E-drug: Undergraduate pharmacotherapy teaching (cont'd)
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Dear E-druggers,
I have been following the discussion on the above subject from the
side line.
I would like to throw some light on the teaching of pharmacology to
undergraduates in our institution which practices integrated
problem-based teaching since its inception in 1981.
Our program consists of three phases; phase I (year 1), phase II (year
2 and 3) and phase III (year 4 and 5). Phase I covers basic sciences
which is taught based on systems of the body. During phase II
students go in rotations of organ/system blocks where clinical
subjects are introduced and taught together with basic sciences.
Phase III is rather similar to the conventional teaching. Pharmacology
is taught throughout all the 3 phases; in phase I general pharmacology
is taught, in phase II pharmacology is taught according to the systems
and in phase III therapeutics is taught during medical, pediatrics and
surgical postings. I have presented our teaching method during the
Asean Clinical Pharmacology Meeting in Yokyakarta, Indonesia, in
1993.
Abdul Rahman Noor
Associate Professor and Head
Dept. of Pharmacology
School of Medical Sciences
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Kubang Kerian, Kelantan
Malaysia
e-mail: arnoor@pc.jaring.my
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