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Status Of Toxicology Education In Us Doctor Of Pharmacy Programs, Mohammed A. Islam, Paniz Hazrati, Fred Farris
Status Of Toxicology Education In Us Doctor Of Pharmacy Programs, Mohammed A. Islam, Paniz Hazrati, Fred Farris
Health Professions Education
Purpose: Pharmacists play a significant role in toxicology from research to clinical practice. Adequate toxicology content coverage is expected in the curricula of US PharmD programs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the status of toxicology education in the professional PharmD programs in US schools and colleges of pharmacy.
Method: The websites of 142 pharmacy programs were visited. Pages with PharmD curriculum, course catalog, student handbook were identified and retrieved. The toxicology course titles and catalog descriptions were compiled and uploaded into the qualitative data analysis software, NVivo® 12. A word cloud analysis of the toxicology course descriptions …