2018 Volume 151 Issue 5 Pages 200-205
The installation of nursing colleges/universities has rapidly increased from the late 1990s, there are 255 institutions in Japan as of 2017. Pharmacology and clinical pharmacology education in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing colleges/universities is highly important, however, the lack of human resources involved in pharmacology education due to the rapid increase of nursing colleges/universities cannot be denied. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan established a 〝nursing education model core curriculum〟 for quality assurance of education at nursing colleges/universities. To meet the needs of a new phase of nursing education, re-examination of curriculum of nursing Pharmacology education is necessary. In this manuscript, we would like to propose a novel concept 〝integrated drug (iDrug)〟 based on 〝Patient-oriented Pharmacology〟 for nursing Pharmacology education to maintain high level of safety medication.
