Describes the implementation of a structured service-learning program at the Mercer University Southern School of Pharmacy. Students were expected to secure a service-learning site and spend 32 hours in service to the community. Summative evaluation responses from the sites were very positive, and relationships developed between students and the…

This paper reports on a case study of organised support for students who experience problems with language or academic study skills at a pharmacy faculty of an Australian university. Employing the Language Management Theory (LMT), this study exemplifies organised management and explores the various processes involved, such as the noting of…

The pharmaceutical industry has contributed to many life-saving innovations in medicine and has become one of the most successful industries in the world. As a result, pharmaceutical industry financial and marketing influences extend to federal regulatory agencies, professional organizations, medical journals, continuing medical education,…

An increasing number of students are taking medications while they are in school or are under the influence of medication during school hours. In a novel effort, clinical pharmacists and mental health therapists worked together to provide "mini-in-service" educational programs on psychological disorders and medications used to treat…

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) manages the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licensure Examination (NABPLEX). A new Scope of Pharmacy Practice study was completed in 1994, and representatives of NABP and the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities of Canada met in 1995 to discuss the possibility of…

This paper discusses how "The Ladies' Home Journal" was used by its editor, Edward Bok, in his crusade for food and drug regulation in the United States between the years 1890 and 1906, and whether these efforts were influential in bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906. The first section describes "The Ladies' Home…

A study made on drug presentations to groups of doctors in Helsinki is described. Analysis of the content of the presentations revealed that side effects were often neglected, the drug presented was always recommended as the drug of choice, and other forms of treatment were seldom mentioned. Implications for continuing professional education are…

A computerized patient profile system is used in a practice laboratory taught in a pharmacy student's fourth year. Exposure to both a manual family card system and the computerized individual profile system allows the student to achieve a level of competence and confidence with more than one system in monitoring and evaluating the ambulatory…

Within a simulated Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee format, role play is used at Purdue University to illustrate to students the concepts of drug product evaluation and selection as these apply to a hospital formulary system. (Author/LBH)

Arguments about the role of basic science courses in a pharmacy curriculum moving toward additional clinical instruction center around semantics, value judgments, and philosophy. Drug analysis can, however, provide a valuable service in the areas of drug detection and monitoring. (Author/LBH)

An approach to the teaching of biostatistics is discussed that is presented in a multistage fashion beginning with a core of knowledge in a separate course but rapidly integrated with other basic science and clinical courses in the pharmacy curriculum. Biostatistics is thus seen as more interesting and relevant to the student. (LBH)

The majority of colleges of pharmacy consist and should continue to consist of a majority of pharmacy-educated faculty, but there are a limited though substantial proportion of academic employment opportunities in pharmacy schools for qualified scientists without pharmacy backgrounds. (Author/LBH)

A rationale for defining "clinical pharmaceutical scientist" is developed along with an outline of the aims and purposes of a training program for him. Postdoctoral (PharmD) fellowships are described as the most effective training method. (LBH)

In addition to providing a larger number of investigators who can solve current problems, developing and supporting a clinical scientist training program can provide better clinicians. Specific academic and technological courses are cited along with mentor roles and time factors involved in training clinical scientists. (Author/LBH)

Available evidence shows that research or scholarly achievement can coexist with teaching excellence, even though there is no correlation between the two. Neither pharmacy schools nor the profession as a whole can afford to neglect research or scholarly activity. (Author/LBH)