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- Title
Survey on the undergraduate curriculum in clinical pharmacology and interns' prescribing ability in South Korea.
- Authors
Namyi Gu; Kyong-Jee Kim; Chi-Yeon Lim; Jun Kyu Lee; Moo-Yong Rhee; Kwang-Hee Shin; Seung-Hwan Lee; Sangzin Ahn
- Abstract
Appropriate prescription writing is one of the critical medical processes affecting the quality of public health care. However, this is a complex task for newly qualified intern doctors because of its complex characteristics requiring sufficient knowledge of medications and principles of clinical pharmacology, skills of diagnosis and communication, and critical judgment. This study aims to gather data on the current status of undergraduate prescribing education in South Korea. Two surveys were administered in this study: survey A to 26 medical schools in South Korea to gather information on the status of undergraduate education in clinical pharmacology; and survey B to 244 intern doctors in large hospitals to gather their opinions regarding prescribing education and ability. In survey A, half of the responding institutions provided prescribing education via various formats of classes over two curriculums including lecture, applied practice, group discussions, computer-utilized training, and workshops. In survey B, we found that intern doctors have the least confidence when prescribing drugs for special patient populations, especially pregnant women. These intern doctors believed that a case-based practical training or group discussion class would be an effective approach to supplement their prescribing education concurrently or after the clerkship in medical schools or right before starting intern training with a core drug list. The results of the present study may help instructors in charge of prescribing education when communicating and cooperating with each other to improve undergraduate prescribing education and the quality of national medical care.
- Subjects
UNDERGRADUATES; CLINICAL pharmacology; DRUG prescribing
- Publication
Translational & Clinical Pharmacology, 2018, Vol 26, Issue 3, p128
- ISSN
2289-0882
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12793/tcp.2018.26.3.128