Students spend approximately 240 clock-hours in various areas of the university hospital in fulfillment of the institutional component requirement of the clinical pharmacy program. The major strength of this program is the utilization of hospital pharmacy supervisory personnel as instructors in clinical pharmacy. (LBH)

The results of a study of an undergraduate psychopharmacy rotation in an inpatient hospital setting are detailed and its influence on pharmacy graduates careers in pharmacy is assessed. Features of the rotation included the students' participation in patient care activities and patient education about medications. (Author/MLW)

The approach taken by an Australian college of pharmacy to provide its students with a working knowledge of pharmacy computer systems is described. Hands-on experience with a microcomputer and a program developed within the college are discussed. (Author/MLW)

Three objectives are described: (1) teach methods for applying the principles of pharmaceutical technology to institutional services involving drug safety, efficacy, and administration; (2) develop student skills in drug-delivery systems within hospitals; and (3) encourage technology application within a clinical setting for better patient care.…

Forty hospital pharmacists participated in a 2 week pilot of a postgraduate clinical pharmacy clerkship, using different hospital services as teaching sites at the University of Illinois and Cook County hospitals in Chicago. The clerkship experience broadened participants' conceptions of the depth and scope of the clinical pharmacist's role.…

Two Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratories at Buffalo are described: one at the Millard Fillmore Hospital and the other at the Buffalo Children's Hospital. Their research efforts are reviewed and their scientific contributions to clinical therapeutics and pharmaceutical research are noted. (LBH)

The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy clinical program consists of one full-time semester equally divided between community and institutional externships conducted in teaching hospitals and with registered pharmacist preceptors, respectively. The questionnaire used to survey graduates is appended. (LBH)

The School of Pharmacy, University of the Pacific, and the Pharmacy Service, Letterman Army Medical Center, initiated a 15-week clinical nuclear pharmacy clerkship in 1975. It includes basic nuclear medical science, technical competency, professional competency, and special interest emphasis. (LBH)

The clinical pharmacy clerkship course at the University of Florida is described, with attention to competencies, objectives, activities, and grading. (LBH)

In an undergraduate Northeastern pharmacy curriculum, students alternate periods of didactic classroom study with the equivalent of five three-month, full-time periods (2600 hours) of practical experience, in addition to a full-time clerkship program. Students work in community and hospital pharmacies and complete the experience with related…

A course in hospital pharmacy management that focused on planning is described. The course had a positive effect on self-perceived ability but no effect on already positive student attitudes. Instructional objectives, lecture outline, evaluation criteria, and a synopsis of the questionnaire are appended. (Author/MLW)

It is proposed that literature can contribute to the teaching of human values in pharmaceutical education. Two texts illustrating pertinent issues are examined, and the process and relevance of literature instruction in humanistic education are discussed. Where, when, and why to integrate literature into the pharmacy curriculum are also addressed.…

A wide variety of pharmacy programs was offered in 1980 throughout the country by a wide variety of providers: pharmacy schools; local, state, and national professional associations; manufacturers; hospitals; private entrepreneurs; consortia; and publishers. Reasonable tuition, varied topics, and varied formats and methodology were available. (MSE)

Hospital pharmacy directors ranked their academic needs as: personnel and financial management (greatest), computers, hospital organization, clinical pharmacy practice, traditional pharmacy practice, and statistics. Those with MBAs perceived themselves stronger in these areas than did those with other degrees. Only MBAs and MSs felt adequately…

A clinical clerkship for graduate pharmacists was developed in a 200-bed community hospital at the request of community practitioners, and offered through the University of Wyoming adult education and community service division. Basic competency is gained in history-taking and interviewing skills, and evaluation of drug therapy. (MSE)