University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Alexandria, Virginia.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2017 Oct;81(8):S11. doi: 10.5688/ajpeS11.
Graduate education in the pharmaceutical sciences is a cornerstone of research within pharmacy schools. Pharmaceutical scientists are critical contributors to addressing the challenges of new drug discovery, delivery, and optimal care in order to ensure improved therapeutic outcomes in populations of patients. The American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) charged the 2016-2017 Research and Graduate Affairs Committee (RGAC) to define the competencies necessary for graduate education in the pharmaceutical sciences (Charge 1), recommend collaborative curricular development across schools of pharmacy (Charge 2), recommend AACP programing for graduate education (Charge 3), and provide guidance on emerging areas for innovation in graduate education (Charge 4). With respect to Charges 1 and 2, the RGAC committee developed six domains of core competencies for graduate education in the pharmaceutical sciences as well as recommendations for shared programming. For Charge 3, the committee made 3 specific programming recommendations that include AACP sponsored regional research symposia, a professional development forum at the AACP INterim Meeting, and the addition of a graduate research and education poster session at the AACP Annual Meeting. For Charge 4, the committee recommended that AACP develop a standing committee of graduate program deans and directors to provide guidance to member schools in support of graduate program representation at AACP meetings, develop skills for interprofessional teamwork and augment research through integration of Pharm.D., Ph.D., postdoctoral associates, resident, and fellow experiences. Two proposed policy statements by the committee are that AACP believes core competencies are essential components of graduate education and AACP supports the inclusion of research and graduate education focuses in its portfolio of meetings and programs.
药学研究生教育是药学院研究的基石。药物科学家是解决新药发现、传递和最佳护理挑战的重要贡献者，以确保改善患者群体的治疗效果。美国药学院协会（AACP）责成 2016-2017 年研究和研究生事务委员会（RGAC）定义药学研究生教育所需的能力（任务 1），建议各药学院合作开发课程（任务 2），建议 AACP 研究生教育计划（任务 3），并就研究生教育创新的新兴领域提供指导（任务 4）。关于任务 1 和 2，RGAC 委员会为药学研究生教育制定了六个核心能力领域，并为共享课程提出了建议。关于任务 3，委员会提出了 3 项具体的计划建议，包括由 AACP 赞助的区域研究研讨会、AACP 临时会议的专业发展论坛，以及在 AACP 年会上增加研究生研究和教育海报会议。关于任务 4，委员会建议 AACP 成立一个研究生项目院长和主任的常设委员会，为成员学校提供支持研究生项目在 AACP 会议上的代表性的指导，培养专业间团队合作的技能，并通过整合药学博士、博士、博士后研究员、住院医师和研究员的经验来加强研究。委员会提出的两项政策声明是，AACP 认为核心能力是研究生教育的重要组成部分，AACP 支持在其会议和项目组合中纳入研究和研究生教育重点。
