All India Online Essay Contest organized by IIHMR University

School of Pharmaceutical Management

The IIHMR UNIVERSITY, Jaipur

(www.iihmr.edu.in)

Announces

MANTHAN 2016:

‘All India Online Essay Contest’

Phase 1

for Pharmacy/Science/Biotechnology/Life Sciences graduates/Students

Information Brochure

ABOUT THE ALL INDIA ONLINE ESSAY CONTEST

The School of Pharmaceutical Management, The IIHMR University, Jaipur is inviting students and  graduates in the field of Pharmacy/Science/Biotechnology/ Life Sciences, all across India to enter an online essay competition in two phases- Phase 1 and Phase 2

The essay contest is organized with  an objective to harness the energy, imagination and creativity of the budding graduates in developing an in depth understanding of the pharmaceutical field and exploring new career avenues in the field of pharmaceutical management.

1^st  PRIZE: Rs 5000/-

2^nd PRIZE: RS 3000/-

3^rd  PRIZE: Rs 2000/-

CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION FOR ALL THE PARTICIPANTS

No Fee will be payable by the participants at any stage of the contest

TOPICS (Write on ANY ONE topic):-

  1  .      Pharmaceutical Management- A new professional career in the pharmaceutical industry

  2.      Future of Pharmaceutical industry vis a vis  pharmacy education in India  

  3.      Responsible use of antibiotics saves lives

ELIGIBILITY:-

   Final and third year students of B.Pharm/BSc

   Those who have completed their B.Pharm/Science/Biotechnology/Life Sciences degree

   4^th and 5^th year students of Pharm.D.

PROCESS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ESSAY CONTEST

STEP 1

Submission of registration form

(Last date : December 15,2015)

Submit the registration form to saurabh@iihmr.edu.in in the format as given below:-

REGISTRATION FORM

  1.      Name of the participant……………………………………………………..

  2.      Age……………………….

  3.      Gender………………….

  4.      Name of the Institute…………………………………………………………

  5.      Course and year of study…………………………………………………..

  6.      Title of the essay………………………………………………………………..

  7.      Email…………………………………………………………

(Please mention the correct email for communication)

  8.      Mobile number(Personal)…………………………………………………..

  9.      Correspondence  address …………………………………………………………………

(Pleae mention only one correct correspondence address for sending the hard copy of the certificate and the prize money)

STEP 2

Submission of the Completed essay

(Submit at saurabh@iihmr.edu.in)

(Last date : January 15 , 2016)

Guidelines

Mention the following on the complete essay

 

  1.      Name of the participant……………………………………………………..

  2.      Age……………………….

  3.      Gender………………….

  4.      Name of the Institute…………………………………………………………

  5.      Course and year of study…………………………………………………..

  6.      Title of the essay………………………………………………………………..

  7.      Email…………………………………………………………

(Please mention the correct email for communication)

  8.      Mobile number(Personal)…………………………………………………..

  9.      Correspondence  address …………………………………………………………………

(Please mention only one correct correspondence address for sending the hard copy of the certificate and the prize money)

  1.      The essay should be written in English

  2.      Only individual entries will be accepted. Co-authorship is not permitted

  3.      The word limit for the essay is 1800-2000 words

  4.      Individual entries to be submitted ONLY IN SOFT COPY  via email at saurabh@iihmr.edu.in

  5.      The essay should be written in MS word file (doc.docx)

  6.      Font size-Times New Roman, Font size 12, Spacing 1.5

  7.      The hard copy of Certificate of participation will be sent to only those participants  who will submit the complete essay, mere submission of registration form will not make the candidate eligible to receive the certificate

  8.      The decision regarding acceptance, rejection and the award of the prizes for the essay would be solely of The IIHMR University, Jaipur and will be abided  by all the participants.

  9.      Verbatim of the internet sources or from the journals on the mentioned topics will not be accepted. Only original work will be accepted.

The last date for the receipt of complete Essay through email  is January 15 , 2016 . The essays received after the due date will not be accepted.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation of the essay will be done based on the following criteria’s

  Ø  Originality

  Ø  Relevance to the topic

  Ø  Adherence to the guidelines mentioned in the information brochure

Declaration of the result:-

The result of the contest will be declared by the end of January 2016 on the IIHMR University website

Program Incharge:-

Dr. Saurabh Kumar Banerjee

In case of any query, please feel free to write to:

Dr.Saurabh kumar Banerjee M.Pharm, Ph.D., M.B.A.

