Pharmaceutical Sciences Graduate Program, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2013 May 13;77(4):S2. doi: 10.5688/ajpe774S2.
Despite pharma's recent sea change in approach to drug discovery and development, U.S. pharmaceutical sciences graduate programs are currently maintaining traditional methods for master's and doctoral student education. The literature on graduate education in the biomedical sciences has long been advocating educating students to hone soft skills like communication and teamwork, in addition to maintaining excellent basic skills in research. However, recommendations to date have not taken into account the future trends in the pharmaceutical industry. The AACP Graduate Education Special Interest Group has completed a literature survey of the trends in the pharmaceutical industry and graduate education in order to determine whether our graduate programs are strategically positioned to prepare our graduates for successful careers in the next few decades. We recommend that our pharmaceutical sciences graduate programs take a proactive leadership role in meeting the needs of our future graduates and employers. Our graduate programs should bring to education the innovation and collaboration that our industry also requires to be successful and relevant in this century.
尽管制药行业最近在药物发现和开发方面的方法发生了重大变化，但美国制药科学研究生课程目前仍在维持硕士和博士研究生教育的传统方法。生物医学科学研究生教育方面的文献长期以来一直主张教育学生培养沟通和团队合作等软技能，同时保持研究方面的优秀基本技能。然而，迄今为止的建议并没有考虑到制药行业的未来趋势。AACP 研究生教育特别兴趣小组已经完成了对制药行业和研究生教育趋势的文献调查，以确定我们的研究生课程是否在战略上为培养未来几十年的毕业生成功就业做好了准备。我们建议我们的制药科学研究生课程在满足未来毕业生和雇主的需求方面发挥积极的领导作用。我们的研究生课程应该将行业成功和相关所需的创新和协作带入教育中。
