This perspective is a reflection of the Personal teaching experience of the authors. The aim of this perspective is to identify the weaknesses in the pharmacy curriculum development in Asian developing nations and to propose a methodological approach for curriculum validation. It has been seen that improper selection of the course contents were the common limitations found in the pharmacy curri...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to examine possible associations between students' self-reported behaviors and opinions towards academic dishonesty, and their attitudes towards curriculum, assessment, and teaching within the pharmacy program. METHODS A questionnaire was developed and distributed to undergraduate (pre-licensure) students at 4 schools of pharmacy in Canada, including...

William A. Zellmer, B.S.Pharm., M.P.H., Pharmacy Foresight Consulting, Bethesda, MD. Everett B. McAllister, B.S.Pharm., M.P.A., Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, Washington, DC. Janet A. Silvester, Pharm.D., M.B.A., FASHP, American Society of HealthSystem Pharmacists, Bethesda, MD. Peter H. Vlasses, Pharm.D., D.Sc. (Hon), FCCP, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, Chicago, IL. A...

The magnitude of child mortality in Nigeria shows that child healthcare demand has not been significantly addressed by the policy makers. As a result of this, this study examined the impact of parental education on child health care in Nigeria. The study adopted the use of the Multinomial (MLM) estimation techniques in the attempt to determine the influence of Parental education on child Health...

Objective. To compare the net cumulative income of community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and full-time pharmacy faculty members (residency-trained or with a PhD after obtaining a PharmD) in pharmacy practice, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and social and administrative sciences. Methods. Markov modeling was conducted to calculate net projected cumulative earnings of ca...

......................................................................................... II CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCING THE STUDY ............................................. 1 THE PERSONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................... 2 THE PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................... 5 THE REGISTERED PHARMACIST...

L et me begin with a few words to the program directors and preceptors assembled here this evening. I applaud you for being part of one of the most powerful movements American pharmacy has ever devised for lifting itself up by its bootstraps. You are part of that long line of pharmacy leaders, going back to Harvey A. K. Whitney in the 1930s at the University of Michigan Hospital, who have recog...

OBJECTIVE To determine and describe the nature and extent of medication adherence education in US colleges and schools of pharmacy. METHODS A mixed-methods research study was conducted that included a national survey of pharmacy faculty members, a national survey of pharmacy students, and phone interviews of 3 faculty members and 6 preceptors. RESULTS The majority of faculty members and stu...

pharmacy, being a profession which its activities are directly related to the health and wellbeing of the people and soci­ety has been described an ethical profession from earliest time. in the recent decades there has been a shift in the phar­macist role from dispensing to relationship with patients and health care providers and interfere the therapeutic process. other branches of pharmacy suc...