title: Many roads lead to Rome--is that true of the teaching and learning of pharmacology? Lessons from three medical schools in Malaysia.
abstract: In Malaysia many new medical schools (both public and private) have been set up in the last 12 years. As a result of global changes and local adjustments made in medical training, cross-breeds of different medical curricula have produced a wide spectrum of teaching-learning methods in these medical schools. In this paper, we have selected three medical schools--two public (Universiti Malaya and Universiti Putra Malaysia) and one private (International Medical University) to illustrate different approaches in the teaching-learning of pharmacology that exist in Malaysia. How do these different teaching-learning approaches affect the students' interest and ability to "master" pharmacology and in turn to develop a good prescribing practice?
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sim
authors.forename: F I
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Achike
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Geh
mesh_terms: D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D005180:Faculty, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008296:Malaysia; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D012577:Schools, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods