Subject: Pharmacoepidemiology and Environmental Health

Theory total: 117 hrs. (4hrs/week)

Course Description:

This course is designed to equip the students with the knowledge and skills on pharmacoepidemiology in addressing drug related questions in
a large population and environmental impact to the health.

The students will be able to:

1. Explain epidemiology and epidemiological concepts.

2. Describe different epidemiologic study designs pertaining to adverse drug effects, drug efficacy or patterns of drug use in a large population.
3. Explain different types of biases and confounding that may be specific to pharmacoepidemiologic study.
4. Describe environment, environmental health, and environmental pollution.
5. Explain the impact of environmental impact to the health.
6. Explain the national and global issues of environment pollution.
7. Describe water, air and noise pollution and its impact to the health.
8. Explain the water purification techniques.

Date Unit Topic Planned Method and Media Remarks

time
(hrs)
Introduction 1  Interaction
Asoj 1 Pharmacoepidemiology
1.1 Introduction and concept of epidemiology 8  Home Assignments
  Class interaction
 Notes

Dashin Vacation  Assignment

 Project work
 homework

Kartik 17 1.2 Overview of pharmacoepidemiologic concepts 8  Home Assignments

onwards  Class interaction
 Notes

Mangsir first First unit test

week
1.3 Methods of quantifying drug interactions and adherence to drug therapy 4  lectures
in pharmacoepidemiology.  notes
 Assignment
1.4 Confounding and Bias 4
First terminal examination 3 hrs written exam
1.5 Drug Utilization Study 6  lectures
 notes
 Assignment
Second unit test 
2 Environmental health  lectures
2.1 Introduction 3  notes
2.2 water 6  Assignment
2.3 Water pollution and contamination:  presentation
2.4 Water purification

2.5 Introduction to air pollution

2.6 Noise pollution
2.7 Introduction to waste
2.8 Solid waste management
2.9 Excreta disposal in the community:

Second terminal examination

2.10 Hospital waste management  Home Assignments
 2.11 Safe disposal of unwanted pharmaceuticals:  Class interaction
2.13 Personal hygiene:  Notes
2.14 Concept of food hygiene:
2.15 Food borne diseases:
2.16 Food preservation:
2.17 Food additives, food fortification and food adulteration

baishak Third unit test

2.18 Concepts of housing  Home Assignments
2.19Rodents and Insects:  Class interaction
2.20 Occupational diseases:  Notes

Jestha last Pre board examination

week
asad REVISION / Past questions  Assignment/ group
discussion

Note:

 Internal examination can be rescheduled as per academic calendar

 Field visit shall be taken as per academic calendar