The hospital pharmacist and nursing pharmacology

This article attempts to provide some general guidelines to pharmacists who teach pharmacology to student nurses. With proper preparation, the pharmacist-instructor can offer a course that will be rewarding both for him and for his students. To aid the beginning instructor in organizing a course, suggestions are made regarding the organization of a course, methods of instruction, the selection of a textbook, the use of audiovisual aids, the selection of guest speakers, the preparation of tests, and course evaluation. After having read the article, the novice instructor should be able to set clear goals and objectives for his course and to avoid some of the potential pitfalls associated with a course on a complex subject.