A status survey on the management of eight major diseases by pharmacy students during hospital training

Abstract

When the model core curriculum for pharmacy education was revised in 2013, there were eight major diseases specified that should be managed continuously and extensively by students during their hospital training. The status of this student management during training was examined at Kitasato University East Hospital before the implementation of the revised model core curriculum. The mean number of diseases managed by each student during their ward training was 3.3, and ranging from one to six diseases. The diseases most frequently managed by students were cancer and hypertension. Diseases other than the specified eight were also frequently managed. The results revealed the difficulty in providing sufficient opportunities for students to continuously and extensively manage all eight diseases through only ward training. Therefore, special measures may be needed to clarify the diseases individual students managed during their hospital training, and to preferentially allocate them to relevant wards to experience the management of the remaining diseases.