West Coast University School of Pharmacy, Los Angeles, California.
Pharmacy Podcast Network, Pharmacy Times, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Am J Pharm Educ. 2020 Feb;84(2):7172. doi: 10.5688/ajpe7172.
To describe the features of pharmacy law education in Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programs in the United States. A review of the literature found no prior published data describing the delivery of pharmacy law education across PharmD programs in the United States. Members of the Pharmacy Law Educators Subcommittee of the American Society for Pharmacy Law (ASPL) developed questions for a survey. The survey was administered electronically to all 139 American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) member institutions in the summer of 2016. A link to complete the 32-item online survey was distributed via email to the pharmacy law educator or associate dean at each AACP member institution. Of the 139 PharmD programs surveyed, 49 completed the survey instrument, yielding a response rate of 35.2%. Variations between programs were found in the professional background of pharmacy law instructors and assessment strategies for pharmacy law courses, as well as in the structure and placement of the main pharmacy law course within the various curricula. This pilot study represents the first and only known attempt to examine delivery of pharmacy law education across colleges of pharmacy. The variations between programs found in this study highlight the need for further investigation into this area of pharmacy education.
描述美国药学博士（PharmD）课程中药学法律教育的特点。文献回顾发现，没有先前发表的数据描述美国 PharmD 课程中药学法律教育的实施情况。美国药学法律学会（ASPL）药学法律教育者小组委员会的成员为调查制定了问题。该调查于 2016 年夏天以电子方式分发给美国药学院协会（AACP）的 139 个成员机构。每个 AACP 成员机构的药学法律教育者或副院长都通过电子邮件收到了完成 32 项在线调查的链接。在接受调查的 139 个 PharmD 项目中，有 49 个完成了调查工具，回应率为 35.2%。在药学法律教师的专业背景和药学法律课程的评估策略方面，以及在各个课程中主要药学法律课程的结构和位置方面，各项目之间存在差异。这项初步研究代表了首次也是唯一一次尝试检查药学法律教育在药学院之间的实施情况。本研究发现的项目之间的差异突出表明需要进一步调查这一药学教育领域。
