Links were made between basic medical sciences teaching and the professional development teaching by means of case scenarios related to each teaching module.
Data collection took place in the first week of year 1, prior to the first teaching session in professional development, and after the end of teaching in year 2. In the traditional course, the curriculum in the first two years focused on basic medical sciences, taught using lectures and practical work.
Background and Purpose: The Spanish-speaking population in the United States is increasing rapidly, and there is a need for additional educational efforts, beyond teaching basic medical Spanish terminology, to increase the number of Spanish-speaking pharmacists able to provide culturally appropriate care to this patient population.
Sup 13 Teaching basic medical knowledge and skills was considered by many supervisors to not be their role.
Medical schools teach basic medical sciences, basic communication and clinical skills, and professionalism as applied to medicine in the bachelor programme, whereas in the master programme clinical and communication skills are developed together with an in-depth understanding of the basic sciences [ 17].
The actual medical training begins in the preclinical years when the students are taught basic medical science subjects which include gross anatomy, embryology, histology, biochemistry and physiology (in the first year); medical microbiology, chemical pathology, haematology and blood transfusion, morbid anatomy, and pharmacology (in the second year and the first half of third year).
The medical curriculum in Saudi Arabia is designed in a way that the first two to three years are devoted to the teaching of basic medical sciences.
Human anatomy, physiology and biochemistry are complementary basic medical sciences, which are generally taught to medical students in their first year at medical school.
Students spend the first year of the course based at the Churchill campus of the GMS in which basic medical and behavioural sciences are taught, in addition to students participating in community partnership programs.
We assume that the sample is uniform with respect to the background obtained by students (medicine or dentistry), because, at the time this lab was taught, all students had gained similar learning experiences by following the teaching schedule of basic medical sciences; thus, from now on, the sample will be merely called as "medical students".
