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Introduction: Education begins with life. Education
helps foster an individual, social, professional and
economic development and shape the difference between
today and tomorrow. Pharmacy education is a perfect
blend of science, technical, art and human values. The
Pharmacy education should be designed to produce
scientifically competent pharmacists who can apply
education for the betterment of human lives. In the
world of World Trade Organization (WTO), the
pharmaceutical field is witnessing winds of
globalization and harmonization of regulatory affairs
from the beginning of present century. But, the
Pharmaceutical education has failed to keep the pace
with the fast moving industrial field. The objectives of
Pharmaceutical education are to provide scientific and
technological training in all aspects relating to
identification, standardization, formulation,
preparation, distribution, quality assurance and use of
the drugs and medicines, dissemination of drug
information and management of diseases, preventing
misuse of drugs and implementation of laws regulating
drug misuse and development of innovative ideas to
further strengthen pharmaceutical services. The
education system should enable a graduate to apply
scientific knowledge in such a manner that can provide
maximum healthcare services to the society and to the
companies. So far the current undergraduate and
postgraduate syllabus pursued by different universities
in India had no uniformity and were basically industry
oriented. A patient oriented pharmacy program called as
Pharm.D program is commenced due to efforts of Pharmacy
Council of India and the Government of India.
Factors responsible for changing new trends in
Pharmacy education
Globalization:
The major change in 20th century has been the shift from
independence to interdependence between individuals,
organization and societies. 21st century being the
century of globalization, many changes are bound to
occur. Policy makers, educators and other stake holders
should be prepared to face the challenge and should
start the orientation of pharmacy courses before it is
too late so that Indian pharmacists may compete in this
world in near future. Globalization and free trade
options in the last few years have opened-up the doors
of international market not only to the business but
also to education. Universities are opening their
branches in different parts of the globe and offering
different courses. Pharmacy education is no exception to
this and globalization of the pharmacy is the reality.
Introduction of Pharm.D course: Patient oriented
pharmacy program
With induction of Pharm D it is envisaged that the
patient oriented program will give job opportunities to
pharmacists in clinical aspects. Some of the major
features of Pharm D program are:
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