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ArticleIndian journal of pharmacology

Rational pharmacotherapy training for fourth-year medical students.

Ayse Gelal, Mukaddes Gumustekin, M Aylin Arici, Sedef Gidener

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Ayse GelalDepartment of Pharmacology, Dokuz Eylul University, School of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey.
Mukaddes Gumustekin
M Aylin Arici
Sedef Gidener

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objectivesIn this study we aimed to evaluate the impact of Rational Pharmacotherapy (RPT) course program, reinforced by video footages, on the rational pharmacotherapy skills of the students. MATERIALS AND

methodsRPT course program has been conducted in Dokuz Eylul University School of Medicine since 2008/9. The course has been organised in accordance with World Health Organisation (WHO) Good Prescribing Guide. The aim of the course was to improve the problem solving skills (methodology for selection of the (p)ersonel-drug, prescription writing and informing patient about his illness and drugs) and communication skills of students. The impact of the course has been measured by pre/post-test design by an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). In academic year 2010/11, to further improve OSCE score of the students we added doctor-patient communication video footages to the RPT course programme. During training, the students were asked to evaluate the doctor-patient communication and prescription on two video footages using a checklist followed by group discussions.

resultsTotal post-test OSCE score was significantly higher for 2010/11 academic year students (n = 147) than it was for 2009/10 year students (n = 131). The 2010/11 academic year students performed significantly better than the 2009/10 academic year students on four steps of OSCE. These steps were "defining the patient's problem", "specifying the therapeutic objective", "specifying the non-pharmacological treatment" and "choosing a (drug) treatment, taking all relevant patient characteristics into account".

conclusionsThe present study demonstrated that the implementation of video footages and group discussions to WHO/Good Prescribing Method improved the fourth-year medical students' performance in rational pharmacotherapy skills.

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Clinical CompetenceCommunicationDrug TherapyEducational MeasurementEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansPhysician-Patient RelationsStudents, MedicalVideotape RecordingEducationmedical studentsrational pharmacotherapyrational prescribing skillsvideo footages

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PMCPMC3608292

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