eLearning platform of BHB attracts the highest number of participants in 2023

BHB is operating the eLearning platform to promote continued professional learning for the pharmacy professionals. Following is given a list of the courses available in the eLearning platform:

Courses in English language

1. Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS)
2. Baseline data collection training of enumerators on medicine outlets
3. Good Dispensing Practices
4. Grade C Training Event Management Course
5. Inspection, Monitoring & Accreditation Strategies for Model Pharmacy/ Medicine Shop in Bangladesh
6. Operations Guideline of BHB
7. Over The Counter Drugs/Medicines (OTC Drugs)
8. Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reaction (ADR)
9. Pharmacy Management Software
10. Training Manual for Grade C Pharmacy Technicians

Courses in Bengali language

11. The role of dispensers in preventing the ineffectiveness of antibiotics caused by irrational use
12. Role of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in preventing antibiotic ineffectiveness
13. Pathways of application of medication
14. Principles of Medicine Management
15. General knowledge about drugs
16. Adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance
17. Incorrect administration of medicines and rational and irrational use
18. Maintaining the quality of medicines
19. Medicines & Medical Sciences
20. The role of dispensers in the prevention and control of infection during the corona epidemic
21. The role of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the prevention and control of infection during the Covid-19 pandemic
22. Good Dispensing Practice (GDP)
23. Medicines that can be sold directly to the customers without a prescription
24. Code of Ethics and Model Medicine Shops and Duties and Duties of Grade-C Pharmacy Technicians in Pharmacist
25. Existing Acts, Rules and Regulations for Retail Sale of Medicines in Bangladesh
26. Healthcare system in Bangladesh
27. Standards for Setting up and Operating Model Medicine Shop
28. Epidemic, Pandemic & COVID-19
29. Human body
30. Basic Communication Skills and Customer Assessment
31. Resistance to anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and tuberculosis
32. Prescription Only Medicines

We provided a chart on the status participants’ enrolments and progress of all courses collectively. It shows that so far 2,975 participants have been enrolled in the eLearning platform since its launch in 2021. Of them, 2,132 completed the course and 843 remained in progress. In 2023, the highest number of enrolments took place (2,434), which was 94 in 2021 and 447 in 2022.

The top five courses which drew maximum number of enrolments are:

1. Principles of Medicine Management (490 enrolments);
2. Good Dispensing Practice (399 enrolments);
3. Incorrect administration of medicines and rational and irrational use (364 enrolments);
4. Standards for Setting up and Operating Model Medicine Shops (350 enrolments); and
5. Automated Drug Licensing and Renewal System (ADLRS) (140 enrolments).