Curriculum in Psychiatry and Neurology for Pharmacy Programs

To describe pharmacy curricula in psychiatry and neurology and to report on neuropsychiatric pharmacy specialists' views on optimal curriculum. Design and administer one electronic survey to accredited pharmacy programs asking them to report information on curricula in psychiatry and neurology...

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Published in:American journal of pharmaceutical education 2017-09, Vol.81 (7), p.1-14
Main Authors: Dopheide, Julie A, Bostwick, Jolene R, Goldstone, Lisa W, Thomas, Kelan, Nemire, Ruth, Gable, Kelly N, Cates, Marshall, Caballero, Joshua, Smith, Tawny, Bainbridge, Jacquelyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accreditation
Behavior disorders
Chronic illnesses
Collaboration
Colleges & universities
Core curriculum
Costs
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Education
Health education
Medical diagnosis
Medical screening
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health care
Migraine
Neurologists
Neurology
Outcomes of Education
Pharmaceutical education
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
Psychiatrists
Psychiatry
Stigma
Students
Task forces
Teaching methods
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Summary:To describe pharmacy curricula in psychiatry and neurology and to report on neuropsychiatric pharmacy specialists' views on optimal curriculum. Design and administer one electronic survey to accredited pharmacy programs asking them to report information on curricula in psychiatry and neurology for the 2014-2015 academic year. Design and administer a separate electronic survey to board certified pharmacists with an academic affiliation who are members of the College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists (CPNP) asking about their teaching activities and their opinion on optimal curricula. Fifty-six percent of pharmacy programs and 65% of CPNP members responded to the surveys. The program survey revealed greater than 80% of topics were taught by full-time faculty. Didactic lecturing, teambased learning, and case studies were the most common teaching methods. Programs dedicated the most didactics (3 to 51 hours) to epilepsy, depression, schizophrenia, substance use disorders, and pain. Autism, traumatic brain injury, personality, and eating disorders were either not taught or given # 1 hour of didactics in most programs. Inpatient psychiatry had the most APPE placements with a mean of 19.6, range 0-83. APPE electives in psychiatry outnumbered those in neurology 5 to 1. CPNP member survey results showed 2 out of 3 members agreed that curriculum could be improved with additional APPEs in psychiatry and neurology. Didactic hour distribution in psychiatry and neurology could be improved to better align with board certification in psychiatric pharmacy (BCPP) recommendations and disorder prevalence and complexity. Specialists recommend an experiential component in neurology and psychiatry to combat stigma and improve pharmacist knowledge and skills.
ISSN:0002-9459
1553-6467