Abstract
Background:As standards of care in pediatrics improve, pharmacists are providing services to a growing pediatric population taking complex drug therapies. Challenges unique to this population that are faced by pharmacists in everyday practice include the need for suitable drug formulations, variability in pharmacokinetic parameters, dosing errors resulting from incorrect calculations, and a lack of easily accessible and reliable pediatric drug information. As Canadian faculties of pharmacy plan for the transition from baccalaureate to entry-level Doctor of Pharmacy programs, describing the exposure of undergraduate students to pediatric pharmacotherapy can help faculties determine the need to alter their curricula to meet the changing demands of pharmacy practice.Objective:The purpose of this study was to describe the pediatric content of the undergraduate curricula of faculties of pharmacy across Canada.Methods:Representatives of each of the 9 Canadian faculties of pharmacy were surveyed over the telepho...
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