Western New England University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Springfield, Massachusetts.
Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2019 Feb;83(1):6500. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6500.
To determine how the standards for teaching pharmacy history were met by U.S. pharmacy schools, whether schools wanted to expand their commitment to pharmacy history, what pedagogical assistance, if any, was desired, and whether elective courses were offered. There were 133 school deans who were asked to identify the responsible faculty for teaching pharmacy history. A 10-question online survey instrument was designed and emailed to these faculty or the dean if no faculty were identified. Follow-up emails were sent at 2-week intervals. If they were non-responsive after three attempts, then telephone solicitation was attempted. There were 100 schools (75%) that responded. Fifty-three percent were public and 47% were private; with 50% having class sizes of 100 or less, 41% with 101-250, and 9% having over 250. Eighty-six percent of respondents meet the ACPE requirement within a required course. Seventy-two percent devote only one to five hours of instruction to meet the requirement. Sixty-eight percent use no supporting literature, and among those who do, there was no common textbook. Interestingly, 21% wanted more teaching time, and 91% desired pedagogical assistance, varying from a packaged course (26%) to a syllabus with assignments and assessment banks (23%). Since no time or material guidelines were established to fulfill the ACPE pharmacy history educational requirements, these results provide a starting point to judge what is adequate and/or preferred. With the development of teaching guidelines and adoptable teaching materials, the pedagogical solution to this ACPE standard may become more complete and consistent.
为了确定美国药学学校如何达到药学史教学标准，学校是否希望扩大对药学史的承诺，需要哪些教学援助（如果有的话），以及是否开设选修课程。共有 133 位院长被要求确定负责教授药学史的教师。设计了一个包含 10 个问题的在线调查工具，并通过电子邮件发送给这些教师或院长（如果没有指定教师）。每隔两周会发送后续电子邮件。如果在三次尝试后仍未回复，则尝试电话征求意见。共有 100 所学校（75%）做出了回应。其中 53%是公立学校，47%是私立学校；50%的班级规模为 100 人或以下，41%的班级规模为 101-250 人，9%的班级规模超过 250 人。86%的受访者在一门必修课程中满足 ACPE 的要求。72%的人仅用 1 到 5 个小时的教学时间来满足要求。68%的人不使用任何支持文献，而在使用文献的人中，没有共同的教材。有趣的是，21%的人希望有更多的教学时间，91%的人希望获得教学援助，从一整套课程（26%）到附有作业和评估库的教学大纲（23%）不等。由于没有确定时间或材料指南来满足 ACPE 的药学史教育要求，这些结果为判断什么是足够的和/或首选的提供了一个起点。随着教学指南和可采用的教学材料的发展，满足这一 ACPE 标准的教学解决方案可能会变得更加完整和一致。
