title: Teaching paediatric pharmacotherapy at colleges of pharmacy in the United States and Canada.
abstract: We conducted a survey of 83 colleges of pharmacy in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to determine the status of didactic and experiential paediatric pharmacotherapy teaching in entry-level programmes. Sixty-five completed surveys (54 from BS programmes and 11 from entry-level PharmD programmes) were received and analysed. Forty-four (81.5%) BS programmes and 11 (100%) of the entry-level PharmD programmes provide an average of 5.1 and 9.2 h of didactic paediatric teaching, respectively. While all of the entry-level PharmD programmes offered experiential rotations in paediatrics, only 38 (70%) provided BS students with an opportunity to receive paediatric experiential training. Colleges of pharmacy should re-evaluate their curricula to ensure sufficient preparation of graduates in paediatric pharmacotherapy for entry-level positions.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bahal-O'Mara
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Nahata
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000639:trends*; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000639:trends; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education*; D010601:Pharmacology, Clinical / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States