Clinical pharmacology: principles and practice of drug therapy in medical education.
Educational reform has taken place in many Medical Schools. A traditional passive approach has been replaced by a more active, student-centred approach, founded on Problem-Based Learning. This has not been without risk because many well-structured courses have been abandoned, and this is of particular significance to the principles and practice of drug therapy. Here we outline an approach which could be incorporated into a medical curriculum and suggest some guidelines and a list of questions that should be asked in clinical situations involving drug therapy.
Whiting
Brian
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Formerly of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Holford
Nicholas H G
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Begg
Evan J
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D003479:Curriculum; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D010600:Pharmacology / Q000193:education*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*