AWARENESS PROGRAMME ON PHARMACOVIGILANCE FOR AYUSH DRUGS – 08.01.2020

CME from the department of Homoeoapthic Pharmacy was held on 08/01/2020 at HAHNEMANN Hall auditorium, Venkateswara Homoeopathic Medical College And Hospital, Chennai from 02.00 pm to 04.0pm. The speaker for the session was Dr. S. Shankar., MD(S), Lecturer Grade II, Govt. Siddha Medical College, Chennai and Dr. G. Dhanalakshmi, MD(S), Programme Assistant, Peripheral Pharmacovigilance Centre, Govt. Siddha Medical College, Chennai. All the teaching staff, OPD staff, interns, final year senior and junior students of VHMC participated in the CME. The session started with a welcome address by Ms. Yazhini intern. The topic of the CME was “GENERATING EVIDENCES IN HOMOEOPATHY”. The speaker briefed the various government policies in homeopathy and stressed the need for generating evidences in Homoeopathy which is the need of the hour. The main resource is the data collection and how to collect data was emphasized using power point presentation and various examples. At the end the speaker briefed the various career options which a BHMS graduate can think of.