RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Integrating Science and Practice in Pharmacy Curricula
JF American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JO Am J Pharm Educ
FD American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
SP 63
DO 10.5688/ajpe78363
VO 78
IS 3
A1 Andrew K. Husband
A1 Adam Todd
A1 John Fulton
YR 2014
UL http://www.ajpe.org/content/78/3/63.abstract
AB An integrated curriculum is one where the summation of different academic disciplines forms a coherent whole and, importantly, where the relationships between the different disciplines have been carefully and strategically considered when forming the composite. Within pharmacy curriculum integration is important in order to produce graduates who have the capacity to apply their knowledge to a range of complex problems where available information is often incomplete. This paper discusses the development of an integrated curriculum in which students are presented with an organized, logical sequence of material, but still challenged to make their own integrations and develop as integrative thinkers. An evidence-based model upon which an interdisciplinary undergraduate pharmacy curriculum can be built is presented.