Culture influences patients' beliefs and behaviors toward health and illness. As the U.S. population becomes more diverse, a critical need exists for pharmacy education to incorporate patient-centered culturally sensitive health care knowledge and skills into the curriculum. Nursing was the first profession to incorporate this type of learning and training into its curriculums, followed by medi...

A survey of quality assurance (QA) systems in European faculties of pharmacy was carried out under the auspices of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy PHARMINE consortium. A questionnaire based on the quality criteria of the International Pharmaceutical Federation and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (USA) was sent out to European faculties. Replies were obtained f...

Tomohisa YASUHARA,, Hiroaki OHI,b Miki KATOH,c Mieko MORONE,d and Tomomichi SONEe aFaculty of Pharmacy, Kinki University, 341 Kowakae, Higashiosaka, Osaka 5778502, Japan, bSchool of Pharmacy, Showa University, 158 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 1428555, Japan, cFaculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagotoyama, Tenpaku-ku, Nagoya 4688503, Japan, dTohoku Pharmaceutical University, 4...

the aim of this study was to provide a clinical pharmacy education program at masih daneshvari hospital, a university affiliated hospital, located in tehran, iran. for this purpose, the most common pharmacist involved interventions and aspects of potential fields for pharmacy students and residents education was firstly identified. clinical pharmacy interventions and drug information forms were...

background: self-medication has increased in the last decade in iran; can be followed several complications. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors influencing self-medication based on health belief model. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted among 1400 hamadan province pharmacies visitors, during spring and summer 2012 which was randomly selected with the p...

Situated learning, in which knowledge is gained in the context of authentic problem situations, can help learners acquire experts’ “tricks of the trade,” while mastering program content. A situated learning framework guided the design of a self-study Internet-based continuing education program on using the Internet as a drug information resource. A written survey and semi-structured interviews ...

The present study aims to explore the perceptions among pharmacy practitioners in Libya on the importance of social pharmacy education. A qualitative methodology was employed to conduct this study. Using a purposive sampling technique, a total of ten Libyan registered pharmacists were interviewed. Based on the content analysis of the interviews, two major themes emerged, namely the understandin...

Many professional organizations have initiatives to increase the awareness and use of informatics in the practice of pharmacy. Within education we must respond to these initiatives and make technology integral to all aspects of the curriculum, inculcating in students the importance of technology in practice. This document proposes 5 central domains for organizing planning related to informatics...

BACKGROUND As medical education develops into a varied and well-developed field of research, the issue of quality research anchored in or generating theory has gained increasing importance. Medical education researchers have been criticized of not connecting their work to relevant theory. This paper set out to analyse how researchers can connect to theory in medical education. The goal of this ...