Pharmaceutical industry in a global context elective course: implementation and preliminary outcomes

Abstract

The described industry course may be adopted by other educators to encourage pharmacy students' exploration into industry careers.

Impact of Nursing Clinical Elective Courses on New Graduate Nurses' Clinical Practice

“…[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Another 17 studies evaluated student-related outcomes immediately following the course, such as knowledge, confidence, attitude, and perceptions related to the content. 4,5,12,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32] Two other studies did not evaluate student outcomes. 3,6 Only 3 studies evaluated how many students actually accepted positions in the specialty taught in the clinical elective on graduation.…”

“…Of the 30 articles, 11 provided evaluation data on the course itself, including the quality of the course, satisfaction with the course, how well the course met the objectives, and the student's intent in going into the specialty field after graduation 8-18. Another 17 studies evaluated student-related outcomes immediately following the course, such as knowledge, confidence, attitude, and perceptions related to the content 4,5,12,19-32. Two other studies did not evaluate student outcomes 3,6…”

Need for Expansion of Pharmacy Education Globally for the Growing Field of Nanomedicine

“…Data show that academic courses are the leading source of information, and pharmacy students, in general, show poor knowledge about fundamental nanotechnology science and its applications. Hence, there is an impending need to effectively incorporate education and training in nanomedicines and nanodiagnostics in curricular and cocurricular pharmacy courses and activities, respectively [40][41][42]. At Midwestern University (MWU), the College of Pharmacy (COP) only offers a year-round, three-year Pharm D program, where graduates receive the standard Doctor of Pharmacy degree (no other graduate/professional/certificate degrees are included or integrated).…”

“…A current trend in pharmacy education is the delivery of optional track programs with focused elective courses that build a framework for sub-specialty knowledge [44]. Elective courses and joint (e.g., industrial-clinical) practical experiences for interested students that are focused on the design and clinical applications of nanotechnology-based medical products could be offered to supplement nanomedicine concepts presented in the core curriculum [38,40,41,45]. A variety of other co-curricular activities could be developed by faculty to further integrate basic science nanomedicine concepts with clinical decision-making.…”

“…A variety of other co-curricular activities could be developed by faculty to further integrate basic science nanomedicine concepts with clinical decision-making. These may include early non-patient-care-related interprofessional education/collaboration/innovation (e.g., research activities, independent study), medical technology-focused seminar series, or professional service organizations such as the Industry Pharmacist Organization (IPhO) student chapters [41,45].…”