PHAR:1200 Medicines That Changed or Will Change the World 1 s.h. Herbal remedies and ancient traditional medicines have led to the discovery of life-saving drug therapies; as science has evolved, how the discovery of other important medicines have come about through advances in chemistry and biology and now through advances in computer science and informatics; students learn about the discovery...

This commentary seeks to define the areas of social pharmacy and clinical pharmacy to uncover what they have in common and what still sets them apart. Common threats and challenges of the two areas are reviewed in order to understand the forces in play. Forces that still keep clinical and social pharmacy apart are university structures, research traditions, and the management of pharmacy servic...

OBJECTIVE To suggest revisions to the Thai pharmacy competency standards and determine the perceptions of Thai pharmacy practitioners and faculty about the proposed pharmacy competency standards. METHODS The current competency standards were revised by brainstorming session with nine Thai pharmacy experts according to their perceptions of society's pharmacy needs. The revised standards were p...

1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” and Filantropia Clinical Hospital Bucharest (Romania) 2. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest (Romania) 3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” and Emergency University Hospital Bucharest (Romania) 4. Depar...

The PHARMINE consortium consists of 50 universities from European Union member states or other European countries that are members of the European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy (EAFP). EU partner associations representing community (PGEU), hospital (EAHP) and industrial pharmacy (EIPG), together with the European Pharmacy Students' Association (EPSA) are also part of the consortium. THE ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate graduating pharmacy students' perceptions of their preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences and the effectiveness of problem-based learning in their preparation. METHODS A survey instrument was administered anonymously in May 2004 and May 2005 to graduating pharmacy students of the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. RESULTS Students reported ...

In 1994, a Ph.D-study started regarding pharmacy, organization and management (APOM) in the Netherlands. The APOM-project deals with the structuring and steering of pharmacy organization. This article describes the summary of the empirical results of a survey in a relatively large sample (n=169). Generalization to the population of pharmacies in the Netherlands was made. The results for thought...

There is an increasing demand for high-quality experiential placements for pharmacy students. As a result, pharmacy schools across Canada are confronted with the need to find innovative ways to expand experiential educational rotations. Near-peer teaching is one model with the potential to address this issue. Near-peer teaching involves the provision of learning support to junior students by th...

In 1848 pharmacist Horváth Mihály established the first pharmacy in Aleşd, called Speranţa (Remény). Following the brief history of this pharmacy we will notice that in 1874 the pharmacy comes into the possession of Kocsiss József. In 1906 the personal rights of the pharmacy are transcribed to Kocsiss Béla, and since 1938 the his son, Kocsiss Dezső, pharmacist, became the new owner. In 1949 the...

The six-year pharmacy program started in April 2006 in Japan. In the new program, students in the fifth year of the pharmacy course undergo a long-term practice experience (pharmacy clerkship) in community pharmacy and hospital pharmacy settings as compulsory 20 course credits. The new pharmacy practice experience started in May 2010. A start of the new system was a chance as for beginning move...