Basic Sciences in an Integrated Medical Curriculum: The Case of Pharmacology

Integrating basic medical sciences such as pharmacology, into the teaching of medical students is not easy. The material usually provided through lectures and laboratories seems irrelevant to the practice of clinical medicine. The essence of pharmacology can be gleaned from the aphorism: Drug MEETS Body; Body MEETS Drug. The central themes are better learned in the context of clinical problems. Problem-based learning provides one possible …