September 17, 2010

Docs don’t study much about drugs either when in med school

Teaching Doctors About Nutrition and Diet

Physicians are almost always consulted by the media about drug related issues. It is well known among “pharmacy” circles that the medical curriculum has been de-emphasizing subjects such as pharmacology and therapeutics – topics that deal with the safe and effective use of drugs -over the last several last decades. Imagine – they are the ones that get to write the prescriptions!

Filed under: Education, Health Care, Once upon a time in America . . . by S. Melethil at 8:27 am
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5 Responses to “Docs don’t study much about drugs either when in med school”

  1. Dione Mccleveland, on September 18th, 2010 at 9:50 am Said:

    Awesome! I have been looking for this EXACT thing all week. I wish there was more info about this. Greatly appreciated

  2. S. Melethil, on September 20th, 2010 at 8:04 am Said:

    Dear Dione,

    On my web site (lawandscience.com), read my article on Patient Drug Safety (click on Publications, then Drug and Food Law section). It includes a comparison of medical and pharmacy curricula at one institution in the US. Hope this helps.

    Sri

  3. VMAX guy, on September 25th, 2010 at 6:27 pm Said:

    My fiance and I were arguing about this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for making me positive!

    Sent from my Android phone

  4. S. Melethil, on September 26th, 2010 at 11:56 am Said:

    I hope my article (lawandscience.com, Patient Drug Safety- click on Publications, then Drug and Food Law section) was helpful.

  5. S. Melethil, on October 13th, 2010 at 10:03 am Said:

    Thanks.

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