Arguments about the role of basic science courses in a pharmacy curriculum moving toward additional clinical instruction center around semantics, value judgments, and philosophy. Drug analysis can, however, provide a valuable service in the areas of drug detection and monitoring. (Author/LBH)

Pharmaceutical analysis is incorporated into the pharmaceutics component of the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Wisconsin. Many collaborative demonstrations, lectures, and laboratory experiments can illustrate the close relationship between analysis and modern pharmacy practice. (Author/LBH)

Definitions and roles of industrial pharmacists are reviewed historically and present-day needs for competence are detailed. (LBH)

Qualities that describe the performance of the clinical pharmacy preceptor are outlined, with particular concern for the personal and technical components of his role as a teacher. The guidelines were developed at an invitational workshop at the Los Angeles County/University of Southern California Medical Center. (LBH)

The literature on competency-based education is reviewed and a scheme is suggested by which a faculty can begin to modify their curricula. The model outlined is not all-inclusive, but indicates the major activities that should occur in the systematic development of a competency-based curriculum. A 300-item bibliography is included. (LBH)

Background information is provided to clarify some of the issues surrounding teacher and student evaluation in pharmacy education. Major questions explored dealt with what should be evaluated, how the data should be collected and used, and the adaptability of the experiential domain for students. (Author/LBH)

Demographic factors, prepharmacy academic performance, and Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) scores were considered in relation to academic performance as measured by the first-professional-year grade point average at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy. Prepharmacy GPA was the best single predictor. (LBH)

The performance of first-professional-year pharmacy students was compared to their PCAT performance of prepharmacy students. The value of the PCAT was found to lie in those portions of it that are directly related to the coursework in which a student is enrolled, especially when there is a performance level within a class that is directly…

An approach being used at the University of Florida College of Pharmacy to enhance the ability of pharmacy students to communicate effectively with their patients is described. The module consists of a syllabus, original videotapes, audiotapes, assigned readings, and evaluation tools. (LBH)

The mastery approach toward learning drug product information seems to be a useful method to improve a student's knowledge, but the approach requires more faculty time since it is geared toward the individual student. (LBH)

The University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy clinical program consists of one full-time semester equally divided between community and institutional externships conducted in teaching hospitals and with registered pharmacist preceptors, respectively. The questionnaire used to survey graduates is appended. (LBH)

The areas discussed relate to materials costs, collection development, circulation trends and patterns, comparisons of use in various department and/or school libraries, and identification of user groups within the Purdue University Libraries. (LBH)

An approach to the teaching of biostatistics is discussed that is presented in a multistage fashion beginning with a core of knowledge in a separate course but rapidly integrated with other basic science and clinical courses in the pharmacy curriculum. Biostatistics is thus seen as more interesting and relevant to the student. (LBH)

The percentage of black pharmacy graduates who returned to practice in areas similar to the neighborhoods in which they were raised was investigated using a 15-item questionnaire distributed to the 42 black graduates of the University of Illinois College of Pharmacy graduating between 1960 and 1975. (LBH)

Drug-dispensing practices and the distribution of pharmacists in each of these countries are reviewed. The availability of graduate and continuing education are also noted along with an outlook for the future. Curricula from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are appended. (LBH)