Universidade Federal do Ceará, Ceará, Brazil.
Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú, Sobral, Brazil.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2019 Apr;83(3):6543. doi: 10.5688/ajpe6543.
To compare the quality indicators of public and private pharmacy schools in Brazil. Descriptive data regarding undergraduate pharmacy schools recorded as of April 2016 was obtained from the website of Brazil's Ministry of Education. The quality indicators analyzed included scores on the National Student Performance Examination, preliminary classification of the school, and final classification of the school. The schools were graded on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being excellent. Four hundred sixty-seven Brazilian pharmacy schools were analyzed. The number of schools and class sizes has been increasing since 1832. The number of private pharmacy schools has increased since 1996, with the majority located in non-capital cities. The results showed an isomorphic characteristic of the quality indicators and a central tendency of the scores (score of 3), which are indicators of satisfactory quality. Most public institutions received a score of excellent. The analysis found an increase in the number of pharmacy schools in the private sector in Brazil and that the quality of public institutions was better than that of private institutions. Qualitative research should be carried out to complement the quantitative findings reported here.
比较巴西公立和私立药学院校的质量指标。本研究从巴西教育部网站获取截至 2016 年 4 月的本科生药学院校记录的描述性数据。分析的质量指标包括全国学生成绩考试成绩、学校初步分类和学校最终分类。学校的评分等级为 1 到 5 级，5 级为优秀。分析了 467 所巴西药学院校。自 1832 年以来，学校数量和班级规模一直在增加。自 1996 年以来，私立药学院校数量有所增加，大部分位于非首府城市。结果显示质量指标具有同构特征，且分数呈集中趋势（得分为 3），这是令人满意的质量的指标。大多数公立机构都获得了优秀的评分。分析发现，巴西私立药学院校的数量有所增加，且公立机构的质量优于私立机构。应该进行定性研究来补充这里报告的定量发现。
