background: at the present time, teaching pharmacology for medical students mainly focuses on the basic principles of pharmacology. this study was conducted to assess the current situation of pharmacology teaching and the necessity of developing clinical pharmacology from the viewpoint of medical interns and externs in tabriz university of medical sciences. methods: this descriptive cross-secti...

Background: At the present time, teaching pharmacology for medical students mainly focuses on the basic principles of pharmacology. This study was conducted to assess the current situation of pharmacology teaching and the necessity of developing clinical pharmacology from the viewpoint of medical interns and externs in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This descriptive cross-secti...

background: due to unpredictability of events in psychiatry environment and replacement of routine clinical experiences with some assignments such as therapeutic communication with patients, clinical training in such environments has been associated with many problems which require continuous review and evaluation.  the purpose of the present research was to determine the effect of applying por...

background: pharmacy education has been changed in recent years. pharmacy students need more practical and clinical skills which come from direct interaction with patients and other health care providers. to achieve this, students need more effective courses and clerkships. in this paper we describe our method to design and evaluate clinical pharmacy clerkship for the first time in ahvaz jundis...

BACKGROUND Teachers strive to motivate their students to be self-directed learners. One of the methods used is to provide online formative assessment material. The concept of formative assessment and use of these processes is heavily promoted, despite limited evidence as to their efficacy. METHODS Fourth year medical students, in their first year of clinical work were divided into four groups...

BACKGROUND/GOALS Supporting medical students entering their internships - the clinical clerkship and the internship "final clinical year" (Praktisches Jahr, PJ) - the seminars "Ready for Clerkship" and "Ready for PJ" were held for the first time in 2014 and continued successfully in 2015. These seminars are part of the "Magdeburg Curriculum for Healthcare Competence" (Magdeburger Curriculum zur...

flecainide has been known to cause torsades de pointes (tdp) in patients with structural heart disease and its mechanism has been attributed to use-dependency. we present a patient with flecainide-induced tdp in the absence of any other precipitating factors.this case highlights potential reverse use dependence associated with flecainide resulting in tdp.