A rapidly growing number of pharmacy graduates have been taking up employment as CRCs (Clinical Research Coordinators).In view of this,we think it is important to ensure that pharmacy students who engage in clinical trial work as a CRC take a curriculum that prepares them well for this profession.This is in keeping with“new five-year plan for clinical trial activation”which states that persons conducting clinical trials should be better qualified.
The curriculum should be improved not only from the point of view of the knowledge provided but also by including practical training in clinical trials in order to prepare students for their future work as a pharmacist by ensuring that they have a correct understanding of clinical trials.In order to make the part of the pharmacy curriculum on clinical trials more useful to students,we investigated the image that pharmacy students and health insurance pharmacy pharmacists have of clinical trials as well as clinical trial participation factors.
The pharmacists' image of clinical trials was more negative than that of the students,they had a strong feeling of anxiety towards them,and tended to be passive regarding participation in clinical trials.
We will use these results to examine the pharmacy education program in relation to clinical trials.
