Skills of Bulgarian students in choosing a rational drug therapy.
109 medical students in their 5th year of study in Sofia and 37 medical students in their 5th year of study in Varna, Bulgaria, participated in a study comparing the therapeutic skills of a total of 1,234 students from various EU countries. The students were required to determine a drug or non-drug treatment for 4 written patient cases within 30 minutes. They then had to complete a questionnaire regarding their education in therapeutics. For preliminary results see Table 1.


CONCLUSIONS
Medical students in Sofia and Varna, Bulgaria, receive problem-oriented teaching comparable with the WHO-accepted model. The results indicate that the therapeutic skills they develop during the 5th and 6th year of study are similar to the therapeutic skills of students from EU countries.
Bakracheva
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N
Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria.
Beltcheva
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A
Gatchev
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E
D000328:Adult; D002031:Bulgaria; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*