Problem-Based Clinical Cases Increase the Level of Pharmacology Education for Physiotherapy Students | Science Publications

American Medical Journal

Yazun B. Jarrar¹ 

关键词: Pharmacology education;    physiotherapy students;    medical basic courses;    clinical cases;   

DOI  :  10.3844/amjsp.2011.29.31

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Science Publications

【 摘 要 】

Problem statement: Pharmacology course is mandatory course for physiotherapy studentsin most of Middle Eastern Universities. Most of physiotherapy students believe that they should notstudy pharmacology course during bachelor degree. In addition, their marks in pharmacology coursewere lower than other medical basic courses. Approach: The present study investigated how toimprove the level of pharmacology education for physiotherapy students by introducing theoreticalclinical cases showed the effect of physiotherapy on drug response. Results: The present study showeda significant difference in student performance before and after adding these clinical cases.Conclusion/Recommendations: This study concluded that addition of theoretical clinical cases whichshow the effect of physiotherapy techniques on drugs activity improved physiotherapy studentsperformance in studying pharmacology.

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