Usefulness of Classes and Practice Session on Medicines for Children Led by Pharmacy Students

• DOI: 10.5649/jjphcs.39.10
• Publication Date: 2014-01-09T23:03:45Z
• Authors: Mayu Kushida; Haruka Kotani; Tomohiro Mizuno; Chihiro Murosaki; Reina Asai; Hirotake Hida; Aya Hirabayashi; Mayu Ukai; Yurie Ogino; Aya Goto; Kaori Yamashita; Yurie Matsumoto; Akihiro Mouri; Toshitaka Nabeshima; Yukihiro Noda
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine

We held classes and practice sessions on medicines for pupils parents at elementary schools with the aim of promoting appropriate drug use. Pharmacy students participated in this project as volunteers where they taught learned improved their communication skills an early stage professional development. To evaluate whether medicine-related knowledge after attending these sessions, we conducted questionnaires (pre- post-questionnaires) before sessions. Positive answers post-questionnaire were significantly higher than those pre-questionnaire, suggesting that was by The present results suggest activity benefits education regarding use Japan.