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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Clinical Pharmacy Education in Japan: Using Simulated Patients in Laboratory-Based Communication-Skills Training before Clinical Practice.

Rie Kubota, Kiyoshi Shibuya, Yoichi Tanaka, Manahito Aoki, Megumi Shiomi, Wataru Ando, Katsuya Otori, Takako Komiyama

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rie KubotaResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan. kubotar@pharm.kitasato-u.ac.jp.
Kiyoshi ShibuyaResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Yoichi TanakaResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Manahito AokiResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Megumi ShiomiResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Wataru AndoResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Katsuya OtoriResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Takako KomiyamaResearch and Education Center for Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University 5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan.
Kitasato University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Japanese pharmaceutical curriculum was extended from four to six years in 2006. Students now receive practical communication-skills training in their fourth year, before progressing to train in hospital and community pharmacies in their fifth year. Kitasato University School of Pharmacy, Tokyo, had established a program to meet these aims before the 2006 guidance. In the present study, we discuss and evaluate the features of this communication-skills training program. This study enrolled 242 fourth-year pharmacy students at Kitasato University. Students filled out a questionnaire survey after completing the laboratory element of their undergraduate education. As part of training, students were asked to obtain patient data from a model medical chart, before performing simulated patient interviews covering hospital admission and patient counseling. These simulations were repeated in a small group, and feedback was provided to students by both the simulated patient and the faculty after each presentation. It was found that students were able to develop their communication skills through this approach. Thus, an effective system of gradual and continuous training has been developed, which allows students to acquire clinical and practical communication skills.

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communication skillpharmacy educationpreliminary educationsimulated patient

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PMCPMC6025166
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