A PROBLEM-ORIENTATED PHARMACOTHERAPY PACKAGE FOR UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL-STUDENTS

A short pharmacotherapy package based on a WHO manual on good prescrib ing was introduced for the second-year undergraduate medical students at the Institute of Medicine in Kathmandu. The method used was interac tive discussions between students and teacher coupled with role-plays by students in solving therapeutic problems. All the students felt tha t the package was useful and interesting and it was recommended for fu ture students. This preliminary experience shows that a short problem- orientated pharmacotherapy package can be integrated easily and succes sfully into teacher-centred and discipline-based pharmacology teaching .