| At Auburn University two courses have introduced students to the concept of medical histories, the patient pathography, patient interviewing and practice with real patients. |
| In essence, the patient pathography can be utilized to assist pharmacists in achieving optimal therapeutic outcomes. |
| It would be futile to delude ourselves that at present, readers find every pathography unsavory. |
| The patient pathography is included as an integral part of the patient assignment for these courses. |
| In this regard, the patient pathography is proposed as an additional or alternative patient-data collection method. |
| In this article, the authors advocate the use of the patient pathography as an additional or alternative teaching tool for the medical history record. |
