Education curricula need to incorporate whole-person care beyond electives

Education curricula need to incorporate whole-person care beyond electives 
Pharmacy Times; by Ashely Gallaher; 7/21/24
“[Whole-person care is] simply caring for a person and not just their pills. It's making sure that we're focusing on medications as tools to help people live better, healthier lives, and not as the focus of their lives,” Kashelle Lockman, PharmD, MA, clinical assistant professor and clinical pharmacy specialist at the University of Iowa. ... 3 Key Takeaways:

• Pharmacists should be educated to deliver whole-person care, considering a patient's physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs.
• Experts recommend that the current pharmacy school curricula incorporate case studies that depict real-life patients and explore whole-person care.
• Language used to describe patients should be person-centered, respectful, and avoid stereotypes.