OSPE
30 marks
Prescription Writing (6 marks)
Heart Failure Acute Pulmonary Oedema MI &Angina
OP Poisoning RA Fe Deficiency Anaemia
Myesthenia Gravis Bronchial Asthma Dyslipidemia
BPH Cough Vomiting
Migraine Diabetes Acid Peptic Disease
Glaucoma Hypothyroidism/Hyperthyr Diarrhea
oidism
Gout Osteoporosis Tuberculosis
Osteoarthritis Methyl Alcohol Poisoning Leprosy
Epilepsy Depression Malaria
Parkinson’s Disease Anxiety UTI
Psychosis Opioid Deaddiction Amoebiasis/Dysentry
Mania Hypertension Scabies
Drug Dose Calculation (2 marks)
• Any one problem from the problems practiced.
Evaluation of Promotional Drug Literature
(4 marks)
• Evaluate based on checklist:
• Name of the product
• Name and address of marketing Company
• Are following included in the Advertisement:
▪ Generic name/ ingredients
▪ Contents of active ingredient dosage form
▪ Dosage of regimen
▪ Indication for use
▪ Precautions
▪ Contraindication/ warning
▪ Adverse effects
▪ Drug interactions if any
▪ References – yes/no, if yes published/ unpublished
Adverse Drug Reaction (4 marks)
Can be:
• Picture Based
• PVG related
• Clinical Case based Managing/Identifying an ADR
Fixed Dose Combination (2 marks)
• General Advantage/Disadvantages of FDC
• Rationality/Irrationality of Given FDC
• Explain the basis with help of following points
• 1)An identifiable patient group or clinical condition that
• may require the constituents
• 2) Pharmacological basis of the combination
• 3) Does the combination indicate increased efficacy
• 4) Does the combination indicate decreased side effects
• 5) Are the pharmacokinetics of individual constituents
• compatible with the dosing frequency
Critical Appraisal of a Prescription (4 marks)
P drug Analysis (4 marks)
• P drug Analysis for a given clinical case
• Justify P class
• Justify P drug
• Based on Efficacy, Safety, Cost, Suitability
Drug Nomenclature/ Essential Medicine/ Drug
Dependence/Clinical Trial (2 marks)
• One Question on any one of the above
• Generic/ Branded Drug Differences
• Generic Name/Branded Drug Name differences
• Treatment of Drug Abuse
• Components of Clinical Trial: Different Phases, difference between
them, Informed Consent
Drug Interaction (2 marks)
• Clinical Case Based
• Identify what type of drug interaction:
Chemical/Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic?
• Explain why it has happened