Teaching and Learning of Pharmacology in Medical Schools: From Canada to Southeast Asia

Chiu-Yin Kwan

《Journal of Medical Education》 4卷1期 (2000/03) Pp. 110-117

https://doi.org/10.6145/jme.200003_4(1).0015

並列摘要

Pharmacology in the traditional medical curriculum has been treated as a discrete”preclinical”discipline indentifying itself distinctly from other preclinical sciences or clinical subjects in its knowledge base as well as learning/teaching instructions.It isusually run in series with other pre-clinical courses(e.g.,anatomy,biochemistry,physiology),but in parallel with other para-clinical courses such as pathology,microbiology and community medicine.Clinical pharmacology was only introduced relativelyrecently and was designed to overcome the perceived deficiency in”preclinical”pharmacology” especially in terms of its therapeutic relevance and application to medicine.In many universities,both preclinical and clinical pharmacology courses co-exist,usually independently and are offered by two separate,sometimes non-interacting Departments of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology.In recent years,problem-based medical curricula have emerged,in varied forms,as a platform in which pharmacology is viewed as an integrated component in a holistic approach to medical education.In this problem-based learning(PBL)model,pharmacology is learned in a student-centered environment,based on a self-directed,clinically relevant and case-oriented approach,usually in a small-group tutorial format.In PBL,pharmacology is learned inconcert with other subject issues relevant to the case-problem in question,such as anatomy, physiology,pathology,microbiology,population health,and behavior science.Achange towards a PBL curriculum appears to be beneficial in better preparing the medicalstudents as life-long learners capable of coping with changes in knowledge and skills associated with the progressive and dynamic social/economic transformation in theAsia-Pacific region.

並列關鍵字

problem-based learning ； pharmacology ； medical curriculum ； self-directed learning ； small group tutorial