Addressing the Academic Gap Between 4-and 6-Year Pharmacy Programs in South Korea

作者：Yoo Sujin; Song Seungyeon; Lee Sangmi; Kwon Kwangil; Kim Eunyoung^*

来源：American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2014, 78(8): 149.

DOI：10.5688/ajpe788149

• academic gap
• survey
• preceptorship
• transitional program
• South Korea

Objective. To address the academic gap (or lack of adequate training and programs) between 4- and 6-year pharmacy programs and suggest methods for reducing this gap and to evaluate pharmacists%26apos; perceptions of preceptorship. %26lt;br%26gt;Methods. We surveyed a convenience sample of 200 community pharmacists who graduated from a 4-year program who were participating in a continuing education program for clinical pharmacy as organized by the Daejeon branch of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association in 2011. Twenty-one questions were asked about the academic gap, needs for an education program, preceptorship, and medication therapy management services. International precedents were examined through a literature review to glean ideas of how to bridge the academic gap between the 4- and 6-year programs. %26lt;br%26gt;Results. In total, 132 pharmacists answered the survey (return rate = 66.0%). The survey findings included problems caused by the academic gap, high need for an adequate education program, low acceptability of preceptorship, and the possibility of medication therapy management services. US-based, non-traditional PharmD programs and new curriculum-support training in Japan provided examples of how the academic gap has been successfully bridged. %26lt;br%26gt;Conclusion. Nationwide efforts and government support are urgently required to close the academic gap, and experiential education should be included in transitional programs for 4-year pharmacy program pharmacists.

• 出版日期2014