Madiha, Chang-qing Yang, Charles D. Sands, Wei-hong Ge
Objective: To evaluate the undergraduate clinical pharmacy education provided in China we have compared the curriculum of Bachelor of Science in clinical pharmacy program offered at the China Pharmaceutical University (China), one of pioneer institutes for clinical pharmacy education in China with the PharmD curriculum offered at Samford University (USA).
Method: A descriptive method involving discussion is used. The curriculum of these two programs offered in two different regions compared regarding 1) the core curriculum: credit hour distribution, teaching methodology and course outcome evaluation 2) Pharmacy practice experience.
Results: Credits allocated to the courses of clinical and pharmaceutical sciences in the two programs are approximately same but courses offered in B.S. clinical pharmacy are too general and repetitive. Pharmacy practice experiential component for PharmD is well structured and diverse than B.S. degree. Classical methods of teaching and course outcome evaluation are used for B.S. program.
Conclusion: B.S. Clinical pharmacy curriculum in China cannot be considered specialized and require up gradation to a unified, well structured and professional PharmD program.
