Effectiveness of clinical pharmacy services is discussed through an analysis of the literature, an analysis of the funding of grant applications by the National Center for Health Services Research, and a review of the research component of doctoral programs in pharmacy. (MSE)

A study that continues research by other investigators into the effect of pharmaceutical education on student perceptions of occupational roles is discussed. The focus was on whether experiential training was related to the disillusionment of pharmacy students with their chosen occupation as originally identified by Knapp in the 1960s. (MLW)

Study results indicate that there is a relationship between grade point average and performance on the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy Licensure Examination (NABPLEX); that the relationship exists for graduates from different colleges; and that performance on NABPLEX by graduates from two different colleges is significantly different.…

Strain in the profession of pharmacy over conflicts between basic and natural science perspectives is attributed to several factors: the many facets of the profession, divergent interests, political uncertainty, social change, members' aspirations, and curriculum studies. Greater use of computers is encouraged. (MSE)

Only recently has emphasis been placed on pharmacy's role in public health planning, alongside other professional groups and government at all levels. The pharmaceutical profession is urged to join forces with these groups in the forefront of policy and program planning. (MSE)

A computerized, simulation-based instrument, consisting of four community practice clinical scenarios, collected information-searching data and the students' decisions. The appropriateness of the decisions, assessed by three clinical judges, and the focus of information search, based on the computer-collected process data, were the dependent…

An unusual conflict-of-interest case involving the federal government, a university researcher on ear infections, and the pharmaceutical industry has renewed the debate over what constitutes unacceptable conflict of interest, federal review of medical treatment, government protection against research bias, and disclosure of research project…

An experimental exercise on analytical proficiency studies in collaborative trials is proposed. This practical provides students in advanced undergraduate courses in chemistry, pharmacy, and biochemistry, with the opportunity to improve their quality assurance skills. It involves an environmental analysis, determining the concentration of a…

A 2-semester hour, no-prerequisite class open to any non-pharmacy major in the university is offered by the Washington State University College of Pharmacy. Course goals, topic outline, results of 1973-74 student course evaluations (mostly positive), and the university course evaluation form are included. (JT)

Potential contributions of formal evaluation to pharmacy education are discussed with emphasis on evaluation problems. Six levels of evaluation are identified and ten years of evaluative research in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education categorized accordingly: effort performance, adequacy of performance, efficiency, process, and system…

Statistical tables from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy annual survey are presented with some summary commentary. Includes number of male and of female recipients of each degree (BS, BPharm, PharmD, MS, PhD) for each U.S. school. Breakdown by geographical area and by race (by school and by degree) are also presented. (JT)

Degrees conferred are reported in tabular form showing degrees by schools, by district, by ethnic group, and by type of degree (BS, BPharm, PharmD, master of science, PhD, and honorary). (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 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)

In determining how to allocate resources, focus must be placed on the tradeoffs between utilization of already-established courses within a college of pharmacy (or the university) and the design of a totally new group of courses for the training of clinical scientists. Most necessary courses are already available. (Author/LBH)