KMID : 0941819990090020119
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Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy 1999 Volume.9 No. 2 p.119 ~ p.126
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Characteristics of Pharmacy Educators in Korea
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Abstract
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The educational backgrounds and research interests of pharmacy educators in Korea were analyzed to investigate the possibility of migrating the pharmacy education system from basic science-oriented to pharmacy practice-oriented. There are 257 full-time faculty members and 190 part-time members in twenty pharmacy colleges in 1999. Most of the full-time professors are majoring in basic pharmacy areas focused on the drug itself. Thirty nine percent of full-time professors are specialized in the fields of Medicinal Chemistry, 20% in Biochemistry, 19% in Pharmaceutics, and 18% in Pharmacology-Toxicology. Only 4% are related to the Pharmacy Practice Field. When we consider only the educational backgrounds of the educators, 89% of full-time professors are related to the subjects of Korean Pharmacists Licensure Examination. Changes in educator¡¯¡¯s inclination will lead to the changes in pharmacy education and the contents of the test. There will be at least 38 job-openings due to retirements within next five years, and this will lead to approximately 15% changes of current full time professors in Korean pharmacy education. More full-time professors will be needed in the area of pharmacy practice in order to focus on the pharmacy practice-oriented pharmacy education. Many distinguished characteristics of pharmacy educators between the private schools and the national universities are also discussed in the paper.
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