Integrating postgraduate pharmacy training programs into colleges of pharmacy.
An important issue facing colleges of pharmacy is the integration of postgraduate clinical training programs into the mainstream of pharmacy education. Colleges of pharmacy have a major role to play in postgraduate clinical training programs to the benefit of the college, resident, and institution. Students must be provided with information about residencies during their first year, and this information must be continually reinforced throughout their academic career. Residency and fellowship programs contribute significantly to the education of pharmacy students. Colleges must take an active role, working in partnership with institutions to enhance postgraduate pharmacy training programs.
Gourley
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College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
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Brown
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D002321:Career Choice; D003479:Curriculum; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D007397:Internship, Nonmedical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013714:Tennessee