This article describes a new course for pharmacy students called “Pharmacoinformatics,” which combines drug information and pharmacy information systems. It is the first course to integrate the telemedicine and telepharmacy concepts into the curriculum of a Malaysian pharmacy school. One goal of the course is to prevent future pharmacists from suffering from “computer phobia.”
This article also describes students' evaluations of the course, which have, in general, been positive. Before taking the course, few students had been aware of the concept of pharmacoinformatics. The evaluation findings will be used as a guide to improve the course and expand it to other pharmacy colleges in Malaysia.
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