Open AccessPharmaceutical Care – A New Discipline in the Curriculum: Introducing Pharmacy Students to Medication Non-Compliance
Author(s) -
Kurt E. Hersberger,
Isabelle Arnet
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/000942906777675065
Subject(s) - pharmacy , curriculum , compliance (psychology) , pharmaceutical care , pharmacist , pharmacy practice , medical education , clinical pharmacy , health care , medicine , process (computing) , plan (archaeology) , health professionals , nursing , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , political science , social psychology , archaeology , law , history , operating system
Pharmaceutical Care (PC) is a new academic discipline with a direct link to patient care. Since 2003 it has been integrated into the Swiss five-year university pharmacy curriculum. This article aims to describe (1) the concept of PC as a systematic process through which a pharmacist cooperates with the patient and healthcare professionals in designing, implementing and monitoring a therapeutic plan that will produce specific therapeutic outcomes; (2) the didactic concept used for the new discipline; (3) an illustrative example of how to teach pharmacy students the issues of patient non-compliance.