Open AccessThe need for a comprehensive medication safety module in medical education
Author(s) -
Sujith J Chandy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of pharmacology/the indian journal of pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1998-3751
pISSN - 0253-7613
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7613.193324
Subject(s) - curriculum , pharmacovigilance , medical education , quality (philosophy) , medicine , patient safety , alternative medicine , family medicine , adverse effect , psychology , pharmacology , pedagogy , health care , political science , philosophy , epistemology , pathology , law
A rising number of medicines and minimal emphasis on rational prescribing in the medical curriculum may compromise medication safety. There is no focused module in the curriculum dealing with factors affecting safety such as quality, medicines management, rational use, and approach to adverse effects. Creating awareness of these issues would hopefully plant a seed of safe prescribing and encourage pharmacovigilance. A study was therefore done to determine the need for such a module.