title: [Effectiveness of combination learning of basic problem and free clinical topics in lecturing for lower grade students in pharmacy school].
abstract: To help pharmacy students develop applied knowledge concerning clinical diseases and the ability to communicate with patients (and medical staff), we have introduced a new improved program for first and second year pharmaceutical students. This new program involves a 10-20 minute presentation of a clinical disease and clinical case by the students after regular lectures. Our new program may be useful for a 6-year pharmacy education in order to produce pharmacy students who have: 1) wide clinical knowledge, 2) a better basis for understanding advanced subjects such as pharmacology, drug therapeutics and pathologic physiology that are taken in the upper grades, and 3) practical training at medical institutions. In addition, a pamphlet produced as part of the student presentation become reference data when students in the following year study the same topic or teachers of other professional subjects attempt a similar program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Division of Basic Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara City, Japan. smasaki@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sekiguchi
authors.forename: Tetsuta
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Kojun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Torigoe
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D007858:Learning; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology*