Pharmaceutical biotechnology in pharmacy education: USA pharmacy schools

Stoimenova, Assena and Savova, Alexandra and Manova, Manoela and Angelovska, Bistra and Petrova, Guenka (2012) Pharmaceutical biotechnology in pharmacy education: USA pharmacy schools. Pharmaceutical biotechnology in pharmacy education: USA pharmacy schools, 3 (25). pp. 2533-2537. ISSN 1310-2818

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Abstract

ABSTRACT
Pharmaceutical biotechnology, pharmacogenomics, pharmacogenetics, combinatorial chemistry, in close relation to highthroughput
screening technologies, and bioinformatics are major advances that give a new direction to pharmaceutical sciences
and education. Biotechnology influenced not only the pharmaceutical science and education but also the practice in pharmacies.
The aim of our study was to review the scientific literature on biotechnology inclusion in pharmacy curriculum and to systematize
the approaches that the colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States of America (USA) apply to address this education.
For the period 1989-2010 a total of 18 publications satisfying the search criteria were found. The articles were systematized in
historical order following the date of publication.
The developments in modern pharmacy practice are taken into account and implemented in the pharmacy curriculum in
the colleges and schools of pharmacy in the United States. In 78% of the USA universities this is achieved by integrating
biotechnology content in the PharmD curriculum. Together with the development of biotechnology science the educational
programs are improving but they still delay providing knowledge, especially for undergraduate students.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social Sciences > Economics and business Medical and Health Sciences > Health biotechnology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Bistra Angelovska
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2013 10:05
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2013 10:05
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/1845

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