1. Evaluation of the pharmacy practice program in the 6-year pharmaceutical education curriculum in Japan: community pharmacy practice program
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Miho Utsumi, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Sachi Hirano, and Yuki Fujii
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Program evaluation ,Medical education ,business.industry ,education ,Pharmacology (nursing) ,Pharmacy ,Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination ,Clinical pharmacy ,Hospital ,Pharmaconomist ,Medicine ,Learning ,Training ,Pharmacology (medical) ,Pharmacy practice ,Hospital pharmacy ,business ,Curriculum ,Curricula ,Research Article - Abstract
Background The purpose of this study was to highlight concerns with the current pharmacy practice program and suggest aspects for improvement. A further aim of the study was to enhance the educational effects of the program, from the students’ point of view. Methods We surveyed 1,607 pharmacy students in Japan who had completed the pharmacy practice program in either 2010 or 2011. The students completed a self-descriptive questionnaire comprising 48 questions examining their experience of the pharmacy practice program. Results For community pharmacy practice, four factors were extracted through exploratory analysis: “satisfactory learning (pharmacy),” “support system of the university,” “creation and clarification of the training plan,” and “dialogue with patients.” When comparing the mean values for each of the four factors between 2011 and 2012, the 2012 group scored significantly higher (p
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- 2015