Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Original Article

J App Pharm Sci. 2016; 6(2): 153-156


An Empirical Study Towards Status of Pharmaceutical Care Education in Asian and African Schools of Pharmacy

Nehad J. Ahmed, Ramadan I. Al-Shdefat, Mohammad R. Ain.




Abstract

Abstract
Pharmacy profession changes dramatically in all over the world during the previous decades of years. To provide pharmaceutical care, pharmacists should have the knowledge of clinical pharmacy and good communication skills
This study aims to look into the status of pharmaceutical care education in Asian and African universities.
Methodology: A questionnaire was designed to collect information from pharmacy colleges in Asia and Africa regards the status of pharmaceutical care education. The questionnaire was a mail-delivered to many universities in Asia and Africa. We used Wikipedia for searching for pharmacy colleges.
Results: The survey elucidates that all the universities participated in the survey provide pharmaceutical care courses and in 95.94 % of these universities the course is considered as a required course. The main resources and references used in preparing pharmaceutical care lectures were Textbooks (100 % either alone or with other resources) followed by internet (81.81 %)
Conclusion: There are favorable attitudes for universities included in the survey toward pharmaceutical care education. The curriculum of pharmacy should include theoretical and practical part to provide the required knowledge and skills.

Key words: Universities; Curriculum; Education; Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Care






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com




ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.