Abstract
Background: The Standards for the Establishment of Universities in Japan were revised; subsequently, the number of schools or universities of pharmacy/pharmaceutical sciences increased from 46 in 2002 to 74 in 2016.The pharmacy education programme was also changed from four to six years, which was implemented in 2006. In this study, we provide the comparative results of the first cycle of the third-party accrediting organization, the Japan Accreditation Board for Pharmaceutical Education (JABPE); Methods: The results of the first cycle of all universities or schools of pharmacy assessed by the JABPE from JABPE website were retrieved, and we collated and compared the results based on the 13 areas of the assessment standards; Results: In “improvements”, the number of public universities or schools was less than that of private universities or schools, and the number of old private universities or schools was also less than the number of new private universities or schools in all assessment areas. Conclusions: These results suggest that new universities or schools established since 2003 have not yet established their own quality assurance mechanism within the institutions. We need to review the Japanese pharmacy education system or the assessment criteria for it to bring about essential change.
Highlights
Professional education is required to be based on societal needs and/or national policy in order to effectively serve local and national population, and any professional area involves a complex and dynamic interplay among practice, regulation and education [1,2]
We provided the comparative results of the first cycle of the Japan Accreditation Board for Pharmaceutical Education (JABPE)’s Third-Party Pharmaceutical Education Evaluation, in which all 74 pharmacy universities or schools were assessed and identify quality issues among Japanese universities or schools of pharmacy
We retrieved the results of the first cycle of all universities or schools of pharmacy assessed by the JABPE from JABPE website [10], and we collated and compared the results based on the 13 areas of the assessment standards (Table 1)
Summary
Professional education is required to be based on societal needs and/or national policy in order to effectively serve local and national population, and any professional area involves a complex and dynamic interplay among practice, regulation and education [1,2]. We provide the comparative results of the first cycle of the third-party accrediting organization, the Japan Accreditation Board for Pharmaceutical Education (JABPE); Methods: The results of the first cycle of all universities or schools of pharmacy assessed by the JABPE from JABPE website were retrieved, and we collated and compared the results based on the 13 areas of the assessment standards; Results: In “improvements”, the number of public universities or schools was less than that of private universities or schools, and the number of old private universities or schools was less than the number of new private universities or schools in all assessment areas. We need to review the Japanese pharmacy education system or the assessment criteria for it to bring about essential change.
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
