Journal of Korean Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (임상약리학회지)

Korean Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (대한임상약리학회)
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A Survey on the Current Status of Clinical Pharmacology Education in Korean Medical Schools

한국 의과대학에서의 임상약리학 교육현황조사

  • Lim, Young-Chai (Department of Pharmacology, Chonnam National University Medical School and Research Institute of Medical Sciences) ;
  • Shon, Ji-Hong (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inje University College of Medicine and Pusan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Yoon, Young-Ran (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inje University College of Medicine and Pusan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Jae-Gook (Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inje University College of Medicine and Pusan Paik Hospital) ;
  • Roh, Hyung-Keun (Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Inha University Hospital) ;
  • Sohn, Dong-Ryul (Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine) ;
  • Jang, In-Jin (Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, and Clinical Trial Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Hospital) ;
  • Shin, Sang-Goo (Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology Unit, and Clinical Trial Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine and Hospital)
  • 임영채 (전남대학교 의과대학 약리학교실 및 의과학연구소) ;
  • 손지홍 (인제대학교 의과대학 약리학교실 및 부산 백병원 임상약리센터) ;
  • 윤영란 (인제대학교 의과대학 약리학교실 및 부산 백병원 임상약리센터) ;
  • 신재국 (인제대학교 의과대학 약리학교실 및 부산 백병원 임상약리센터) ;
  • 노형근 (인하대하교 의과대학 부속병원 내과/임상약리학과) ;
  • 손동렬 (순천향대학교 의과대학 임상약리학교실) ;
  • 장인진 (서울대학교 의과대학 약리학교실, 서울대학교 병원 임상약리실 및 임상시험센터) ;
  • 신상구 (서울대학교 의과대학 약리학교실, 서울대학교 병원 임상약리실 및 임상시험센터)
  • Published : 2002.06.30

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Abstract

Background : The discipline of clinical pharmacology has been trying to improve the efficacy and safety of drug therapy on a scientific basis, and also to attain rational prescription. Clinical pharmacology has also played the vital role in new drug development. It is clear that medical students should receive a sound education in clinical pharmacology during their undergraduate course so that they can easily understand current therapies as well as evaluate and assimilate new therapeutic advances in the future. The current status of clinical pharmacology education in Korean medical schools was therefore investigated. Method : A nation-wide survey on the current status of clinical pharmacology education were conducted in 41 Korean medical schools. Results : 38 (92.7%) schools responded to the questionaire on the current status of clinical pharmacology education. Only about one fourth (26.3%) of respondents were teaching clinical pharmacology as a separate discipline. In case of separate clinical pharmacology course, an average time of clinical pharmacology education was 13.5 hours and the education was done most frequently during the 4th-year grade of medical curriculum. The main subjects taught most frequently were clinical pharmacokinetics, therapeutic drug monitoring, drug use in elderly and children, drug use in kidney disease patients, etc. In case of 25 medical schools in which clinical pharmacology lecture is included as just one part of existing pharmacology course, the average time of clinical pharmacology lecture was only 6.4 hours. Fifteen schools among 28 schools (53.6%) which do not have an independent clinical pharmacology course expressed the future plan to have an independent clinical pharmacology course of average 16.9 hours. Conclusion : These data indicated that there are severe deficiency of clinical pharmacology teaching in Korean medical schools, and every effort is urgently required to encourage the education of clinical pharmacology in undergraduate medical curriculum in Korea.

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