MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS TO STUDY IN GPAT...
Hello friends, I hope you would have liked the GPAT guidance and tips series so far. But this series is coming to an end with this last post. In May, we will start a new guidance series on NIPER-JEE, ICT-BPT-CET and MAH-PH-CET on the same lines of GPAT guidance. Till then you can view other posts which we would be publishing till May and of course thereafter too.
So lets begin with the guidance on 'miscellaneous topics'. Now one would say that lets focus on the main topics of pharmacy and omit the other allied topics since, first of all, its difficult to remember concepts of all 4 years and, secondly, time is a limiting factor during GPAT preparation.
But please please don't ever ignore these miscellaneous topics since collectively at least on an average 5-6 questions can be asked on such allied topics like PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT, FORENSIC PHARMACY, CLINICAL PHARMACY , MICROBIOLOGY and all of which are relatively easy to attempt and are quite handy for increasing your GPAT score.
1. PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT- Focus more on the product life cycle such as growing phase, stationary phase , decline phase etc., and their significance and also on the economics part such as formula for retail pricing of drug product, various authorities like NPPA (National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority), DPCO (Drug Price Control Order) etc.
My personal experience- In my slot, a question was asked on the product life cycle.
2. FORENSIC PHARMACY- At least 2-3 questions can be asked irrespective of slot in which you are in for GPAT exam. So be thorough with
a. Schedules (A to Z) of D&C Act-1940 and Rules 1945
b. Patents and IPR- Full topic- especially concept of process patent, product patent, India's patenting regime, trademark, copyright, patenting authority and the life of patent.
c. Other Acts like Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Act 1985 (NDPS), Insecticides Act 1968, Factories Act 1948, Excise Duties Act 1955, Drugs and Magic Remedies Act 1954 etc. should be mainly focused on.
My personal experience- 4-5 questions were asked from this subject in my slot. 2-3 were asked from Patents, 1 from Insecticides Act,, 1 from Excise Duties Act.
3. CLINICAL PHARMACY- From this subject, questions are more centered on clinical trials- history and the phases involved in the trials. The description, duration, significance as well as the subjects involved in each phase should be thorough.
My personal experience- 2 questions were asked -1 about the clinical trials phases and 1 was a very unique question from history of clinical trials history which I still remember-
It said that Nazis used to administer new drugs directly to Jews in their concentration camps which was an inhuman practice. So to abolish this, which conference/ convention was called for??
( I had no idea what the answer was and just left it without thinking !!!)
4. MICROBIOLOGY- Hardly any questions can be asked from core microbiology, but you should be thorough with the growth curve kinetics of micro-organism, sterilization principles, D- value, Z- value and their significance.
Questions from microbiology are more oftenly asked in NIPER-JEE and ICT-BPT-CET rather than GPAT.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS-
1. PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT-
Philip Kotler, K.L. Keller, A. Koshy, M. Jha, 'Marketing Management', 14th Edition, Pearson India Publishers, 2012.
2. FORENSIC PHARMACY-
Kuchekar, Kadtare and Itkar, 'Textbook of Forensic Pharmacy', 9th Edition, Nirali Prakashan, 2012.
3. CLINICAL PHARMACY-
A. Dr. H.P. Tipnis and Dr. A. Bajaj, 'Clinical Pharmacy', 1st Edition, Career Publications, 2003.
B. Roger Walker and Cate Whittlesea, 'Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics', 4th Edition, Elsevier Publishers, Churchill Livingstone Imprint, 2007.
4. MICROBIOLOGY-
M.J. Pelczar Jr., E.C.S. Chan, N.R. Krieg, 'Microbiology', 5th Edition, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2001.
You can refer 'Lachman' and 'Remington' for sterilization principles too.
Now you would have got a certain idea about how the above miscellaneous topics are equally important. So please don't try to neglect those.
Also you would have gained at least some idea about what GPAT exam exactly is, which subjects / topics to more focus and also which books to study.
ALL THE VERY BEST FOR EXAMS !!
This was all about the GPAT guidance series. Hope you would have liked this part too. Any suggestions, questions, feedback is always welcome to our team.
