PERCEPTIONS REGARDING THE INTEGRATED HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY COURSE AMONG UNDERGRADUATE PHARMACY STUDENTS

Human Anatomy and Physiology is an important core component for all allied healthcare professional education. At our university, we offer an integrated Human Anatomy and Physiology course (HAP) to the first year Pharmacy students. The main objective of this study was to ascertain and compare Pharmacy undergraduate students’ opinions and attitudes towards the integrated course of human anatomy and physiology. A pre - validate d questionnaire was given to students of first year pharmacy at the end of their course and the data was analyzed using appropriate statistical tools. The students perceived both the subjects equally and majority felt that both these subjects, although dif ficult, were important to their future. The students were of the opinion that overall the teaching methodologies and assessment tools used were fair, useful and valid . This feedback about the student perceptions could be valuable to guide us to a better de signing of the curriculum and in faculty development and training in pedagogical approaches.