AN EVALUATION OF PHARMACOECONOMICS EDUCATION IN COLLEGES OF PHARMACY OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES 2007-2008 UPDATE
Author(s)
Milli Reddy, MS, Graduate Student, Karen L Rascati, PhD, Professor, James P Wilson, PhD, Associate Professor, Esmond D Nwokeji, PhD, MBA, Postdoctoral FellowUniversity of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to measure the extent of pharmacoeconomics education (PE) in non-US colleges of pharmacy. METHODS Two surveys were used. Survey 1 was e-mailed or faxed to over 700 colleges of pharmacy, obtained from the International Pharmaceutical Federation Website or through Medline and Google Searches, asking respondents if pharmacoeconomics was taught in their college. Survey 2 was sent to respondents who taught PE asking: 1) number of classroom hours devoted to PE 2) whether these were in a required or elective course 3) number of students in the course 4) topics covered 5) resources (books/articles) used. RESULTS Ninety-eight schools responded to Survey 1. Pharmacoeconomics education was offered at 62 (63%) of these 98 colleges. The response rate for Survey 2 was 52% (n=33). However 3 colleges did not provide complete data, leaving data on 30 colleges for this analysis. Twenty-six (87%) colleges indicated that pharmacoeconomics was taught as a required course, 2 (7%) indicated that it was offered as an elective course, and 2 (7%) indicated that PE was taught as both a required and elective course. The median number of required hours was 16 (std dev=150). The number of elective hours ranged from 3 to 45 with a median of 27 (std dev=19). The mean number of students taking pharmacoeconomics as a required course was 104 (std dev=60; median=90, range 12-250). “Types of pharmacoeconomic analyses” (i.e., comparing CBA, CEA, CMA, CUA) was the most common topic taught. Several articles and books were provided as resources. A comparison of these results to similar studies conducted previously will be provided. CONCLUSIONS Correct and current contact information for international pharmacy schools was difficult to obtain, and obtaining high response rates was also challenging. In this study, both e-mails and facsimiles were used to increase response rates.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2009-05, ISPOR 2009, Orlando, FL, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 12, No. 3 (May 2009)
Code
PHP80
Topic
Organizational Practices
Topic Subcategory
Academic & Educational
Disease
Multiple Diseases