introduction: since international increase of scientific productions is an indicator in assessing different countries, the purpose of this research is to investigate the scientific productions of iranian type i pharmacy faculty members (universities of isfahan, tabriz, shiraz, tehran and mashhad) in the institute for scientific information (isi) during 2006-2008. methods: in this scientometric ...

OBJECTIVES To determine pharmacy faculty members' and students' attitudes and perceptions regarding the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). METHODS A survey was used to obtain data on the following information concerning CAM: general attitudes, perceived barriers to use, training received and desired, personal use, and information sources used. RESULTS In general, attitudes...

Concern over career advancement and the use of appropriate criteria in the evaluation of faculty members has been expressed among scholars in higher education, in general, and specifically within colleges and schools of pharmacy.1 Wolfgang, Gupchup, and Plake found that in addition to their efforts in teaching being undervalued, faculty members perceived that the criteria used to evaluate produ...

Objective. To compare the net cumulative income of community pharmacists, hospital pharmacists, and full-time pharmacy faculty members (residency-trained or with a PhD after obtaining a PharmD) in pharmacy practice, medicinal chemistry, pharmaceutics, pharmacology, and social and administrative sciences. Methods. Markov modeling was conducted to calculate net projected cumulative earnings of ca...

Objective. To identify community pharmacy shared faculty members across the United States and to describe their roles and responsibilities in terms of teaching, service, and scholarship. Methods. This study was a mixed-methods analysis using surveys and key informant interviews. Results. Twenty-two faculty members completed the survey; nine were interviewed. Their major roles and responsibiliti...

OBJECTIVES To implement a Learning Bridge tool to improve educational outcomes for pharmacy students as well as for preceptors and faculty members. DESIGN Pharmacy faculty members collaborated to write 9 case-based assignments that first-year pharmacy (P1) students worked with preceptors to complete while at experiential sites. ASSESSMENT Students, faculty members, and preceptors were surve...

OBJECTIVE To determine faculty and administrator perceptions about appropriate behavior in social interactions between pharmacy students and faculty members. METHODS Four private and 2 public colleges and schools of pharmacy conducted focus groups of faculty members and interviews with administrators. Three scenarios describing social interactions between faculty members and students were use...

OBJECTIVE To implement and assess a required public health poster project in a doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) program. DESIGN Third-year PharmD students collaborated in pairs to research a public health topic relating to pharmacy practice. Each student group prepared an informational poster, while receiving feedback from a faculty mentor at each stage of the project. The students presented their...