[Advanced curriculum for clinical assessment and skill in new age pharmacist education]

Yakugaku Zasshi. 2013;133(2):231-41. doi: 10.1248/yakushi.12-00250-2.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

In Showa University School of pharmacy, 7 competencies for outcome-based education were set up in 2011. We are now creating sequential curriculum in order to achieve these competencies. As a member of team medical treatment, pharmacist must share a patient's information with other members, assess each patient's condition, propose the best medication with evidence, and also check the effect of medication. Therefore, many active practices in a hospital and community and problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials are carried out in curriculum in School of Pharmacy. As a training for the future pharmacists who positively perform primary care with responsibility in community pharmacy, students study the method of clinical assessment (assessment of condition of disease from the patient's complain, and choice of appropriate proposal). Furthermore, the exercise and training of parenteral medication, physical assessment, and first aid, etc. are also taken in the curriculums as new clinical skill. The systematic and gradual interprofessional education curriculum for the team medical education has been carried out aiming at training of active members in medical team in a hospital and community. At this symposium, I will introduce these systematic advanced curriculums for the pharmacist of a new age, and to show the usefulness and learning effect.

Publication types

  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Clinical Competence*
  • Community Pharmacy Services
  • Education, Pharmacy / methods*
  • Education, Pharmacy / trends*
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Japan
  • Patient Acuity*
  • Patient Care Team
  • Pharmacists / trends*
  • Pharmacy Service, Hospital
  • Problem-Based Learning / methods*
  • Problem-Based Learning / trends*
  • Professional Role
  • Schools, Pharmacy