Table 2 Views and opinions of the panelists on the importance of teaching history of medicine and pharmacy to medical and pharmacy students
Disagree | Neutral | Agree | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# | Importance | n | % | n | % | n | % |
1 | Knowledge of history provides insights into what and how to investigate. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
2 | Knowledge of history is a good antidote against errors, egotism, and despondency. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
3 | Teaching history of medicine and pharmacy enhances knowledge, gratifies curiosity, broadens views, and strengthens wisdom and judgment. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 100.0 |
4 | Courses of history of medicine and pharmacy permits highlighting neglected and overlooked discoveries and milestones. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 100.0 |
5 | Courses of history of medicine and pharmacy provides a stimulus of high ideals students need to have before them. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
6 | Courses of history of medicine and pharmacy teaches students to cherish the best traditions. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
7 | Courses of history of medicine and pharmacy helps students tight the bond with their future profession. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |
8 | Knowledge of history allows fulfilling the duty of cherishing the memories, virtues, and/or accomplishments of those who brought benefits to the world as no others have. | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 100.0 |
9 | Courses of history of medicine and pharmacy teaches students to venerate what is good. | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 11.1 | 16 | 88.9 |
10 | Knowledge of history enables students feel proud of those remembered for their memories, virtues, and/or accomplishments. | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5.6 | 17 | 94.4 |