Editorial
Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine
Vol. 5
Issue 4
2019
pp. 58-59
Open Access

Blessing of Knowledge-Based Empathy to Engender Prudent Prescriber

Mainul Haque1
1Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, (National Defence University of Malaysia), Kem Perdana Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.
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*Mainul Haque

Faculty of Medicine and Defence Health, Universiti Pertahanan Nasional Malaysia, (National Defence University of Malaysia), Kem Perdana Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA.

runurono@gmail.com

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Published:30/12/2019
Received: 11/10/2019
Accepted: 23/12/2019

Abstract

The American University of Antigua, College of Medicine’s Admissions Committee and a few others fells that compassion, strong work ethic, professionalism, knowledge, confidence, humility, passion, empathy, being humane, respectfulness and thoroughness are indispensable prerequisites for a good physician to master.[2,3] Physicians require to own comprehensive and up to date medical knowledge that can be revoked at the drop of a hat.2 Updating medical doctors’ knowledge regularly is an essential necessity, as medical science is changing and progressing, especially the field of pharmacological intervention.[2,4-6] Hereafter, could argue against their acquired knowledge through undergraduate studies.[2] Henceforward, acquisitions and updating knowledge is a fundamental prerequisite to a good physician.[7-9]

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Keywords

Medical professionalism
Physician qualities
Lifelong learning
Medical education
Pharmacological intervention

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