Social pharmacy as a field of study: The needs and challenges in global pharmacy education

Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Hassali, Mohamed Azmi ^a   Shafie, Asrul Akmal ^a   Al Haddad, Mahmoud Sa'di ^a   Abduelkarem, Abduelmula Rajab ^b   Ibrahim, Mohamed Izham ^c   Palaian, Subish ^d   Abrika, Omar Saad Saleh ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c QASSIM UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Department of Pharmacology   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Pharmacy; Social pharmacy; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NOTE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SCHOOL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 82455218982     PISSN: 15517411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2010.10.003     Document Type: Note

References (28)

1. Travis P., Bennett S., Haines A., et al. Overcoming health-systems constraints to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. Lancet 2004, 364:900-906.
2. Boström G., Rosén M. Measuring social inequalities in health-politics or science?. Scand J Public Health 2003, 31:211-215.
3. Nutbeam D., Boxall A.M. What influences the transfer of research into health policy and practice? Observations from England and Australia. Public Health 2008, 122:747-753.
4. Marmot M. Social determinants of health inequalities. Lancet 2005, 365:1099-1104.
5. Naicker S., Plange-Rhule J., Tutt R.C., Eastwood J.B. Shortage of healthcare workers in developing countriesd -Africa. Ethn Dis 2009, 19(Suppl 1):60-64.
6. Dayrit M.M., Dolea C. The health workforce crisis-where are the pharmacists. Int J Pharm Pract 2006, 20:5-8.
7. Havelka M., Lucanin J.D., Lucanin D. Biopsychosocial model-the integrated approach to health and disease. Coll Antropol 2009, 33:303-310.
8. Anderson C., Bates I., Beck D., et al. The WHO UNESCO FIP Pharmacy Education Taskforce. Hum Resour Health 2009, 7:45.
9. Harding G., Taylor K. Defining social pharmacy. Int J Pharm Pract 1995, 2:62-63.
10. Wertheimer A. Social/behavioural pharmacy-the Minnesota experience. J Clin Pharm Ther 1991, 16:381-383.
11. Harding G., Taylor K. Responding to change: the case of community pharmacy in Great Britain. Sociol Health Illn 1997, 19:547-560.
12. Svarstad B.L. Development of behavioral science curricula and faculty in pharmacy: some issues requiring attention. Am J Pharm Educ 1994, 54:177-183.
13. Working Party on Social and Behavioural Science Report 1989, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, London, UK, Available at, Accessed March 12, 2009. http://www.rpsgb.org.uk/pdfs/coun0408-C-60.pdf.
14. Galanti G.A. Reviews caring for Muslim patients. BMJ 2001, 322:242.
15. Aslam M., Jessa F., Wilson J. Ethnic minorities. Pharmacy Practice 2001, 274-287. Taylor & Francis, London, UK. K. Taylor, G. Harding (Eds.).
16. Schwinghammer T.L. Final report of the 2004-2005 Council of Faculties. Am J Pharm Educ 2005, 69:S13.
17. Harding G., Taylor K. Teaching social pharmacy: the UK experience. Pharm Educ 2006, 6:125-131.
18. Ryan K., Bissell P., Anderson C., Morgall Traulsen J., Sleath B. Teaching social sciences to undergraduate pharmacy students: an international survey. Pharm Educ 2007, 7:1-9.
19. Ibrahim M.I.M., Awang R., Razak A.D. Introducing social pharmacy courses to pharmacy students in Malaysia. Med Teach 1998, 20:122-126.
20. Anderson C. Social pharmacy: the current scenario. Indian J Pharm Pract 2008, 1:1-5.
21. Basak S., van Mil J., Sathyanarayana D. The changing roles of pharmacists in community pharmacies: perception of reality in India. Pharm World Sci 2009, 31:612-618.
22. Martinez-Sanchez A.M. How to implement pharmaceutical care in the curriculum? The Cuban pharmacy education experiences. Lat Am J Pharm 2009, 28:100-102.
23. Martínez Sánchez A. Pharmacy education in Cuba. Pharm World Sci 2010, 32:1-5.
24. Khachan V., Saab Y.B., Sadik F. Pharmacy education in Lebanon. Curr Pharm Teach Learn 2010, 2:186-191.
25. Anderson S. Making Medicines: A Brief History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals 2005, Pharmaceutical Press, London, UK.
26. Kheir N., Zaidan M., Younes H., El Hajj M., Wilbur K., Jewesson P.J. Pharmacy education and practice in 13 Middle Eastern countries. Am J Pharm Educ 2009, 72:133.
27. Azhar S., Hassali M., Ibrahim M., Ahmad M., Masood I., Shafie A. The role of pharmacists in developing countries: the current scenario in Pakistan. Hum Resour Health 2009, 7:54.
28. Ward K., Butler N., Mugabo P., et al. Provision of syndromic treatment of sexually transmitted infections by community pharmacists: a potentially underutilized HIV prevention strategy. Sex Transm Dis 2003, 30:609-613.