The concept of pharmaceutical care transformed the pharmacy profession to be more accountable in the patient care to ensure that a patient achieves positive outcomes from drug therapy. To promote safe and rational use of medicine, the discipline of pharmacy practice needs to take into consideration various issues such as the prevailing policies with in the country, economic, social and cultural context of the population, as well as the ever-changing needs and expectations of the society.
The department of Pharmacy Practice is dedicated to expand pharmacy practice services to play important role in health care system at hospital setup through well programmed pharmaceutical care services, and was established in the year 2008 with Pharm D program. Pharmacy Practice department has MoU with vishwa bharathi general hospital, penchikalapadu.