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2005年台灣藥學教育白皮書
White Paper on Pharmacy Education in Taiwan 2005
摘要
台灣藥學會鑒於藥師養成的需求，起始改進藥學教育。本白皮書參酌美國藥學教育學會標準，對藥學教育的使命、規畫、評估、課程、招生、學生輔導、教師素質與評估、圖儀設備、實習場所與經費來源，訂定準則。此白皮書經全國藥學院／系教師及台灣臨床藥學會與中華民國藥師公會全聯會代表，於全國教育研討會及多次教育會議討論制定。我國與美國藥師養成教育最大的落差，包括需一年的課程補強：藥物治療學、藥品資訊與分析、公共衛生及流行病學、社會學及行為科學、健康照護體系經濟學，以及需有一年之進階藥學實習。此外，各校的醫院藥學實習、社區藥局實習等初級執業經驗課程的實習場所及課程水準參差不齊，亟需標準化。我國藥學教育所面臨最大的問題，是藥學專業師資嚴重不足。藥學院／系如何建立延攬臨床藥學師資的管道，確為提升藥學教育的當務之急。更重要的是，藥學教育改進必須經由執業環境的改善加以落實，因此執業法規與政策應配合檢討，而藥師執照考試之時間點更涉及整體制度變革，這些都是未來藥學教育改進必須進一步探討的議題。
並列摘要
In order to comply with the current need to foster competent pharmacists to serve the public, the Pharmaceutical Society of Taiwan implemented changes in pharmacy education that addressed the standards of educational quality within the pharmacy curriculum as well as the length of the curriculum. A White Paper was produced in a format similar to that of the American College of Pharmacy Education Standards 2000 publication. In this White Paper, the overall standards for the mission, planning, and evaluation of pharmacy education were outlined. Furthermore, standards for organization and administration were put forwards together with a range of standards for the curriculum, for students, for faculty members and staff, for the facilities themselves and for their resources; detailed guidelines were set out as well. The contents of the White Paper have been evaluated and discussed at the National Meeting on Pharmacy Education as well as at many subsequent educational meetings organized by faculty members from all the Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy across Taiwan. In addition, they have also been discussed by representatives of the Taiwan Society of Health-System Pharmacists and by the National Union of Pharmacist Associations in the Republic of China. The greatest gaps that need to be filled by changes in pharmacy education include one year intensive courses in the areas of pharmacotherapy, epidemiology, health economics, social pharmacy and drug information as well as a one year unit of advanced pharmacy practice experience. In addition, the quality of the basic pharmacy practice experience unit, including the pharmacy practice setting (hospital and community) and the preceptors, need to be standardized. The most serious problem in pharmacy education in Taiwan is a lack of clinical faculty members and Colleges and Schools of Pharmacy need to set out to identify and recruit qualified clinical faculty members. In addition, the practice environment, law, regulations and policies related to pharmacy practice as well as the board examination need to be closely linked to bring about an evolution of pharmacy education in Taiwan. The important issues outlined above are essential to the reform of pharmacy education in Taiwan over the next few years.