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NvCCP Prescribing Skills
Stay ahead in your career with ICMR NvCCP Prescribing Skills course for Indian Medical Graduates from Swayam.
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Quick facts
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Medium of instructions
English
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Mode of learning
Self study
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Mode of Delivery
Video and Text Based
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Course overview
A test conducted upon first year resident doctors on their abilities of prescribing medicines showed results that concluded their prescribing skills as unprepared and potentially harmful. Prescribing medicines incorrectly can lead to a delay in recovery of the patient, a reaction from the drug or a greater risk for more harm. Thus, the Board of Governors (BoG) of Medical Council of India (MCI) referred to this course as a must for medical graduates.
ICMR NvCCP Prescribing Skills is brought to the candidates by the Indian Council of Medical Research and their expert faculties from many departments like Clinical Pharmacology and Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) as a way to prepare the doctors of tomorrow by completely eradicating any sign of inadequacy in writing prescriptions from them today.
The course has been designed to clear every doubt that the candidates may have by using the Specified Learning Objectives (SLOs) from the MCI curriculum. It has also been reviewed and approved by the ICMR Technical Advisory Group with the help of clinical experts.
The highlights
- Undergraduate level study
- Free of cost programme
- Certification provided by Swayam
- The government provided the certified document
Program offerings
- Reading materials
- Discussion forums
- Quizzes
- Video lectures
- Online sessions
- Self assessment tests
Course and certificate fees
certificate availability
certificate providing authority
Eligibility criteria
Candidates should either be pursuing or have completed the internship after the MBBS examination.
Education
Candidates must have finished their MBBS course and be medical graduates to be eligible for the course.
Certification Qualifying Details
The candidates shall receive their certificates if they meet the following criterion before their deadlines:
They must have completed either of the two pre-tests.
They must have completed all of their assignment MCQs.
They must have completed the upload of one of the five prescriptions.
What you will learn
By the time applicants have received the certificates, they would have learnt in great detail about the following concepts:
- Applicants will first be taught about the healthcare system and its settings.
- Afterwards, they will learn the principles behind prescribing medicines.
- Candidates will also learn what kind of medicines they should prescribe in cases of Medical Emergencies.
- Drug reactions that may happen will be effectively taught to the candidates.
Who it is for
This course is designed for Indian Medical Graduates (IMG).
Admission details
Filling the form
For the candidates to get admission in the course, they need to first follow the instructions given below.
Step 1: Candidates are required to go to the official website of the programme.
https://onlinecourses.swayam2.ac.in/aic20_ge03/preview
Step 2: Candidates will then be required to register themselves on the website. They can register by using their Google, Facebook or Microsoft accounts or by creating an account on SWAYAM.
Step 3: If the candidates have an account with which they are already registered on SWAYAM, they can use that as well.
Step 4: After registration, applicants will be needed to log in to their accounts and go back to the course page.
Step 5: The Join icon for this course has not been made available yet. Once it has been made available, the applicants can find it and click on it to get to the application form from the course page.
Step 6: Candidates will then be needed to fill the application form and correctly and they must fill their temporary registration numbers issued by the medical council.
Step 7: The last step for the candidates is to agree to the terms and conditions and then submit the application form.
The syllabus
Healthcare System
Module 2
Module 3
- Drugs and Cosmetics Act
- 1940; Rules
- 1945 and Drugs Schedules
- amendments thereof
- Fixed Dose Combinations
- Over The Counter drugs
- AYUSH Drugs
- Nutraceuticals and Health Supplements
Module 4
- Healthcare setting
- National Essential Medicines List
- Health Insurance schemes including Ayushman Bharat
Principles of Prescribing
Module 5
- Fundamentals of prescribing
- Good prescribing practices
Module 6
- Medication History
Module 7
- Formulation and appropriate Route of Administration
Module 8
Relevance of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics for Safe & Effective Medication
Module 9
- Documentation
Module 10
- Communication Skills in Prescribing
Module 11
- Improving Adherence
Module 12
- Principles of antimicrobial prescribing
Prescribing in Medical emergencies
Module 13
- Common Acute Poisoning
Module 14
- Management of Shock