(Programme Coordinator)

‘All India Online Essay Contest’

Assistant Professor,

The IIHMR UNIVERSITY

1 PrabhuDayal Marg, Near Sanganer Airport

Jaipur (Pin-302029), Rajasthan, INDIA

Office: +91 141 3924700, Ext: 710, Fax: +91 141 3924738,

Mobile: +91-8890398067, Email: saurabh@iihmr.edu.in

ABOUT The IIHMR UNIVERSITY, JAIPUR

The IIHMR University is a specialized Research University in management research, postgraduate education and training exclusively in the health sector.The university is ranked No. 1 B-School (Health Sector) in Outlook 2014, 2013,2012, 2011 and No. 1 Institute of Healthcare Management in Hindustan Times.The University has been designated as a WHO collaborating Center for District Health Systems based on Primary Health Care.

The MBA Programmes Offered are:

•              MBA Pharmaceutical Management

•              MBA Hospital and HealthManagement:

v  Hospital Management

v  Health Management

v  Health Economics, Finance and Insurance

v  Human Resource Management

v  Procurement and Supply Chain Management

•              MBA Rural Management

Other Programmes Offered:

•              PhD ( Health, Hospital, Pharmaceutical Management etc)

•              MPH  in collaboration with  Johns Hopkins University, USA

School of Pharmaceutical Management  offers recruiters access to a unique bouquetof technically and managerially sound professionals. Our students are working with some of the nationally and internationally renowned organizations, such as Sun Pharmaceuticals Ltd, MSD, Gulf Medical University, UAE,  WNS Global Services, Smart Cube Analytic solutions, Accenture, IMS Health, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Ranbaxy Laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Dr.Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd, etc.

MDP Programmme on Ethics in Health and Hospital Management

The objective of this course is to increase participants awareness of and ability to reason through ethical issues that arise in the conduct of human subject research. The program is designed to address specific challenges, and obtain tools to increase participants efficency and effectiveness in reviewing, conducting and monitoring health research. After participating in the course, participants will be able to:

A. Define various conceps of ethical issues in health research;
B. Explain the exiting guidelines for ethics in health research;
C. Understand the role and mandate of research ethics committees; and
D. Identify opportunities to apply the ethical principles for decision making

For more information visit-- 
https://iihmr.edu.in/uploads/brochure/Ethics%20in%20Health-%20Hospital%20Management.pdf

MDP on Patient Medication Safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacists

Unsafe use of medication is a major issue in health care in both developed and developing countries, causing millions of patient injuries and costing billions of dollars to health-care systems. 

WHO reports that 10% of patients worldwide are affected due to errors in medical care. This also estimates that in developed nation between 7.5% and 10.4% of patients in acute care settings and 13% in ambulatory settings experience adverse drug events. The financial burden of these errors is as high as US$ 4 billion a year, not counting lost wages, productivity or additional health-care costs. Hence this similar level of harm from unsafe medication is prevailed in both developed and developing nations which confirm that patient medication safety and quality management is a global priority. 

The adverse drug events and medication errors cause significant health and economic repercussions both in developed and developing countries. Therefore a global concerted effort is needed to address patient medication safety and it needs by involving all healthcare stakeholders, including patients. 

Communication has become the buzzword for healthcare professionals, in part due to the overwhelming reports of medication misuse. According to a healthcare research report majority of population are failing to comply some way with their medication regimens. Better communication skills in pharmacy practice enhance the pharmacist's ability to develop professional relationships with their patients, co-workers and other healthcare providers to optimize health care. 

The IIHMR University, Institute of Health Management Research, Jaipur has been contributing towards this very topical issue of international importance through its flagship yearly WHO sponsored International Courses in Promoting Rational Drug Use in Communities (PRDUC) for last 11 years. To addresses the issues related to Patient medication safety and medicines management, a Management Development Program on "Patient Medication safety and Communication Skills for Hospital Pharmacist" is being organized at IIHMR from January 11- 15, 2016.

Objectives:

The specific objectives of the program are:

• To enable participants understand the concepts and need of medication safety culture in organization. 

•  To Develop error-reduction strategies around the use of high-alert medications 

• To discuss effective communication techniques and human error that may impact on patient medication safety. 

•  To discuss how to promote two-way communication with patients and health care professionals. 

•  To enable participants to identify common barriers to verbal communication and describe ways to overcome each barrier. 

Key Resource Person:

The program will be offered by a team of faculty members with health systems expertise. All key resource persons have high quality academic track record, teaching, research and extensive program implementation experience in health systems. Leaders from other organizations will be invited for interactions with the participants. The program will be coordinated by Assistant Prof. Abhishek Dadhich (abhishek@iihmr.edu.in) 

Dr. S D Gupta (President, IIHMR University) 

Dr. Nirmal Gurbani (Pharmaceutical Management) 

Dr. Seema Mehta (Pharmaceutical Management) 

Mr. Abhishek Dadhich (Pharmaceutical Management 

For more information visit https://iihmr.edu.in/uploads/brochure/Brochure-PMSCHP.pdf