Drug information education in doctor of pharmacy programs.
OBJECTIVE
To characterize pharmacy program standards and trends in drug information education.


METHODS
A questionnaire containing 34 questions addressing general demographic characteristics, organization, and content of drug information education was distributed to 86 colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States using a Web-based survey system.


RESULTS
Sixty colleges responded (73% response rate). All colleges offered a campus-based 6-year first-professional degree PharmD program. Didactic drug information was a required course in over 70% of these schools. Only 51 of the 60 colleges offered an advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) in drug information, and 62% of these did so only on an elective basis.


CONCLUSIONS
Although almost all of the PharmD programs in the US include a required course in drug information, the majority do not have a required APPE in this important area.
Wang
Fei
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Department of Pharmacy Practice, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092, USA. fwang@harthosp.org
Troutman
William G
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Seo
Teresa
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Peak
Amy
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Rosenberg
Jack M
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D003479:Curriculum; D003625:Data Collection; D004358:Drug Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D004514:Education, Pharmacy, Graduate; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014481:United States