equivalent) from a medical college recognized by MCI.
• Candidates who have appeared MD/ MS or equivalent examinations are also eligible to submit application forms. However, they will be considered for selection, on production of passing certificate of post graduation degree on the date of preference form filling and counseling.

D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Syllabus

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D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Colleges

• Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences
• Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGI)
• Seth G.S. Medical College

D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Course Suitability

• Those who have the ability to recognize the health needs of the community, and carry out professional obligations ethically and in keeping with the objectives of the national health policy.
• Those who want to have teaching, training and research in clinical pharmacology also are suitable for it.
• They should have knowledge regarding drug information, drug formulary and standard treatment guidelines, therapeutic drug monitoring, drug utilization and pharmaco-epidemiological studies and adverse drug reaction monitoring.

How is D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Course Beneficial?

• They can have teaching jobs and also can go for further research studies as it gives good base for it.
• They can have jobs regarding regulatory affairs like dug registration, control of clinical trials, adverse drug monitoring, drug licensing, drug pricing and drug information.
• Pharmaceutical industry is a wide spread area of career for them; here they perform works like clinical trials, bioequivalence studies, drug approvals, new drug development and post marketing surveillance, drug development.
• They can also join hospitals as one the career options; here they work as patient care, drug interactions, Pharmaco-vigilance, Evidence based medicine, ethics and clinical research methodology.

D.M. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics Job Types

• Clinical Investigator/ Principal investigator
• Clinical Assistant Manager
• Manager-Clinical Pharmacologay
• Head-Clinical Operations
• Clinical Research Associate
• Clinical Research Associate/ Scientist
• Senior Resident-Clinical Pharmacologist
• Clinical Leader
• Medical Advisor
• Clinical Research Physician/ Principal Investigators
• Manager-Clinical Trials