Module 15
- Prescribing before referral for cases of myocardial infarction and acute coronary syndrome
Adverse Drug Reactions
Module 16
- Basic Principles of Adverse Drug Reactions
Module 17
- Adverse Drug Reactions – Management and Prevention
Module 18
- Adverse Drug Reaction - Reporting
Prescribing in special patient groups
Module 19
- Prescribing for women I
Module 20
- Prescribing for women II
Module 21
- Prescribing for children
Module 22
- Prescribing for elderly
Module 23
- Prescribing in renal and hepatic impairment
Module 24
- Prescribing in perioperative period
Therapeutic Groups
Module 25
- Prescribing appropriately for hypertension
- Prescribing rationally for hypertensive emergencies
Module 26
- Prescribing for heart failure
Module 27
- Management of Stable Coronary artery disease and secondary prevention
Module 28
- Prescribing in Diabetes Mellitus
Module 29
- Prescribing for Pain Management
Module 30
- Prescribing Antimicrobial rationally for common conditions
Module 31
- Dermatology Disorders
Module 32
- Prescribing for ENT disorders
Module 33
- Prescribing for Ophthalmological Disorders
Module 34
- Prescribing in Asthma and COPD
Module 35
- Prescribing for Community Acquired Pneumonia & Symptomatic cough management
Module 36
- Common Gastrointestinal Disorders
Module 37
- Common Psychiatric Conditions (Anxiety, Depression)
Module 38
- Common Psychiatric Conditions (Schizophrenia, Bipolar Affective Disorder)
Module 39
- Epilepsy
- Dementia and Migraine
Module 40
- Rheumatoid Arthritis and Gout
Module 41
- Prescribing in Palliative and End of Life care
Elective Modules
Module 42
- Approach to hemoglobinopathies
Module 43
- Diagnosis and management of PCOS
Module 44
- Anti-Tuberculosis drug prescription
Module 45
- Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), Post Kala - azar dermal leishmaniasis (PKDL)
Module 46
- Transfusion reactions
- Approach to G6PD deficiency and thrombocytopenia
COVID-19 Modules
Module 47
- Management of COVID-19 - Children
Module 48
- Management of COVID-19 - Adult
Module 49
- Management - Post COVID-19 sequalae
Module 50
- Symptom Management
Evaluation process
There will be two pre-tests before the beginning of the course. Applicants have to appear in any one of these tests and complete it.
How it helps
Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) recognises the ability to write prescriptions that are correct and will help the patients recover as a skill that should be a must for every doctor or an aspiring doctor. The course brings the candidates a step closer to their goals and greatly increases their chances of selection in the domain.
Furthermore, the fact that the course has been offered by the Indian Council of Medical Research helps a lot. It definitely puts them in an entire league above their usual competitors. The course layout has been structured magnificently with 40 video lectures straight from the MCI curriculum.
Instructors
Dr Hitesh Mishra
Additional Professor
IGIMS Patna
Dr Pooja Gupta
Additional Professor
AIIMS Delhi
Dr Sukalyan Saha Roy
Assistant Professor
IGIMS Patna
Dr Bikash Medhi
Professor
PGIMER Chandigarh
Dr Dinesh Kumar Badyal
Professor
CMC Ludhiana
Dr Nirmala Narayan Rege
Professor
Freelancer
Ph.D
Dr Mangala Rao
Assistant Professor
St Johns Medical Col...
Dr Niyati Trivedi
Professor
Medical College, Baroda
Dr Raveendran
Professor
JIPMER Puducherry
Diploma
Dr Navjyot Kaur
Assistant Professor
VMMC - Safdarjung Ho...
Dr Kamlesh Garg
Associate Professor
VMMC - Safdarjung Ho...
Dr Chetna Desai
Professor
BJMC Ahmedabad
Dr Urwashi Parmar
Assistant Professor
GSMC Mumbai
Dr Sandhya Kamat
Professor
GSMC Mumbai
Dr Avijit Hazra
Professor
IPGMER Kolkata
Dr Preeta Kaur Chugh
Associate Professor
VMMC - Safdarjung Ho...
M. Jayanthi
Additional Professor
JIPMER Puducherry
Dr Denis Xavier
Professor
SJIM Bangalore
Dr Raakhi Tripathi
Associate Professor
GSMC Mumbai
Dr Jaya Ranjalkar
Instructor
College of Nursing C...
Dr Yashashree Shetty
Associate Professor
GSMC Mumbai
Dr Ratinder Jhaj
Additional Professor
AIIMS Bhopal
Dr Suparna Chatterjee
Professor
IPGMER Kolkata
Dr S. Manikandan
Additional Professor
JIPMER Puducherry
Dr Sandeep Kaushal
Professor
DMCH Ludhiana
Dr Madhulika Peter Samuel
Associate Professor
CMC Ludhiana
Dr Padmini Devi
Professor
St Johns Medical Col...
Dr Ajay Kumar Shukla
Assistant Professor
AIIMS Bhopal
Other Bachelors, Other Masters
FAQs
The course only admits students who have either completed the internship after MBBS graduation or are currently pursuing it.
The course has been designed and offered by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR).
The course ICMR NvCCP Prescribing Skills is an undergraduate level course of the multidisciplinary category.
The course, with all its contents, assignment submissions and prescription uploads takes 12 weeks to be completed.
The course offers video lectures, self assessments, assignments, discussion forums, tests and many other things as a pedagogy for the course.
The medical council of India states prescription skills as a “Must Know” entity for doctors and aspiring doctors. This stems from the fact that first year resident doctors who had not studied this course showed unpreparedness for this skill.