Pharmacology Written Questions of One Decade: Evaluation of Curricular Objectives and Content Coverage

Authors

  • Fatema Johora Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Army Medical College Bogura, Bogura, Bangladesh
  • Asma Akter Abbasy Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Brahmanbaria Medical College, Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh
  • Sabiha Mahboob Major, Medical Officer, CMH Bogura, Bogura, Bangladesh
  • Fatiha Tasmin Jeenia Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology& Therapeutics, Chattogram International Medical College, Chattogram, Bangladesh
  • Jannatul Ferdoush Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, BGC Trust Medical College, Chattogram, Bangladesh
  • Md Sayedur Rahman Professor and Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Shahbag, Dhaka, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v14i1.63681

Keywords:

Pharmacology written questions, curricular objectives, disease burden, medical education

Abstract

Undergraduate pharmacology education has always been a topic of intense excitement and debate. This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to analyze the pharmacology written question papers (SAQ) of MBBS curriculum in last 10 years (January 2010 to November 2019). Total 131 question papers were collected, and reflection of curricular objectives and content coverage of pharmacotherapy of diseases of high burden were evaluated. Objective regarding factual knowledge (pharmacological effects, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetic characteristics and adverse reactions of drugs) occupied about 80 percent of the questions throughout the last decade. Medicines used in diseases of high burden received very little weightage, which is consistent throughout the decade.

Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.14(1) January 2023: 43-49

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2023-01-07

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Johora, F. ., Abbasy, A. A. ., Mahboob, S. ., Jeenia, F. T. ., Ferdoush, J. ., & Rahman, M. S. . (2023). Pharmacology Written Questions of One Decade: Evaluation of Curricular Objectives and Content Coverage. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education, 14(1), 43–49. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjme.v14i1.63681

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Vol. 14 No. 1 (2023)

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