2023 Volume 7 Article ID: 2022-059
Objective: This study used practical training with shadowing prescription plans to potential experiences in clinics and dispensing pharmacies and verified whether there was any change in the students’ perceptions.
Method: After studying an explanation of the outpatients’ pathology and prescribing intentions, the 14 fifth-year students developed prescription plans. They decided on eight essential factors for the prescription plans before and after the practicum.
Results: Co-occurrence network analysis extracted words related to the prescriptions, the patient’s medical history and pathology before the training, and the patient’s lifestyle habits after the training. Consequently, qualitative analysis revealed three factors of the drug (indications, directions, and dosage), the patient’s medical background, and the patient’s lifestyle and awareness characteristics. The frequency of these factors appearing in the plans was 49.2%, 47.5%, and 3.4% before training, and 33.1%, 44.1%, and 22.8% respectively after, indicating an increase in the understanding of a patient’s lifestyle and awareness characteristics.
Conclusion: Students were able to develop a better prescription regimen through this hands-on training with an understanding of the patient’s lifestyle and awareness characteristics.
