Tıp Fakülteleri Ders Programlarında Farmakovijilans ve Akılcı Farmakoterapi ile İlişkili Konuların Kapsanması Gelecekteki Doktorlar Açısından Yeterli Midir?

Abstract

Underreporting of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) is a global problem and the main reasons for not reporting ADRs are either failure to recognize an ADR or failure to report the recognized ADR, which can be prevented by efficient education and training. Thus, the content on pharmacovigilance and related subjects in the curricula of the medical schools was evaluated. The web pages of the 63 Turkish medical schools that provided online curricula were evaluated for the following subjects: pharmacovigilance, toxicology, rational pharmacotherapy, drug use in special populations, good prescription writing principles, and clinical pharmacology stage. The number of hours dedicated to these subjects and the year of the course during which these subjects were taught were recorded. Of the 63 medical schools, 41 (65.1%) provide pharmacovigilance course and 33 (52.4%) rational pharmacotherapy course for 0.5-2 hours, mostly during the 3rd year of education. Thirty of the medical schools (47.6%) had clinical pharmacology and rational pharmacotherapy stage covering personal-drug selection, and clinical pharmacology of organ-systems was mostly a five-day course during the 4th or 5th years of education. The time allocated for pharmacovigilance and related subjects in the curricula of medical schools is not sufficient for the students to acquire satisfactory knowledge on ADR and to influence their attitudes as physicians in the future. In order to improve this, more time and effort must be allocated by medical schools to pharmacovigilance and rational pharmacotherapy education, particularly during the later years of medical education.