In 1965, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) established the
intramural Pharmacology Research Associate Training (PRAT) program with the primary …

BACKGROUND In 1992, the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP), under
the auspices of CAPE, began an initiative to develop educational outcomes describing the …

One of the responsibilities of the AACP President is to represent our Association at the
meetings of our sister professional organizations. This was an especially challenging task …

Background: The pharmacy profession continues to evolve and shape itself with increasing
complexity. With this escalating complexity, pharmacist clinical competency needs to be …

Academia, as a whole, is poised for a dramatic paradigm shift in terms of the utility and value
of a formal degree from a higher education institution. In preparation for this shift, I suggest …

Evolving change in the scope of practice of pharmacists1 and the profession's envisioned
future for pharmacy practice2 should prompt serious consideration of the approach to …

This paper describes key events in pharmaceutical education, training, practice, and
research that have occurred over the past 55 years. Some of these events included the …

The preprofessional pharmacy curriculum provides the foundation for the professional
curriculum. Basic requirements are noted in the ACPE Standards and Guidelines, but there …

The lack of a standardized and reproducible practice by which clinical pharmacists optimize
patients' medication-related outcomes has been an Achilles' heel for the clinical pharmacy …

Purpose The results of a review of statutes and regulations to determine entry-level
requirements for pharmacy technicians across the 50 states and the District of Columbia in …