PHARMACEUTICS Basic Principles and Application to Pharmacy Practice

Pharmaceutical education in the United States of America has been undergoing substantial changes over the past several decades to address changes in a pharmacist’s role in the provision of pharmaceutical care. Pharmacy education has had a historical perspective that prepared student pharmacists to engage in pharmaceutical dispensing or pursue graduate pharmaceutical education focused on research. Any clinically-focused education was then obtained through post- baccalaureate training and experience. The currently evolving perspective of pharmacy education is focused on preparing student pharmacists as providers of clinical pharmaceutical care and as the medication expert in the healthcare system.