Thank You
-DARWIN
M. Tech (Bioprocess Technology)
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai
(GPAT AIR- 619 ; NIPER-JEE AIR -25; ICT-BPT-CET AIR-5 )
Hello friends, I hope you would have liked the GPAT guidance and tips series so far. But this series is coming to an end with this last post. In May, we will start a new guidance series on NIPER-JEE, ICT-BPT-CET and MAH-PH-CET on the same lines of GPAT guidance. Till then you can view other posts which we would be publishing till May and of course thereafter too.
So lets begin with the guidance on 'miscellaneous topics'. Now one would say that lets focus on the main topics of pharmacy and omit the other allied topics since, first of all, its difficult to remember concepts of all 4 years and, secondly, time is a limiting factor during GPAT preparation.
But please please don't ever ignore these miscellaneous topics since collectively at least on an average 5-6 questions can be asked on such allied topics like PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT, FORENSIC PHARMACY, CLINICAL PHARMACY , MICROBIOLOGY and all of which are relatively easy to attempt and are quite handy for increasing your GPAT score.
1. PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT- Focus more on the product life cycle such as growing phase, stationary phase , decline phase etc., and their significance and also on the economics part such as formula for retail pricing of drug product, various authorities like NPPA (National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority), DPCO (Drug Price Control Order) etc.
My personal experience- In my slot, a question was asked on the product life cycle.
2. FORENSIC PHARMACY- At least 2-3 questions can be asked irrespective of slot in which you are in for GPAT exam. So be thorough with
a. Schedules (A to Z) of D&C Act-1940 and Rules 1945
b. Patents and IPR- Full topic- especially concept of process patent, product patent, India's patenting regime, trademark, copyright, patenting authority and the life of patent.
c. Other Acts like Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Act 1985 (NDPS), Insecticides Act 1968, Factories Act 1948, Excise Duties Act 1955, Drugs and Magic Remedies Act 1954 etc. should be mainly focused on.
My personal experience- 4-5 questions were asked from this subject in my slot. 2-3 were asked from Patents, 1 from Insecticides Act,, 1 from Excise Duties Act.
3. CLINICAL PHARMACY- From this subject, questions are more centered on clinical trials- history and the phases involved in the trials. The description, duration, significance as well as the subjects involved in each phase should be thorough.
My personal experience- 2 questions were asked -1 about the clinical trials phases and 1 was a very unique question from history of clinical trials history which I still remember-
It said that Nazis used to administer new drugs directly to Jews in their concentration camps which was an inhuman practice. So to abolish this, which conference/ convention was called for??
( I had no idea what the answer was and just left it without thinking !!!)
4. MICROBIOLOGY- Hardly any questions can be asked from core microbiology, but you should be thorough with the growth curve kinetics of micro-organism, sterilization principles, D- value, Z- value and their significance.
Questions from microbiology are more oftenly asked in NIPER-JEE and ICT-BPT-CET rather than GPAT.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS-
1. PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT-
Philip Kotler, K.L. Keller, A. Koshy, M. Jha, 'Marketing Management', 14th Edition, Pearson India Publishers, 2012.
2. FORENSIC PHARMACY-
Kuchekar, Kadtare and Itkar, 'Textbook of Forensic Pharmacy', 9th Edition, Nirali Prakashan, 2012.
3. CLINICAL PHARMACY-
A. Dr. H.P. Tipnis and Dr. A. Bajaj, 'Clinical Pharmacy', 1st Edition, Career Publications, 2003.
B. Roger Walker and Cate Whittlesea, 'Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics', 4th Edition, Elsevier Publishers, Churchill Livingstone Imprint, 2007.
4. MICROBIOLOGY-
M.J. Pelczar Jr., E.C.S. Chan, N.R. Krieg, 'Microbiology', 5th Edition, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2001.
You can refer 'Lachman' and 'Remington' for sterilization principles too.
Now you would have got a certain idea about how the above miscellaneous topics are equally important. So please don't try to neglect those.
Also you would have gained at least some idea about what GPAT exam exactly is, which subjects / topics to more focus and also which books to study.
ALL THE VERY BEST FOR EXAMS !!
This was all about the GPAT guidance series. Hope you would have liked this part too. Any suggestions, questions, feedback is always welcome to our team.
Thank You
-DARWIN
M. Tech (Bioprocess Technology)
Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga, Mumbai
(GPAT AIR- 619 ; NIPER-JEE AIR -25; ICT-BPT-CET AIR-5 )
