Padmaja Udaykumar MD is Professor and Head, Department of Pharmacology, and Former Vice Dean, Father Muller Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka. She has a keen interest in medical education with an experience in teaching of more than 30 years and has been on the boards of studies of many universities. She has published several titles and this is the 22nd book in the series of textbooks meant for medical, dental, nursing, physiotherapy and pharmacy students. Her other publications brought out by CBSPD are Pharmacology Companion and Pharmacology for Pharmacy Students. She also has several research papers to her credit. She has rich experience in clinical pharmacology; conducted and coordinated several clinical trials; and has been advising clinicians on the appropriate and rational use of drugs.
<p style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Medical Pharmacology is the thoroughly revised, enlarged and updated edition of the popular textbook. The book retains its simplicity, lucidity and clarity of writing—the hallmark features well appreciated by the medical students as well as the teachers. The textbook covers all the topics as per the latest CBME Guidelines | Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate prescribed by Medical Council of India (now structured as National Medical Commission). Besides being the ‘must read’ for undergraduate medical students, the text also caters to the needs of the candidates preparing for postgraduate entrance and other competitive examinations. Students and teachers of dental sciences, pharmacy, nursing and other paramedical courses will find it particularly useful just like the other editions.</p><h3 style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.35; color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Poppins, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; letter-spacing: 0.7px; text-align: justify;">Highlights of the Seventh Edition</h3><ol style="margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 35px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-image: initial; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; letter-spacing: 0.7px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New features, flowcharts and diagrams, added to explain the recent concepts</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Text completely revised, recast and enlarged to accommodate the latest curriculum prescribed by MCI</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New topics prescribed under the CBME guidelines have been added at relevant positions in the text</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Flowcharts explain every important mechanism of action</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Boxes made more functional and useful to the reader</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Text revision and enlargements based on reviews and comments by superspecialists and subject experts</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Student-friendly format followed</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Text and tables focus on clinical relevance</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Many mnemonics throughout the book help memorizing</li><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">COMPARE AND CONTRAST series makes the textbook complete in giving an analytic edge.</li></ol>
