A Call for Clarity: A Proposed Toolkit to Integrate Foundational Sciences into Pharmacy Curricula

IF 3.8 4区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101340

Noha A. Mourad , Marina Gálvez-Peralta , Christopher B. Brown , Ahmad Hanif , Amy-Joan L. Ham

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Abstract

The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) Pharmacotherapy Didactic Curriculum Toolkit has been used across many schools of pharmacy to guide the depth and breadth of therapeutics coverage, but no counterpart for foundational science coverage in pharmacy education currently exists. Broad topic areas for the foundational sciences are outlined in Appendix 1 of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) standards, but the standards lack specific direction with regard to foundational sciences content needed in the professional pharmacy curriculum. Faculty are therefore challenged to determine the depth and breadth of foundational sciences to meet educational standards within limited curricular space, often resulting in curricular hoarding and overload. Another challenge is how faculty should best integrate the foundational sciences with clinical practice in accordance with ACPE expectations. This narrative review serves as an urgent call to develop a Comprehensive Foundational Sciences Toolkit and provides an example of a toolkit mapped to pharmacy educational standards and competencies. The authors discuss the potential of this foundational sciences toolkit to 1) guide faculty on the appropriate coverage of foundational sciences within the professional pharmacy curriculum to limit curricular overload; and 2) enhance communication and coordination between faculty to facilitate the process of streamlining, connecting, and aligning content across the foundational and clinical sciences.

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呼吁清晰：一个建议的工具包，以整合基础科学纳入药学课程。

美国临床药学院（ACCP）药物治疗教学课程工具包已被许多药学院用于指导治疗学覆盖的深度和广度，但目前在药学教育中没有相应的基础科学覆盖。药学教育认证委员会（ACPE）标准的附录1概述了基础科学的广泛主题领域，但该标准缺乏关于专业药学课程所需的基础科学内容的具体方向。因此，教师面临着在有限的课程空间内确定基础科学的深度和广度以满足教育标准的挑战，这往往导致课程囤积和过载。另一个挑战是教师如何根据ACPE的期望最好地将基础科学与临床实践结合起来。这篇叙述性评论作为一个紧急呼吁，开发一个全面的基础科学工具包，并提供了一个工具包映射到药学教育标准和能力的例子。作者讨论了这个基础科学工具包的潜力：1)指导教师在专业药学课程中适当覆盖基础科学，以限制课程过载；2)加强教师之间的沟通和协调，以促进基础科学和临床科学之间内容的精简、联系和协调。

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 医学-学科教育

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4.30

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15.20%

发文量

114

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