Switching from a traditional undergraduate programme in (clinical) pharmacology and therapeutics to a problem-based learning programme.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The pharmacology and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education during the undergraduate medical curriculum of NOVA Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal, was changed from a traditional programme (i.e. discipline-based, lectures) to a problem-based learning (PBL) programme (i.e. integrated, case-based discussions) without an increase in teaching hours. The aim of this study was to investigate whether this change improved the prescribing competencies of final-year medical students.

Methods

Final-year students from both programmes (2015 and 2019) were invited to complete a validated prescribing assessment and questionnaire. The assessment comprised 24 multiple-choice questions in three subdomains (working mechanism, side-effects and interactions/contraindication

SUBMITTER: Brinkman DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7867513 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature