Past…Present…Future of Pharmacy Education in Thailand (Part III)
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This concept paper discusses the past, current status and future trends of pharmacy education in Thailand. Relevant primary and secondary data, evidences, facts and fgures were compiled and presented along with data analyses and best possible estimation. Signifcant remarks and extrapolation were proposed in order to provide most plausible future prospects and to pinpoint critical considerations and opportunities for improvement for all stakeholders, particularly, university administrators, policy makers, and relevant professional affliations and networks. In the Part I and Part II The defnition of pharmacy profession, past and present of pharmacy education, evolution of pharmacy curricular and pharmacy teaching methods, the learning processes and curriculum structure were explained.
Part III, the demand or requirement of manpower in the pharmacy profession was described. The consistency of supply and demand in the pharmacy profession, professional competencies: core competency and specifc competency in each branch were highlight in this part. Knowledge of pharmacy graduates and their professional skills to practical implementation and the procedure of the national license examination for the pharmacy profession were explained.
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