Two active learning programs of practical pharmacotherapy for nursing students have been performed in school of nursing, University of Miyazaki; (1) pharmacotherapy role-play for interprofessional education (IPE) and (2) practical excise for Kampo medicine.
Pharmacotherapy role-play for IPE was performed as joint lecture both medical students and nursing students. This pharmacotherapy role-play is named Case & Communication based approach (C&C approach), since it is studied through communication between physicians, nurses and patients based on cases presented beforehand. In the practical excise for Kampo medicine, nursing students studied Kampo medicines and tried to taste 9 frequently used Kampo medicines. These active-learning programs in nursing pharmacology education may be effective for better understanding of pharmacotherapy, patient's feeling, and improvement of students' awareness and motivation as a nurse.
In this symposium, we would like to show the detail of these programs and possibility of contribution to nursing education.
