Introduction: The Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) started its Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) programme in the 2006-2007 academic year. However, NAU’s BPharm curriculum was not clinically focused, and NAU lacked expertise implementing clinical pharmacy focus a Doctor (PharmD) programme. set out to transition from new PharmD curriculum. Purpose: purpose this article is describe capacity-building c...

This study aimed to compare the perceptions of pharmacy clerkship students and clinical preceptors of preceptors' teaching behaviors at Gondar University. A cross-sectional study was conducted among pharmacy clerkship students and preceptors during June 2014 and December 2015. A 52-item structured questionnaire was self-administered to 126 students and 23 preceptors. The responses are presented...

The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education issued revised standards (Standards 2007) for professional programs leading to the Doctor of Pharmacy degree in July 2007. The new standards require colleges and schools of pharmacy to provide pharmacy practice experiences that include direct interaction with diverse patient populations. These experiences are to take place in multiple practice en...

This paper proposes an outline for writing-up a patient case that can be used by experienced pharmacy practitioners, or by students during case-study courses or clerkship training. When such written documentation is placed in the patient’s primary medical record it not only communicates pharmacotherapeutic evaluations and treatment recommendations but also serves as a record of pharmaceutical c...

Pharmacists must be competent in detecting and resolving drug-related problems to effectively provide pharmaceutical care. Little is known, however, about students’ problem-solving processes or their relationship to clinical decision-making. This paper reports the findings from 40 clerkship students who completed a computer program (CAP) developed to assess problem-solving skills, as well as va...

conclusions the results of this study indicated that there was willingness and a need to share knowledge and skills with other undergraduates as a way of resolving clinical problems at tums. thus, implementing shared learning programs could promote the quality of provided patient care via increasing the teamwork and communication skills of the undergraduate students. background current evidence...

PROLOGUE The goal of this educational strategy is preparation of pharmacy students to care for patients at the highest level possible in terms of a complete and comprehensive pharmaceutical care practice. Pharmacy students’ abilities to provide direct patient care utilizing the pharmaceutical care process are evaluated. This educational strategy is designed for third professional year pharmacy ...

INTRODUCTION The emergency medicine clerkship director serves an important role in the education of medical students. The authors sought to update the demographic and academic profile of the emergency medicine clerkship director. METHODS We developed and implemented a comprehensive questionnaire, and used it to survey all emergency medicine clerkship directors at United States allopathic medi...