Performance Improvement in Pharmacy Education

Performance improvement in pharmacy education.

As our college has struggled to develop perspective about the monumental task of assessing our curriculum, a familiar mantra from my days as a hospital pharmacist emerged above the clatter: high risk, high cost, high volume. This adage reminded the hospital performance improvement team to focus its efforts on the aspects of health care that are high risk or high cost for the patient and institu...

Professionalism ethics in pharmacy education: Do students have acceptable knowledge or it is a white paper in pharmacy education curriculum?

Dear Editor, In pharmacy, professionalism must containthe skills necessary to be a capable pharmacypractitioner. It seems that pharmacy studentsdo not become professionals after graduationfrom the pharmacy school. To be a professionalpharmacist, students should have a lifelongcommitment to the society and patients.Evolving professional knowledge, attitudesand behaviors is a critical step in pro...

Evidence Based Improvements in Clinical Pharmacy Clerkship Program in Undergraduate Pharmacy Education: The Evidence Based Improvement (EBI) Initiative

Although clinical pharmacy training in Pakistan is a novelty in the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum, it has significantly improved the practical knowledge of the undergraduate students with regards practice of pharmacy in health care settings. The implementation of the curriculum change was a major innovation but the possible negative implications were not contemplated at the time of executio...

Motivation and Education: Performance, Commitment, and Satisfaction among Pharmacy Students

Cognitive Moral Development and Clinical Performance: Implications for Pharmacy Education

Pharmaceutical care has been incorporated into the mission statements of virtually every pharmacy organization, including the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP). As such, a major objective of pharmacy educators is to graduate pharmacists who are both capable and willing to render pharmaceutical care. The present investigation explores the notion that the moral reasoning skills ...