Interns opinion on ‘bedside pharmacology clinics’ and its incorporation in undergraduate curriculum
Pramod B. Akat1★, Vitthal B. Karande1, Mangala B. Murthy1, Shreyas R. Burute1★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India.
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Pramod B. Akat
Department of Pharmacology, Government Medical College, Miraj, Maharashtra, India.
Volume 3, Issue 1 · pp. 56–58 · PUBLISHED 2012 · DOI: 10.4103/0976-500X.92519
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The rational prescribing of drugs is an essential skill of medical doctors. Clinical pharmacology plays an important role in the development of these skills by teaching clinical pharmacology and therapeutics to undergraduate medical students. The primary objective of teaching pharmacology is to enable undergraduate medical students to take rational therapeutic decisions in clinical practice. However, this objective is not adequately met by the prevailing curricula. As the subject is taught with high factual information rather than therapeutic skills. Therefore, a pilot survey was carried out to determine the opinion of interns regarding the bedside pharmacology teaching, and its incorporation in undergraduate curriculum.
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Akat, P. B., Karande, V. B., Murthy, M. B., & Burute, S. R. (2012). Interns opinion on ‘bedside pharmacology clinics’ and its incorporation in undergraduate curriculum. Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapeutics, 3(1), 56–58. https://doi.org/10.4103/0976-500X.92519