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Participation of students in the designing and evaluation of pharmacy curriculum: A Cross-Sectional Study
Author(s) -
Muhammad Aslam Solangi
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of biomedical and advance research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2455-0558
pISSN - 2229-3809
DOI - 10.7439/ijbar.v4i7.414
Subject(s) - pharmacy , cross sectional study , curriculum , medical education , medicine , family medicine , psychology , pedagogy , pathology

Background: The curriculum of pharmacy being followed in different institutions is devised, written and established by the members of institutional ‘Board of Studies’ and/or professional councils. No doubt, educators and professionals are sure to have a comprehensive approach to this topic, but pharmacy students, with the help of their own educational experience, are potentially influential to offer guidance on student resources and facilities and are in a good position to assess the different aspects of pharmacy curriculum.

Aims: The objective of this study is to give an account of a survey of 678 pharmacy students regarding their assessment of the current curriculum of pharmacy education.

Method: We administered a cross-sectional survey to pharmacy students (n = 678) at three different institutes.

Results: Out of 678 students 566 (83.48%) students felt that the curriculum must be revised as it contains unnecessarily exhaustive theoretical details that should be replaced with practical aspects. 554 (81.71%) students demanded the introduction of the department of pharmacy practice in the present curriculum.

Conclusion: Pharmacy curriculum should be designed with student priorities and with active participation of students at every stage of its designing and implementation.

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