The Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics at Bangladesh Medical College (BMC) focuses on rational drug use, clinical pharmacology, and patient safety through evidence-based prescribing practices and pharmacovigilance. Our faculty trains students in drug therapy optimization, adverse reaction monitoring, and antimicrobial stewardship essential for Bangladesh's healthcare challenges.

We support clinical decision-making, national drug policy, and research on tropical disease pharmacotherapy while training MBBS students and healthcare professionals in safe and effective medication management.

Mission / Objectives

• Preparing students for their future role as competent clinicians, ethical researchers, and devoted academicians.
• Explaining the foundation of drug selection and dosage schedules through effective learning of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles.
• Promoting rational prescribing through utilization of guidelines and selection from essential drug lists and authorized drug compendia/formularies.
• Creating awareness regarding adverse complications of irrational prescribing and polypharmacy and ways to combat such practices.
• Developing skills for objective assessment of drug information sources and recognizing their merits and demerits.
• Encouraging evidence-based prescribing while considering efficacy, safety, suitability, and cost of drugs.
• Cultivating healthy doctor-patient relationships to build communication, trust, and compliance.
• Maintaining etiquette and respect towards patients while understanding their autonomy regarding treatment.
• Recognizing and demonstrating proactiveness towards Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR) reporting.

Services and Activities

• Routine assessment to evaluate knowledge, skills, and attitudes regarding evidence-based medicines.
• Correlating the basis of drug use in a given clinical condition.
• Pharmacovigilance: Adverse drug reaction reporting and drug safety surveillance.
• Promoting Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) awareness among healthcare professionals.
• Antimicrobial Stewardship: Antibiotic optimization and resistance pattern monitoring.
• Drug Information Services: Evidence-based therapy recommendations and interaction analysis.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams for integrated learning.
• Interactive sessions, performances, and poster presentations.
• Research activities involving various topics including medical education, rational drug use, and pharmacovigilance.

Available Laboratories / Units / Specialty Services

The department has laboratory facilities equipped with multiple forms of glassware, hot air oven, and kymograph devices to study dose-response relationships, complexities of drug interactions, and their effects on body physiology.

Academic & Clinical Facilities

• Lecture gallery equipped with multimedia support and internet communication.
• Tutorial room for focused group discussions and problem-based learning.
• Extensive collections of literature and peer-reviewed publications from recognized authoritative bodies such as World Health Organization (WHO), DGDA, etc.

Contact Information

+88-02-44812101-8 (Ext. 572)