Prescribe drugs for the control of fertility and be aware of the effects of drugs on the foetus. describe the clinical presentation and management of common poisoning including the bites and stings. state the principles underlying the concept of `Essential Drugs’ evaluate the ethics and modalities involved in the development and introduction of new drugs understand principles of Evidence based Medicine understand the principles of pharmaco economics b)Psychomotor Skills at the end of the course, the learner shall be able to: prescribe drugs for common ailments identify adverse reactions and interactions of commonly used drugs interpret the data of experiments designed for the study of effects of drugs and bioassays which are observed during the study scan information on common pharmaceutical preparations and critically evaluate drug formulations load the required dose of medicines accurately in hypodermic syringes; inject medicines by the intradermal, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intravenous routes using aseptic techniques. Set-up an intravenous drip and adjust the drip rate according to required dosage. calculate the drug dosage using appropriate formulae for an individual patient. administer the required dose of different drug formulations using appropriate devices and techniques (e.g., hypodermic syringes, inhalers, transdermal patches etc.) Advice and interpret the therapeutic monitoring reports of important drugs recognize and report adverse drug reactions to suitable authorities. analyze critically, drug promotional literature for proprietary preparations in terms of