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THE PHARMA REVIEW
(AUGUST 2008) |
Pharmacy Students Feed Back
on Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy Workshop: A Study From
Nepal
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Subish Palaian, Saval Khanal |
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Abstract: Introduction: Pharmacy education in
Nepal is largely industry focused. The Department of
Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy at Manipal Teaching
Hospital (MTH) is a pioneer in hospital and clinical
pharmacy activities in Nepal. Recently the department
organized a workshop related to hospital and clinical
pharmacy for the final year B.Pharm students of The
School of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences,
Pokhara University to study the demographic details of
the student respondents participating in the training
program, to calculate the median score of the
respondents and to compare their scores with demographic
characteristics.
The workshop on hospital and clinical pharmacy was
conducted for the final year B.Pharm students by the
staff of the Department of Hospital and Clinical
Pharmacy of MTH on June 21, 2008. The topics were
related to activities and basic functioning of the
Department of Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy, Drug
information and Pharmacovigilance Center, Medication
Counseling Center and other topics related to hospital
and clinical pharmacy. Following the workshop the
student feedback on the program was evaluated by using a
Likert type questionnaire having 20 questions (with
scores ranging from). The filled questionnaires were
analyzed as per the study objectives. Altogether 27
students [Males 16 (56.29%) and females 11 (40.74%)]
participated in the training program. Among the total
students 20 (74.07%) were from urban regions and 6
(22.22%) were from rural regions. All the participants
were Nepali citizens. The mean ± SD score of males was
85.87 ± 6.37 and of females was 86.63 ± 3.77 (maximum
possible score 100). The students in general had a
positive feedback and were willing for similar sessions
in the future. The study provided an insight of the
possibility of conducting hospital and clinical pharmacy
workshops in Nepal. The students felt the importance of
Hospital and Clinical Pharmacy and were interested in
pursuing their career and higher education in hospital
settings.
Introduction
Nepal is a developing country located between China and
India. As in other developing countries, the major
causes of preventable death are diarrhea, acute
respiratory tract infections, immunisable diseases and
problems associated with poor maternal nutrition. The
healthcare situation is further worsened by various drug
sue problems. There is evidence of several problems
related to drug use in Nepal. Irrational use of drugs in
hospital and community settings are widely documented.
It is essential for the healthcare professionals to have
the adequate involvement to combat these drug use
problems. The need for pharmacists’ involvement in the
healthcare system is immense. Data from developed
countries have documented beneficial role of pharmacists
in improving drug use pattern and better patient care.
However; in Nepal the pharmacists are minimally involved
in patient care related activities and are mainly
focused on industries. There are only four institutions
offering undergraduate (B.Pharm) course and only two of
them are offering post graduation in Pharmacy (M.Pharm)
in Nepal. One of these institutes offers PG in
Pharmaceutical care and Industrial Pharmacy whereas the
other institute offers in natural products and
Pharmaceutics.
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