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J Russell Teagarden¹

¹Medical & Scientific Affairs, National Organization for Rare Disorders, 55 Kenosia Avenue, Danbury, CT, 06810, USA, russell.teagarden@gmail.com.

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Summary

Integrating humanities into pharmacy education enhances student understanding of patient experiences. Literary texts help future pharmacists connect biomedical knowledge with the human impact of illness, improving patient care.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education
Pharmacy Practice
Health Humanities

Background:

Traditional pharmacy curricula heavily emphasize disease biology and pharmacology.
This biomedical focus often overlooks the patient's subjective experience of illness.
The humanities offer valuable insights into the lived experience of disease.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the integration of literary texts into pharmacy education.
To enhance pharmacy students' understanding of patient experiences with illness.
To improve pharmacists' ability to detect and respond to patient needs.

Main Methods:

Utilizing literary texts within pharmacy coursework.
Analyzing characterizations of disease and illness experiences in literature.
Connecting literary depictions to biomedical knowledge.

Main Results:

Students gain a fuller appreciation of patient challenges.
Enhanced ability to connect biomedical knowledge with illness meanings.
Improved potential for detecting and responding to patient problems.

Conclusions:

Literary texts enrich pharmacy education by incorporating the patient perspective.
This approach fosters more empathetic and effective future pharmacists.
Bridging biomedical science and humanities improves holistic patient care.