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pharming_in_koreaThe educational objectives of undergraduate education include didactics in pharmacotherapy, pharmacy practice experience. The objectives in the graduate program extend to pharmacy professionalism and clinical research. By integrating the undergraduate and graduate training, the goal is to develop competent pharmacists in the areas of clinical pharmacy practice, pharmaceutical research, and academia.
The pharmacy education in Korea is evolving to respond to the need for pharmacists to be included as an integral part of the multidisciplinary team in providing effective patient care.
The curriculum for clinical pharmacy majors at Dr. Oh’s laboratory include:
- Didactics in pharmacotherapy, pharmacy leadership, professionalism
- Pharmacy practice experience in dispensing products, pharmaceutical care and drug information services to two main services: internal medicine of nephrology (IMN) (and kidney transplant), and hematology/oncology wards
- Clinical research on randomized controlled trials (focused on CKD and immunomodulatory agents), pharmacogenomics, pharmacometrics (PK/PD modeling and simulation studies), clinical trials database development.
On a slightly different note, I came across the Oath of Dioscorides Oath (Pedanius Dioscorides, AD 40-90) on the web, that the Korean pharmacists take. It is very similar to the Oath of a Pharmacist, adopted by the AACP. Below is an unofficial translation of the oath.
"I promise to devote myself to a lifetime of service to others through the profession of pharmacy. In fulfilling this vow:
- I will consider the welfare of humanity and relief of suffering my primary concerns.
- I will respect and protect and ensure equal treatment of all life.
- I will apply my knowledge, experience, and skills to the best of my ability to assure optimal outcomes for my patients.
- I will accept the lifelong obligation to improve my professional knowledge and competence.
- I will embrace and advocate changes that improve patient care.
- I will hold myself and my colleagues to the highest principles of our profession’s moral, ethical and legal conduct.
- I take these vows voluntarily with the full realization of the responsibility with which I am entrusted by the public."
-Tae
