Pharmacoeconomic Education in Colleges of Pharmacy Outside of the United States

Abstract

Objective. To determine the extent of pharmacoeconomic education offered by colleges and schools of pharmacy outside the United States. Methods. A total of 291 colleges and schools of pharmacy in 103 countries were surveyed via e-mail about the type and extent of pharmacoeconomic training offered to their professional and graduate level students. Results. Ninety colleges and schools of pharmacy from 43 countries provided usable responses. Fiftytwo percent of the colleges and schools of pharmacy provided pharmacoeconomics education (Europe, n=19; Asia, n=10; North America, n=7; Oceania, n=6; and other, n=5). Of the 47 colleges and schools responding, 9 provided pharmacoeconomics education at the professional level only, 16 at the graduate level only, and 22 at both levels. More professional students had access to pharmacoeconomics education than graduate students; however, graduate students were offered more pharmacoeconomics class hours than professional students. Conclusions. Many colleges and schools of pharmacy outside the United States offer pharmacoeconomics in their curriculum. Current trends in global pharmacoeconomics education seem to mirror trends that occurred in the United States in the 1990s.

Pharmacoeconomic Education in Egyptian Schools of Pharmacy

“…21,22 Nwokeji and Rascati's 2004 survey of pharmacoeconomic education outside of the United States documented that pharmacoeconomics was offered at the professional level in only 1 school in the Middle East, in Lebanon. 8 The Lebanese American University, which appears to be the only school of pharmacy in Lebanon, lists pharmacoeconomics in its pharmacy curriculum.…”

“…6,7 Internationally, the percentage of pharmacy colleges and schools offering pharmacoeconomic education increased from 41% in 1997 to 52% in 2004. 8,9 In this international survey, usable responses were recovered from only 4 Middle Eastern countries: Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territory, and Turkey.…”

“…8 In our study, 7 (35%) Egyptian schools offered some pharmacoeconomic education, 3 (43%) at the bachelor's degree level and 4 (57%) at the bachelor's and graduate levels (Table 1). Qualitatively, several schools expressed interest in offering pharmacoeconomics courses, a few school officials requested information that would help their institutions establish a pharmacoeconomics program, while others acknowledged that pharmacoeconomics is a relatively new field that is important to the planning of pharmaceutical services provision in their countries.…”

“…8 Fifty-two percent of responding schools (47 schools in 28 countries) in Nwokeji and Rascati's international study indicated that they offered some pharmacoeconomics education (19 schools from Europe, 10 from Asia, 7 from North America [Canada and Mexico], and 6 from Oceania, and the rest from elsewhere).…”

Eczacılık fakültelerinde farmakoekonomi eğitimi ve öğrencilerin farmakoekonomi ile ilgili bilgi düzeyleri

“…Yapılan bir diğer çalışmada da Amerika dışındaki dünya ülke-lerinde farmakoekonomi eğitiminin eczacılık lisans eğitiminde müfredatta ortalama 48,5 saat, lisans sonrası eğitimde ise ortalama 22,6 saat yer aldığı vurgulanmıştır (12). Amerika'daki eczacılık fakültelerinde yapılan bir çalışmada da farmakoekonomi eğitiminin zorunlu olarak müfredatta ortalama 21 saat, seçmeli olarak ise ortalama 31 saat yer aldığı belirtilmiştir (14).…”