INTRODUCTION Thai pharmacy education consists of two undergraduate programs, a 5-year Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy (BScPsci and BScPcare) degree and a 6-year Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D). Pharmacy students who wish to serve in the public sector need to enroll in the public service program. This study aims to compare the perception of professional competency among new pharmacy graduates from ...

The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) initiative identified 6 competencies for the education of nurses (patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics) and the related knowledge, skills, and attitudes (KSAs) for each competency. The initial QSEN focus was on competency development during prelicensure nursing ...

Canadian family medicine training is highly praised worldwide, but more recently it has been affected by many external pressures. Issues such as training efficiency, social accountability, and a global move toward competency-based education suggest it is time for curriculum renewal. In order to respond to these challenges, the Working Group on Postgraduate Curriculum Review of the College of Fa...

in recent decades, by increasing complexity of drug therapy, pharmacists considered as health- care members who can help optimizing drug therapy. we know that medicines do not have the anticipated effects all the times and a vast variability may exist in their behaviors in the body. so, it is very crucial to individualize treatment for every single patient. nowadays, optimizing drug therapy in ...

conclusions results of the current study confirmed the effect of supportive nursing care on increasing the level of satisfaction in ect receiving patients, recommending the use of this therapeutic method. results the results showed similarities in socio-personal characteristics of both groups. however, there was a significant difference (p < 0.001) between the means of satisfaction in the group...

extract to separate patient from the others is uncomfortable for the patient and for the nurse . some of people see this as a punishment and consider little value for this. but some of people refer to uses and benefits and said:”almost no adverse and mental effects”.   of course, it is very difficult to determine the issues in isolation condition. this paper has offered some suggestions for tak...

conclusions a substantial proportion of patients with urethritis sought help from other sources, rather than physicians. the results of our study show that the patients with higher levels of education were more likely to seek help from health care services. it is important to promote the public’s knowledge through informative studies and educational materials in order to encourage patients to s...

During the past few years, changes in medical practice and curricula have heightened the need to establish guidelines for expected competencies in community pediatrics. The shift of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) toward an outcome-focused process for the training of physicians and the 1996 Pediatric Resident Review Committee (RRC) extended requirements for trai...