The department of Pharmacology was established in 1997 since the inception of LMDC. Presently the department is headed by Prof. Dr. Hidayat H. Khan, who has a rich experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate classes in the various renowned institutions of the country. The department also has an Associate Professor, Dr. Shah Murad and an Assistant Professor, Dr. Zulfiqar-UI-Hassan, as well as two senior lecturers and four demonstrators.

The department has 3 offices for the senior staff and a demonstrator room. The department also has a well equipped spacious Pharmacology Laboratory that can accommodate about 50 students at one time and which is sufficiently equipped for conducting undergraduate pharmacology experiments.

All teaching facilities such as lecture theatres that can accommodate over 200 students, modern teaching aids including audio-visual aids, multi-media, internet access and well equipped library are availed by the faculty of the department.

Teaching Programs & Academic Activities:

The department is presently involved in teaching the subject of Pharmacology & Therapeutics to students of Third Year MBBS and Second Year BDS. This is done in the form of lectures, tutorials, presentations and practicals. Latest teaching techniques are being utilized in the lectures and tutorials. Topics of lectures, practicals and tutorials are displayed weekly on the notice boards for both MBBS and BDS classes. Learning objectives of each chapter are also displayed on notice boards before commencement of the lectures of a particular chapter.

There is a regular system of student assessment on the basis of class tests (consisting of Short Essay Questions (SEQs), MCQs, Viva voce examinations etc, grading in tutorial sessions as well as term exams and send-up examination.

Outline of Curriculum of University of Health Sciences, Lahore

Briefly for 3rd Year MBBS, the curriculum for subject of Pharmacology is divided into 9 units:

General Pharmacology, Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, Gastrointestinal System, Central Nervous System, Blood, Endocrine Pharmacology, Autacoids and Autacoid antagonists and Chemotherapy

For 2nd Year BDS, the syllabus is very similar:

General Pharmacology, Autonomic Nervous System, Cardiovascular System, Respiratory System, Gastrointestinal System, Central Nervous System, Blood, Autacoids and Autacoid antagonists and Chemotherapy with emphasis on topics pertaining to dentistry. Dental Pharmacology is a chapter added to syllabus of Pharmacology for teaching to 2nd year BDS students.