Most everyone in pharmacy education will agree that the profession has undergone a vast change since the first issue of the Journal was published almost five decades ago in 1937. In thinking about what could be written for the beginning of an historical look of pharmacy education for this section of the Journal, it seemed of interest to review some of the papers that appeared in the first volume to see what was on the minds of pharmacy educators at that time. Fifty years seems long enough of a period to show a difference between pharmacy education then and now. This is intended then to be a nostalgic repass; a chance to review and compare the issues that were news then with those of today.
[Dr. Cocolas’ article is published in its entirety in the PDF version of article 215 (click PDF link above). This article was originally published in the Journal in 1986 (Am J Pharm Educ. 1986:50(1):69-72).]
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