The Effective Teaching Method of Pharmacology for the Students in the Faculty of Health and Nutrition in Tabriz University of Medical Sciences

Introduction: pharmacology is one of the specific courses of the medical sciencesstudents. multiplicity of drugs and a lot of similarities in their characteristics make thelearning of this lesson difficult and no common methods of teaching have been able to fixthis problem so far. this study aimed to examine the effect of observing the dosage formsappropriate to each training session on enhancing learning pharmacology and comparingit with other traditional teaching methods. methods: fifty six health care managementand family health students in tabriz university of medical sciences participated inthis descriptive study. each session was held using lectures and powerpoint during halfof educational classes and the other half was conducted using whiteboard and at thesame time the teaching pharmaceutical dosage forms, their functions and properties wereshown. a standardized questionnaire based on likert scale was given to the students andthe level of learning was reviewed by self-assessment method. the data were analyzedusing spss and descriptive statistical parameters. results: teaching pharmacologythrough showing pharmaceutical dosage forms had significant effect on improvingstudents’ learning in both fields based on their self-assessment, so that more than 95%of students were satisfied with the teaching methods. from point view of students, theunderstanding of pharmacology using whiteboard and showing pharmaceutical dosageforms was significantly more than powerpoint. conclusion: the students believe thatthe level of the learning pharmacology through using whiteboard along with observingthe dosage forms appropriate to each training session is outstanding.