introduction: considering the efficiency of active teaching methods, current study is designed to compare the effect of lecture and question-answer methods on learning outcome and satisfaction of physiology course among medical and pharmacy students. methods: in this semi-experimental study, medical and pharmacy students which have been registered in physiology course, divided randomly into two...

today, due to ever-increasing knowledge and large volumes of information, educational planners of various fields around the world, have been seeking to establish a better and faster refresh for learning. integration can be a good educational strategy by blending different subjects and contents when presented to students. the aim of this study is to evaluate the medical literature about integrat...

background: health system pharmacies, like other health care professional, practice under a number of mandated stan­dards. basic concepts of quality assurance (qa) standards should be applied to hospital pharmacy practice. the survey re­ported here is to assess qa system implementation and its standard indicators observation in tehran university of medical sci­ences (tums) hospitals' pharmacies...

CRISTINA TRANDAFIRESCU1, FLORIN BORCAN2*, CRISTINA DEHELEAN3, ZOLTAN SZABADAI4, MIRELA NICOLOV4, CODRUTA SOICA1 1University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 2 EftimieMurgu Sq., 300041, Timisoara, Romania 2University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Analytical Chemistry, 2 EftimieMurgu Sq....

Interprofessional Education: Definitions, Student Competencies, and Guidelines for Implementation Shauna M. Buring, PharmD, Alok Bhushan, PhD, Amy Broeseker, PhD, Susan Conway, PharmD, Wendy Duncan-Hewitt, PhD, Laura Hansen, PharmD, and Sarah Westberg, PharmD University of Cincinnati Winkle College of Pharmacy College of Pharmacy, Idaho State University Samford University McWhorter School of Ph...

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...

The following are contributors to the writing of this paper (in alphabetical order): Hildegarde Berdine, PharmD, BCPS,CDE Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, Duquesne University, Mylan School of Pharmacy; Tanya Dougherty, PharmD, BCPS, Clinical Pharmacy Coordinator, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center; Jonathan Ference, PharmD, BCPS, Associate Professor, Wilkes University School of Pharmacy ...

A thorough understanding of pharmacy law by students is important in the molding of future pharmacy practitioners but a standardized template for the best way to educate students in this area has not been created. A mock Board of Pharmacy meeting was designed and incorporated into the Pharmacy Law course to meet the ACPE accreditation standards at the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy...

PURPOSE The development and implementation of a systemwide specialty pharmacy program in an academic healthcare system are described. SUMMARY Although the system's pharmacy department had developed specialty pharmacy services for patients with certain conditions, it was necessary to expand and standardize those services to meet the needs of all specialty clinics because (1) many of the clinic...

Since late 1960s, pharmacists in the USA and England have started a professional movement towards a more efficient presence in clinical wards of hospitals. A similar movement has started in developed European countries during the past decade. Pharmacists are convinced of the need for them to play their role as drug consultants and pharmacotherapy advisers to make decisions on drug therapy probl...