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ArticleJournal of educational evaluation for health professions2017

A new experimental community pharmacy internship module for undergraduate pharmacy students in western Nepal: overview and reflections.

Sangita Timsina, Bhuvan K C, Dristi Adhikari, Alian A Alrasheedy, Mohamed Izham Mohamed Ibrahim, Atisammodavardhana Kaundinnyayana

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Article in Journal of educational evaluation for health professions, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sangita TimsinaSchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0001-5784-4675
Bhuvan K CSchool of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-9135-962X
Dristi AdhikariSchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0003-1417-3749
Alian A AlrasheedyUnaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3617-7425
Mohamed Izham Mohamed IbrahimCollege of Pharmacy, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9757-3574
Atisammodavardhana KaundinnyayanaSchool of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-2162-2752
Pokhara University · NPQassim University · SAQatar University · QA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community pharmacies in Nepal and other South Asian countries are in a mediocre state due to poor regulation and the fact that many pharmacies are run by people with insufficient training in dispensing. This has led to the inappropriate use of medicines. The problems due to poor regulation and the mediocre state of community pharmacies in South Asia encompass both academia and clinical practice. In this paper, a 2-week community pharmacy internship programme completed by 2 graduating pharmacy students of Pokhara University (a Nepalese public university) at Sankalpa Pharmacy, Pokhara, Nepal is illustrated. During the internship, they were systematically trained on store management, pharmaceutical care, counselling skills, the use of medical devices, pharmaceutical business plans, medicine information sources, and adverse drug reaction reporting. An orientation, observations and hands-on training, case presentation, discussion, and feedback from 2 senior pharmacists were used as the training method. A proper community pharmacy internship format, good pharmacy practice standards, and a better work environment for pharmacists may improve the quality of community pharmacies.

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Community Pharmacy ServicesCurriculumHumansNepalPharmacy ResidenciesProgram DevelopmentCommunity pharmaciesInternshipNepalPharmacy education

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