Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort

Objectives: Escalating healthcare costs and pharmaceutical spending continue to evolve rapidly. With the aim of curtailing the cost of treatment, there is an increased demand of understanding and applying the pharmacoeconomics principles. In the backdrop of this we developed and implement a 2-cred...

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Main Authors:	Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed, Jamshed, Shazia Qasim, Shafie, Asrul Akmal
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 2015
Subjects:	L Education (General) RS Pharmacy and materia medica
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spelling	iium-621942018-03-06T01:42:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62194/ Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Shafie, Asrul Akmal L Education (General) RS Pharmacy and materia medica Objectives: Escalating healthcare costs and pharmaceutical spending continue to evolve rapidly. With the aim of curtailing the cost of treatment, there is an increased demand of understanding and applying the pharmacoeconomics principles. In the backdrop of this we developed and implement a 2-credit hour pharmacoeconomics module which constitutes didactic lectures, literature review workshops, and assignments in our final year cohort. This study is aimed to assess the views and attitudes of final year pharmacy students about the concepts and application of Pharmacoeconomics. Method: A cross-sectional survey was performed among a final year cohort of 99 students in October 2013. A pre-validated, 15-item, questionnaire was used to assess the students views and attitudes towards this course. Results: All the students of final year cohort (n= 28 males; n= 71 females) responded the survey. Three-fourth of the students (n= 76; 76.6 %) strongly agreed to have little knowledge of pharmacoeconomics before this course. Majority of the students (n=65; 65.5%) strongly agreed that the class exercises helped them better to understand the course material. A large majority (n=61; 61.61%) strongly disagreed to evaluate the pharmacoeconomics literature confidently. Majority (n=62; 62.62%) expressed their intention to apply pharmacoeconomics principles in their professional practice. Majority (n=75; 75.75 %) expressed their desire work as a hospital pharmacist. Conclusion: Students expressed to learn well about the basic concepts of pharmacoeconomics principles and expressed positive attitude towards the learning of application of pharmacoeconomics principles. The introduction of pharmacoeconomics principles is recommended to be included in the initial pharmacy years. Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society 2015-11-03 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62194/1/62194_INDUCTION%20OF%20A%20PHARMACOECONOMICS.pdf Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed and Jamshed, Shazia Qasim and Shafie, Asrul Akmal (2015) Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort. Malaysian Journal of Pharmacy, 2 (1). p. 143. ISSN 1657-3666 http://www.mps.org.my/index.cfm?&menuid=146
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spellingShingle	L Education (General) RS Pharmacy and materia medica Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Shafie, Asrul Akmal Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
description	Objectives: Escalating healthcare costs and pharmaceutical spending continue to evolve rapidly. With the aim of curtailing the cost of treatment, there is an increased demand of understanding and applying the pharmacoeconomics principles. In the backdrop of this we developed and implement a 2-credit hour pharmacoeconomics module which constitutes didactic lectures, literature review workshops, and assignments in our final year cohort. This study is aimed to assess the views and attitudes of final year pharmacy students about the concepts and application of Pharmacoeconomics. Method: A cross-sectional survey was performed among a final year cohort of 99 students in October 2013. A pre-validated, 15-item, questionnaire was used to assess the students views and attitudes towards this course. Results: All the students of final year cohort (n= 28 males; n= 71 females) responded the survey. Three-fourth of the students (n= 76; 76.6 %) strongly agreed to have little knowledge of pharmacoeconomics before this course. Majority of the students (n=65; 65.5%) strongly agreed that the class exercises helped them better to understand the course material. A large majority (n=61; 61.61%) strongly disagreed to evaluate the pharmacoeconomics literature confidently. Majority (n=62; 62.62%) expressed their intention to apply pharmacoeconomics principles in their professional practice. Majority (n=75; 75.75 %) expressed their desire work as a hospital pharmacist. Conclusion: Students expressed to learn well about the basic concepts of pharmacoeconomics principles and expressed positive attitude towards the learning of application of pharmacoeconomics principles. The introduction of pharmacoeconomics principles is recommended to be included in the initial pharmacy years.
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author	Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Shafie, Asrul Akmal
author_facet	Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamshed, Shazia Qasim Shafie, Asrul Akmal
author_sort	Alshami, Abdulkareem Mohammed
title	Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
title_short	Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
title_full	Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
title_fullStr	Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
title_full_unstemmed	Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
title_sort	induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort
publisher	Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society
publishDate	2015
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62194/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62194/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62194/1/62194_INDUCTION%20OF%20A%20PHARMACOECONOMICS.pdf
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Induction of a pharmacoeconomics course in pharmacy curriculum: preliminary findings from the final year cohort

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