BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to clarify the state of national pharmacy practice program in the 6-year course of pharmaceutical education from the students' point of view. We will suggest the points for improvement and issues of the current pharmacy practice programs to enhance the educational effects of the pharmacy practice program. METHODS The survey conducted from September 2...

BACKGROUND Pharmacy services in the emergency department (ED) have been shown to decrease medication adverse events and improve patient outcomes. Anecdotally, there has been expansion of emergency medicine (EM) educational opportunities for pharmacy students and postgraduate year 1 (PGY1) pharmacy residents, however the extent of this expansion is currently unknown. OBJECTIVE The objective of...

BACKGROUND Pharmacists are the most reachable healthcare professionals to many chronically ill patients. It has been found that pharmacists see patients with diabetes up to five times more often than any other healthcare provider. Therefore, to provide quality health care to patients it is important that they have appropriate knowledge and practice on diabetes mellitus management. Thus, this st...

a Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Kenya b Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya c Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, Kenya _____________ * Corresponding author: Department of Pharmacology & Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676-00202 KNH, Nair...