title: [Significance of Allowing Pharmacy Students to Attend Visits to Home Care Patients].
abstract: In 2006, with the admission of a new batch of students, pharmaceutical education became a 6-year course. This was a result of the urgent need to train a new generation of pharmacists to respond to increasingly advanced and intricate medical care as well as the specific need to coordinate with multiple occupational categories. Meanwhile, with Japan becoming an aged society, medical care has undergone functional differentiation, and home care is now being promoted. As part of an 11- week practical course for 5th-year practical training, students attended visits to home care patients from an early stage, making it possible for them to be present at multiple visits. This was highly significant because it allowed students to experience various disease states of different patients and increase their practical knowledge of pharmaceuticals. This study explores the case example of proposals made by pharmacy students for improving medication-related problems in home care patients during 5th-year practical training.
authors.affiliation: Ushioda Pharmacy.
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobashi
authors.forename: Hazuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Yuka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sakae
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikegawa
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
authors.forename: Junichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shiota
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirohara
authors.forename: Kazuki
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kushida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence