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Development of a Patient‐Centered Clinical Toxicology Elective in Collaboration with the Illinois Poison Center
Author(s) -
ElAlfy Abir
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.549.3
Subject(s) - coursework , curriculum , accreditation , poison control center , medical education , presentation (obstetrics) , pharmacy , medicine , clinical toxicology , psychology , family medicine , emergency medicine , toxicology , poison control , suicide prevention , pedagogy , surgery , biology
Most didactic pharmacy school curricula hardly devote any part of the coursework to toxicology. However, appendix 1 of the 2016 Accreditation Standards lists toxicology topics to be covered in the didactic coursework. These topics include mechanisms, prevention, and treatment of toxicity of drugs and poisons, especially bioterrorism ones. A few hours in didactic curriculum usually satisfy this accreditation requirement. However, since pharmacists play an important role as first health responders, it was essential to develop a clinical toxicology elective course in our program. A 2‐hour course was established in collaboration with clinical pharmacists at the Illinois Poison Center, and offered for third year student pharmacists, during the Spring semester. The course was offered for four years, with average enrollment of 24 students/year. The course topics were tailored yearly according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers' Annual Report (AAPCC). Different active learning techniques were used over the four years. These included case presentations, small group case discussions, in class, and flipped classroom activities. The average student performance in the course for academic years 2011–2014 was 86.77 ± 0.89%. All cases discussed in the course were either provided by the Illinois Poison Center or retrieved from literature case reports. Students analyzed the cases, provided SOAP note reports, and presented them orally. Case presentation grade constituted 25% of the overall grade. The average student performance in the case analysis and presentation was 91.90 ± 0.90%. In conclusion, the toxicology elective developed in collaboration with the poison control center provided a clinically relevant, interactive experience to our students. This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .