Preparing pharmacy graduates for traditional and emerging career opportunities.
Educational programs in pharmacy must focus on educating pharmacists of the future who are prepared to serve as competent and confident health care "providers" whose "practice" can occur in any number of current and future settings; and whose expertise is essential to an interprofessional health care team. Graduates must be able to incorporate a scholarly approach to their practice in identifying patient care problems; practicing in an evidence-based manner; and ensuring safe, effective, and appropriate use of medications. It is time for colleges and schools of pharmacy to implement contemporary teaching and assessment strategies that facilitate effective and efficient student learning that is focused at the graduate professional level, to evolve the content around which the curriculum is organized, and clearly articulate the abilities graduates must have to function effectively in the myriad professional roles in which they may find themselves.
Brazeau
Gayle A
GA
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, NY, USA. gbrazeau@buffalo.edu
Meyer
Susan M
SM
Belsey
Michele
M
Bednarczyk
Edward M
EM
Bilic
Sanela
S
Bullock
Julie
J
DeLander
Gary E
GE
Fiese
E F
EF
Giroux
Stephen L
SL
McNatty
Danny
D
Nemire
Ruth
R
Prescott
William A
WA
Traynor
Andrew P
AP
D002321:Career Choice; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003479:Curriculum; D004512:Education, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D024382:Professional Role; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012580:Schools, Pharmacy / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013339:Students, Pharmacy; D013663:Teaching