Clinical and Educational comparison of MBBS and Pharm.D

Comparison of MBBS and Pharm.D, MBBS Vs Pharm.D,

Total Duration
MBBS/MD : 6.5 Years/ 3 years   
Pharm.D/Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) : 6 Years/ 4+3 Years

MBBS/MD
•  Anatomy and Physiology
•  Bio-chemistry
•  Forensic Medicine
•  Pathology
• Microbiology
• Pharmacology
•  Community Medicine
• Medicine
• General Pharmacological Principles and Applied Sciences (MD)
• Toxicology (MD)
• Molecular Biology in Pharmacology
• Isolation of Compounds from Herbal Sources (MD)

Pharm.D/Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate)
•  All subjects given in MBBS/MD
Plus
• Pharmacotherapeutics
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Pharmacoeconomic s
• Clinical Research
• Clinical Pharmacy
• Biopharmaceutic s
• Medicinal Chemistry
• Pharmacokinetics and Therapeutic
• Drug Monitoring (TDM)
• Hospital Pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical Formulations
• Biostatistics and Research
• Methodology
• Pharmaceutical Analysis

MBBS/MD
• Clinical Clerkship : No
• Clinical Project : Yes
• Clinical Internship : Yes
• Clinical Posting : Yes (Started from 3rd semester)

Pharm.D/Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate)
•  Clinical Clerkship : Yes (6 Months during 5th year)
•  Clinical Project : Yes
•  Clinical Internship : Yes (1 Full year)
•  Clinical Posting : Yes (Started from 2nd year)

MBBS/MD : Diagnosis of different ailments

Pharm.D/ Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate)
•  Medication Therapy Management
(Individualizing the treatment )
• Pharmacotherapeutics
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
• Drug utilization Evaluation
• Pharmacology (Deep understanding)
• Biostatistics (Deep understandings)
• Pharmacoepidemiology
• Pharmacoeconomics
• ADR monitoring and management
• Drug interaction Monitoring
• Medication Adherence
• Dose calculations
• Biopharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics
• Patient Counseling
• Pharmaceutical Chemistry
• Pharmaceutical Analysis

MBBS/MD : Less exposure related to Drugs (Deals mainly with the diagnosis)

Pharm.D/ Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) : Less practical exposure in the hospital related to surgery (Deals mainly about the drugs)

Pharm.D/ Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) : Running in more than 30 Countries Like USA, Canada even in Pakistan

MBBS/MD : Diagnosis

Pharm.D/ Pharm.D (Post Baccalaureate) : Pharm.D in USA have full rights to  prescribe the medicine to patient. In fact he is the only responsible healthcare professional as far as drug therapy is concern.

- Sourabh Kosey
ISF College of Pharmacy, Moga, India