Pathophysiology is a highly comprehensive basic medical course that primarily studies the functional and metabolic changes and mechanisms in diseased organisms, serving as a bridge between basic medicine and clinical medicine. However, pharmacy students generally  underestimate its importance. Combined with inadequate background knowledge, the content of the course is dull and difficult to memorize, resulting in limited teaching effectiveness. This discipline investigates the mechanisms of disease development, and its research findings can provide targets for new drug development while laying a solid foundation for in-depth learning of drug mechanisms. Teachers should guide pharmacy students to reflect on the significance of studying pathophysiology in their professional training, which will help enhance their learning initiative. Additionally, teachers in pharmaceutical colleges and universities can introduce case-based teaching in combination with the characteristics of their pharmaceutical disciplines. By utilizing extensive online resources and sharing medical knowledge videos, they can foster students’ interest in learning, keep them abreast of medical advancements, and ultimately improve the teaching effectiveness of pathophysiology.

病理生理学是一门综合性很强的基础医学课，主要研究患病机体的功能代谢变化和机制，是沟通基础医学和临床医学的桥梁。对于药学专业学生来说，普遍对该课程的重要性认识不足，加上前期的背景知识掌握不足，课程本身知识枯燥，不便记忆，导致教学效果非常有限。这门学科研究疾病的发生机制，其研究成果可以为新药研发提供靶标，也可以为药物作用机制的深入学习打好基础，教师要引导药学学生思考各自专业学习中病理生理学的学习意义，有利于增加学生学习主动性；药学院校教师还可以结合自身药学学科特点，引入案例教学；利用广泛的线上资源，推送医学知识学习视频，培养学生的学习兴趣，关注医药进展，提升病理生理学的教学效果。