Jammu, Nov 19: Dr. Pavan Malhotra, Director Principal and Professor of Pharmacology, Acharya Shri Chander College of Medical Sciences & Hospital, Sidhra, Jammu was invited by International Medical Sciences Academy to deliver the prestigious Dr. Pratap C. Reddy, IMSACON-2022 organized with the theme “Medicine and Beyond” at Terna Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai on Saturday in association with Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.
Dr. Malhotra spoke in depth on “Prescribing behavior: Let’s change the Future Generation”. During the deliberations, he laid emphasis on targeting the young prescribers for changing their mindset of continuing legacy of their predecessors in irrational prescribing. He informed the audience about the errors which could be encountered if the drugs are prescribed with caution.
Describing the irrational prescribing and errors of medication as a global issue, he laid stress on the regulatory authorities world over to take cognizance of the situation for the remedial measures to be undertaken for its prevention. He stressed upon youngsters to follow the Good Clinical Practices guidelines issued by the WHO in order to ensure safety of the patient.
Laying stress on adopting the policy of rational use of medicines and good prescribing guidelines, he stressed on budding prescribers to keep in mind the safety of patient as the utmost priority before prescribing. Dr. Malhotra is the first medical professional from J&K who has been invited to deliver this most prestigious oration.
Recently, Dr. Malhotra has been awarded with FRCP from Royal College of Physicians of Edinburg. He is also MRCP (2014) and FRCP (2019) from Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, fellow of International Medical Sciences Academy, UAE(2012), Member of National Academy of Medical Sciences (2013). An alumnus of Govt. Medical College, Jammu brought laurels to J&K by becoming the first medical professional to have been bestowed upon the honour of delivering the prestigious oration at IMSACON – 2022.
