Best Practices 2

Best Practice 2

I.P.E. at
Community Services

1) Title:

“Institute of Pharmaceutical Education @ Community Services”

2) Objectives of the Practice:

To enhance health quality of life in society.
To inculcate social values and responsibilities.
To organize social events for promoting the holistic development of society.
To create opportunities for the students for social interactions.
To strengthen teamwork amongst students and encourage participation.
To involve the students in awareness programs for grooming them as agents for the community.

3) The Context:

Community-based learning combines traditional classroom instruction with community service to enhance the learning of the students and civic participation. The college’s focus for community improvement and engagement connects academic programs with community service so that students, faculty, and community partners can forge linkage between theory and practice, between knowledge and action and between the resources of the institution and the community development. World Health Organization promotes concept of high-quality life.

Being a pharmacy institute we develop responsible and accountable pharmacists. Our prime social objective is to create awareness in the tribal population and extending care that leads to proper health and quality-life. Social activities play a vital role in the development of human values in students. It boosts confidence and teachers to co-operate and work with people in different conditions. They learn to face the challenges that come in educational and career life through extension and outreach programs; we sensitize the students to develop social values, their responsibilities and knowledge towards societal issues and engaging them to be involved with the people of the community. Students with profound interest attain social values and responsibility. Above all, the students get hold of social justice, values, responsibility, and sustainability. While pursuing these activities in college along with education, students learn prioritization and time management skills too. These academically and co-circularly talented students have well-groomed personalities, which helps them to face the world in a better way.

4) The Practice:

To achieve the objectives, Our Institute visits different villages, primary & secondary schools to render our social services to the community by organizing Health Awareness Camps, Health checkup camps and Blood donation and blood group detection camps, Awareness of Swine flu, Dengue and AIDS Awareness Program, Anti Retro Viral Learning session, Pulse Polio Abhiyan program conducted by our B. Pharm students.

For rehabilitation of addicted people in the vicinity area (Vysanmukti), the students arrange social awareness program in the community of tribal area about the side effect of alcohol drinking, tobacco chewing, cannabis preparation like Charas-Ganja, etc. Road safety Abhiyan- spreading awareness about road safety norms and basic rules like halting before the Zebra Crossing at traffic signals, following the traffic signals, avoiding unnecessary honking, use of helmets and seat belts and giving priority to ambulances on the streets. Social Activity at Ashram School on the occasion of Street play on Road Safety. For conducting such activities, we trained our students for pharmacy practice. These students are engaged in the extension activities. we conduct different Health checkup camps includes Estimation of Hemoglobin, Blood Group Detection, Blood Pressure Measurement, etc.

During COVID 19 pandemic and lockdown period our institute has prepared Hand sanitizers and Face mask distributed to the nearby tribal area of Boradi. The preparation and manufacturing of Ayurvedic Immunity Booster tablet that is AYUSH VATI as per the guidelines of AYUSH Ministry, India along with Vit C tablets were prepared and distributed in villages nearby to Shirpur area such as Wadi, Vikhran, Arthe, Karvand, Bhortek, etc in collaboration with Govt. Recognized KVTR Ayurved College, Boradi. All Teaching and non-teaching along with administrative peoples of KVPs Sanstha and President of Zilla Parishad Dr. Tushar V. Randhe saheb, Tahasildar saheb (Taluka Magistrate), Taluka Medical officer have taken the initiative as a major role to distribute the Ayush Vati and Vit C tablets in the Shirpur taluka.

The institute has prepared Ayush Vati tablet (Immunity Stimulant) which mainly consists of Tulsi as a herbal Medicine that acts as an Immunity Stimulant. The main objective was to control, prevent and irradicate the Coronavirus (COVID-19) fear from the tribal community peoples. also we awareness about the precautions to be taken during the COVID-19 pandemic like keep a safe social distance, use a face mask and wash hands regularly and use hand sanitizer. About 6 months all teaching and nonteaching faculty engaged in the manufacturing of AYUSH tablets in the institute. The program that successfully worked out as teamwork & was appreciated by Govt. authorities like, President Dhule District Zila Parishad, Shirpur Taluka Magistrate, and Medical officer.

5) Evidence of Success:

The Institute has observed successful outcomes in Social Activities in the last few years; The students experienced an improvement in their social responsibilities Blood donation camp organized every year. The blood collection obtained by Govt approved labs and was distributed to needy people of tribal area through proper channels. Health-related awareness programs were conducted every year to a large number of tribal community people as they attend these practice activities and acquire knowledge about safeguarding their health. The Blood donation & detection Camp programs were organized on the occasion of the birthday of Sanstha’s President. Every year, more than 150 students from various schools of Sanstha’s were benefitted from blood group and hemoglobin detection camps The success of the programs is noted by print and electronic media.

6) Problems encountered and resources required:

1.Availability of limited funds/funding sources for organizing such activities.

2.To get the maximum and active participation from tribal people.

3.Poor literacy among the people of the surrounding area

4.Difficulty and lack of communication problems with the tribal community.

7) Notes:

The institute is regularly involved in awareness activates to the tribal community nearby to Boradi area. The most prevalent disease in this area is sickle cell anemia, the institute involves in counseling of awareness of such a prevalent disease almost 15 Padas (remote areas with a population of fewer than 100 houses) nearby to Boardi area have benefited from diseases only by awareness programs. The other important factor is malnutrition in children of the tribal community, the institute also communicating the people about the nutrition able foods and their importance