Student Exposure to Actual Patients in the Classroom.

摘要: Clinical Applications I (CA I) and II II) were created implemented to facilitate the development of first professional year pharmacy students’ interaction skills through use case presentations a multidisciplinary faculty team. During (CA) classes taught in 1995-1996 academic year, actual patients presented students. When not available, course coordinators simulated patient studies class. Following each presentation, class divided into groups 15-20 students discuss patient’s disease state further. Faculty members from Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacy Care Administration, Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology as well Practice served moderators group discussions. A survey found that CA was valuable learning experience =4.62±0.70; ll= 4.40±0.90; scale: 1 = “strongly disagree” 5 agree”) more about states with effective than (P<0.01). Students also preferred learn by or combination traditional lectures presentations, rather alone Results study suggest classroom is education