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Blessing of Knowledge-Based Empathy to Engender Prudent Prescriber

Mainul Haque1★★ Corresponding author

  1. 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

Received: 11-10-2019; Revised: 11-11-2019; Accepted: 23-12-2019.

Volume 5, Issue 4 · pp. 58–59 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jppcm.2019.4.15

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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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      Haque, M. (). Blessing of Knowledge-Based Empathy to Engender Prudent Prescriber. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Community Medicine, 5(4), 58–59. https://doi.org/10.5530/jppcm.2019.4.15