Will pharmacy become a five-year degree?

摘要

This is the biggest change in pharmacy education and training since the profession moved in the mid-20th century from the apprenticeship route to become a degree-only profession,”says Marc Donovan,chief pharmacist at Boots.But the proposals from the General Pharmaceutical Council(GPhC)-the pharmacy regulator for the education and training of pharmacy students in Great Britain-to integrate standards for the MPharm and preregistration year have been met with a wary response from trainers,pharmacy schools and students.Currently,pharmacy students study for an MPharm degree for four years;this is followed by a year of preregistration training before graduates enter the profession.If the changes proposed by the GPhC go ahead,the preregistration year will be replaced by 52 weeks of work placements-known as”learning in practice”-with a significant proportion embedded within the undergraduate programme.