The Pedagogical Validity for a Six Years Curriculum in Pharmacy Education

Toward a pharmacy curriculum theory: spiral integration for pharmacy education

The explosion of cumulative new molecular entities approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has more than doubled in the last 30 years, from approximately 700 in 1985 to a staggering 1,539 as of December 31st, 2015.1,2 Pharmacists are expected to be the “drug experts” of the healthcare team, providing insight on ideal drug therapies, doses, formulations, side effects, dr...

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...

Curriculum for the foundation years in postgraduate education and training.

Integrating complementary and alternative medicine education into the pharmacy curriculum.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of an integrated approach to the teaching of evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in a pharmacy curriculum. DESIGN Evidence-based CAM education was integrated throughout the third, fourth, and fifth years of the pharmacy curriculum. Specifically, an introductory module focusing on CAM familiarization was added in the third year a...

The Development of a Novel Interprofessional Education Curriculum for third year medical and pharmacy students