<![CDATA[Background: Pharmacology and toxicology is the field of biomedical sciences that cares with the study ofmedication and the drug action, where a drug can be defined as any chemical substance, that, when taken bya living organism, produces a therapeutic effect and promote well-being.Objective : The Aim of this study was to assess the students’ attitudes toward, perceptions of and feedbacksurrounding pharmacology and toxicology teaching methods.Method : This was a cross-sectional study involved a survey given to 3rd years and 4th years pharmacy(Pharm D + B Pharm) students and medical students with a total number of (108) participants. The studywas administered through a pre-validated questionnaire containing questions based on the internationallyaccepted “Likert Scale”.Results : The study showed that students favored many changes in pharmacology and toxicology, includingthe trend of teaching them to third year and fourth year students (48%), instruction on how to choose drugsrationally in future practice (48%), distribution of handouts before lectures (43%), clinical pharmacology(49%), teaching certain topics during pre-final or final year (35%), and a combination of multiple choicequestions (MCQs) and written and oral rating evaluation methods for examination (40%). Students were infavour of that pharmacology should be integrated horizontally with other paraclinical subjects and emphasison problem solving exercises rather than on didactic (teaching) lectures.Conclusion : It is evident that there is an imperative need to implement radical changes in the teaching ofpharmacology and toxicology, changes that would allow the pharmacist and/or doctor of tomorrow to renderbetter health services.]]>
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