Survey of clinical pharmacology programs in U.S. and Canadian medical schools

Fisher, Jennifer; Bianchine, Joseph R.; Palmer, Roxanne

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“…United States. No formal data comparable to those obtained in the United Kingdom currently exist for the United States, except those published by Fisher et al in 1980.' Those authors surveyed 126 medical schools in the United States and Canada and found that clinical pharmacology was identified as a separate program in 46 of 90 responding U. S. and Canadian medical schools.…”

Section: Undergraduate Education In Clinical Pharmacologymentioning

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Workshop report: Clinical pharmacology teaching, training and career development

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Breckenridge

1986

Clin Pharmacol Ther

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This report summarizes the teaching of clinical pharmacology to medical students and housestaff, the postdoctoral training and career development of clinical pharmacologists, and the role of clinical pharmacology in the postgraduate education of practicing physicians as discussed in this workshop. The report is organized by section, with each section discussing first the current status in the United Kingdom and the United States including accomplishments and problems, and second the recommendations for the future. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION IN CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGYCurrent status United Kingdom. A survey of the current status of the teaching of clinical pharmacology in U. K. medical schools has been completed and will be published elsewhere. Preliminary data were obtained from 21 of the 30 schools in the United Kingdom. In 18 of the 21 schools reporting, clinical pharmacology was taught separately from pharmacology. Student contact hours in pharmacology (X = 98 hours) were considerably greater than in clinical pharmacology (X = 64 hours).There was a marked variation in the number of staff members who taught clinical pharmacology in the 21 medical schools, with a range of 1.5 to 20 (X = 6.3). Most of the teachers were salaried by the U. K. government through the University Grants Committee contribution to the universities. A smaller number was funded through the National Health Service (NHS) or from outside grants. Clinical pharmacology itself was most commonly taught in the third year of the undergraduate curriculum (in 16 of the 21 schools), but in 14 of the 21 it was also taught in years 4 and 5. Fifteen of the 21 schools had a separate examination in clinical pharmacology, usually held either at the end of the third or fifth years of the medical course. This fact indicates an appropriate attention to clinical pharmacology in these schools.

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Section: Undergraduate Education In Clinical Pharmacologymentioning

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Workshop report: Clinical pharmacology teaching, training and career development

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Breckenridge

1986

Clin Pharmacol Ther

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“…According to several authors too much emphasis is placed on transferring this knowledge to students, with little attempt to train them in its application. There is evidence that training in therapeutics is uncommon in Europe and North America (Brody, 1985;Fisher et al, 1980;Orme et al, 1990). In the Netherlands two committees came to the same conclusion.…”

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Presenting clinical pharmacology and therapeutics: general introduction.

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Brit J Clinical Pharma

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Survey of clinical pharmacology programs in U.S. and Canadian medical schools

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Workshop report: Clinical pharmacology teaching, training and career development

Workshop report: Clinical pharmacology teaching, training and career development

Presenting clinical pharmacology and therapeutics: general introduction.

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