Cates Marshall E, Monk-Tutor Mary R, Drummond Stephanie Ogle
McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Samford University, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2007 Feb 15;71(1):4. doi: 10.5688/aj710104.
To describe the extent of psychiatric pharmacy instruction in US pharmacy curricula, including course and faculty characteristics and mental health topics taught in clinical therapeutics-based courses.
An 11-item survey instrument (54% response) was developed and mailed to 91 colleges and schools of pharmacy.
Over 75% of colleges and schools employed a psychiatric pharmacist; however, less than 50% of faculty teaching psychiatric pharmacy content were psychiatric pharmacy specialists as defined in the study. All colleges and schools included psychiatric topics as part of a therapeutics-based course with an average of 9.5% of course content devoted to these topics. About 25% of colleges and schools offered elective didactic courses in psychiatric pharmacy. Only 2 schools required a psychiatric pharmacy advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE), but about 92% offered elective APPEs. The mean number of hours spent on lecture- and case-based instruction across all colleges and schools was highest for depression and lowest for personality disorders.
There is a need for colleges and schools of pharmacy to better identify and standardize the minimal acceptable level of didactic instruction in psychiatric pharmacy as well as the minimal level of specialty qualifications for faculty members who teach this subject.
描述美国药学课程中精神科药学教学的程度，包括课程和师资特点以及在基于临床治疗学的课程中讲授的心理健康主题。
设计了一份包含11个条目的调查问卷（回复率为54%），并邮寄给91所药学院校。
超过75%的药学院校聘请了精神科药剂师；然而，在讲授精神科药学内容的教师中，只有不到50%是本研究定义的精神科药学专家。所有药学院校都将精神科主题纳入基于治疗学的课程，这些主题平均占课程内容的9.5%。约25%的药学院校开设了精神科药学选修理论课程。只有2所学校要求有精神科药学高级药学实践经验（APPE），但约92%的学校提供选修APPE。所有药学院校在讲座和案例教学上花费的平均时长，抑郁症相关内容最高，人格障碍相关内容最低。
药学院校需要更好地确定并规范精神科药学理论教学的最低可接受水平，以及讲授该学科的教师的最低专业资质水平。
