[Implementation of bedside training and advanced objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) trial to learn and confirm about pharmacy clinical skills].
Bedside training for fourth-year students, as well as seminars in hospital pharmacy (vital sign seminars) for fifth-year students at the Department of Pharmacy of Kyushu University of Health and Welfare have been implemented using patient training models and various patient simulators. The introduction of simulation-based pharmaceutical education, where no patients are present, promotes visually, aurally, and tactilely simulated learning regarding the evaluation of vital signs and implementation of physical assessment when disease symptoms are present or adverse effects occur. A patient simulator also promotes the creation of training programs for emergency and critical care, with which basic as well as advanced life support can be practiced. In addition, an advanced objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) trial has been implemented to evaluate skills regarding vital signs and physical assessments. Pharmacists are required to examine vital signs and conduct physical assessment from a pharmaceutical point of view. The introduction of these pharmacy clinical skills will improve the efficacy of drugs, work for the prevention or early detection of adverse effects, and promote the appropriate use of drugs. It is considered that simulation-based pharmaceutical education is essential to understand physical assessment, and such education will ideally be applied and developed according to on-site practices.
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University of Health and Welfare, Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan. j-tokunaga@phoenix.ac.jp
Jin
J
Tokunaga
Norito
N
Takamura
Kenji
K
Ogata
Nao
N
Setoguchi
Keizo
K
Sato
D002983:Clinical Competence; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000517:prevention & control; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D062072:Patient Acuity; D010348:Patient Care Team; D016544:Patient Simulation; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000639:trends*; D018794:Problem-Based Learning / Q000379:methods*; D024382:Professional Role; D055986:Vital Signs