CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Kipchu

E-mail: kipchu@bumthang.gov.bt ; Mobile:  +975-17984407

1.     EDUCATION

Bachelors of Pharmacy - Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India June 2012 - May 2016

Higher Secondary Education - Gaselo Higher Secondary School, Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan

Recipient of RGoB merit ranking undergraduate scholarship after completion. ​

2.      EXPERIENCES

a.     Sr. Pharmacist - Wangdicholing Hospital, Health Sector, Bumthang District January 2022 - PRESENT

• Pharmacy Unit In-charge - management of Pharmacy unit & supervision of Pharmacy technicians
• District Vigilance Focal - coordination of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADR), Substandard Falsified and adverse events reporting from the health centers to the National Pharmacovigilance Center through Vigiflow and other reporting systems. 
• Coordinate Antimicrobial stewardship through competency-based approach 
• Provide Pharmaceutical Care Interventions 
• District PEN coach/mentor - peer coaching on delivery of people-centered Package of Essential Non-Communicable Disease (PEN) Services/Service with Care and Compassion Interventions (SCCI). Award: Recipient of 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Program on Primary Health Care award for the PEN/SCCI program.
  

b.     Pharmacist

• Wangdicholing Hospital, Health Sector, Bumthang District January 2017 - December 2022
• Dispensing of medicines to patients with proper counseling and health education on their medication 
• Conduct continuing medical education (CME) on Pharmaceutical care for health workers 
• Formulation of extemporaneous preparations and specialized products 
• Management of medical store and medical equipment through good storage practices and by maintaining proper inventory 
• Identify, collect and report Adverse Drug Reactions 
  

c.       Pharmacy Intern

•   Drug Regulatory Authority, Thimphu, Bhutan 1st June 2015 - 30th June 2015
•   Oriented on Pharmaceutical Jurisprudences within Bhutan
•   Familiarization with different regulatory authorities in the region (India, Nepal, Thailand, Nepal, Singapore)
  

d.      Pharmacy Intern

• Eastern Regional Referral Hospital, Monger, Bhutan 1st June 2014 - 30th June 2014
• Familiarization with the roles and responsibilities of a hospital pharmacist 
  

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3. Training & Certification

a. Point of Care Quality Improvement (POCQI) training for healthcare professionals

b.  A WHO practical toolkit for AMS programmes in health-care facilities in low and middle-income countries

c. Antimicrobial stewardship: a competency-based approach

d.  Supply Chain Management in Health Institutions in developing countries - International Institute of Health Management, Delhi, India March 2022 - May 2022

e.  Service with Care & Compassion/Package of Essential Non-communicable Disease Interventions - Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan April 2021 - August 2021

f.  Research4life Massive Open Online Course on HINARI - research4life February 2021 - March 2021

g.  Digital Access to Research workshop - United Nations Technology Bank for the Least Developed countries 21st August - 22nd August 2019

h.  Safeguarding Quality of Medicines in Resource Limited Settings Management Development Program - IIHMR university, Jaipur, India 24th September - 28th September 2018

4.  Skills

a. Computer skills - Microsoft office and google workspace.

b. Disaster management - certified Basic Search and Rescue (SAR) member.

c. Language - fluent in English and Dzongkha.

d. Others - health and well-being advocate

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