title: Rational education for rational therapy.
abstract: A sound knowledge of pharmacology and clinical therapeutics could help future prescribers in India to master the principles and practice of rational therapy. The teaching of pharmacology in medical schools should be restructured accordingly, and greater attention should be given to the applied aspects of the subject. Practicals in experimental pharmacology and dispensing pharmacy should be discontinued and useful exercises should be introduced. Methods of evaluation should be modified.
authors.affiliation: B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Dikshit
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003906:Developing Countries; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*