Bilge Sözen à Âahne, Miray Arslan, Sevgi à Âar, Selen YeÃÂenoÃÂlu
Objective: Pharmacy education first began in the Ottoman Empire with the Pharmacy Class at Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Adliye-i Şâhâne, which was founded in 1839, and then continued at different schools as Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şâhâne (1867), Haydarpaşa Military School of Health (1876), Şam Health School (1903), and Eczacı Mekteb-i Âlisi (1908) to educate people for giving services in pharmacy field. At the beginning, the duration of the education at these schools was 2 years but after a while it was prolonged into 4 years. In this study, introducing the current status of Pharmacy Faculties and its academically improvement between the academic years of 2007-2008 and 2011-2012 are aimed.
Methods: In this study, by reviewing literature on Turkish Pharmacy Education, required information was inspected and by corresponding with the Pharmacy Faculties data about these schools were put forth.
Results: Today, pharmacy education in Turkey continues at the different Pharmacy Faculties. With the last regulations, the duration of education was prolonged into 5 years since 2005. The number of Pharmacy Faculties in Turkey is gradually increasing year by year and 24 of them provide pharmacy education. The education in these faculties is within international standards and besides many other scientific researches is on-going.
Conclusion: The high number of pharmacy faculties is the most important obstacle in front of the quality pharmacy education for making current situation even better, the importance of the balance between the employment of academic staff and student recruitment should not be ignored.
