Badyal Dinesh K, Daniel Sujit R
Department of Pharmacology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Department of Pharmacology, Dr. SM CSI Medical College and Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Indian J Pharmacol. 2016 Oct;48(Suppl 1):S19-S24. doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.193316.
To survey the opinion about various curricular components of Doctor of Medicine (MD) pharmacology curriculum in India by stakeholders, including faculty and students.
An online survey was done to evaluate the various curricular components of MD pharmacology curriculum being used in India. A total of 393 respondents including faculty, MD students, and other stakeholders completed the survey. The survey was developed using SurveyMonkey platform and link to survey was E-mailed to stakeholders. The results were expressed as percentages.
There was a balanced representation of respondents from various designations, teaching experience, regions, and age groups. Most of the respondents (83%) were aware of the MD pharmacology curriculum. However, they reported that it is more inclined to knowledge domain. About half of respondents (53%) said that animal experiments are being used. The most common teaching methods mentioned are seminars (98.5%), journal clubs (95%), and practical exercises by postgraduates (73%), but there is less use of newer methods (25%) in theory and less of clinical pharmacology exercise (39%) in practical classes. The log books are maintained but not assessed regularly. Internal assessment is sparingly used.
The MD pharmacology curriculum needs to be made uniform at the national level and updated to include the newer methods in teaching-learning and assessment. There should be sharing of newer methods at a common platform implemented at the national level.
调查包括教师和学生在内的利益相关者对印度医学博士（MD）药理学课程各个组成部分的看法。
开展一项在线调查，以评估印度正在使用的医学博士药理学课程的各个组成部分。共有393名受访者（包括教师、医学博士学生和其他利益相关者）完成了调查。该调查使用SurveyMonkey平台开展，调查问卷链接通过电子邮件发送给利益相关者。结果以百分比表示。
来自不同职称、教学经验、地区和年龄组的受访者比例均衡。大多数受访者（83%）了解医学博士药理学课程。然而，他们表示该课程更倾向于知识领域。约一半的受访者（53%）称正在进行动物实验。提及最多的教学方法是研讨会（98.5%）、期刊俱乐部（95%）和研究生实践练习（73%），但理论课中较少使用新方法（25%），实践课中临床药理学练习也较少（39%）。日志本虽有记录，但未定期评估。内部评估很少使用。
医学博士药理学课程需要在国家层面实现统一，并进行更新，以纳入教学和评估中的新方法。应在国家层面实施的共同平台上分享新方法。
