Abstract
Faculties of pharmaceutical science in Japan are to start six-year curriculums in 2006 and this reform of the educational system is expected to further improve the quality of pharmaceutical care provided by pharmacists. However, the improvement of education for pharmacists who have already received their license is as important as changing to the six-year curriculum. To obtain ideas for improving education for Japanese pharmacists in the future, we investigated the American Pharmacist Continuing Education System in the state of Ohio. We also sent out a questionnaire on Pharmacist Education to all members of the Ehime Society of Hospital Pharmacists. The questionnaire was based on the results of our investigation of the Ohio State system. Through it, we found that many pharmacists feel dissatisfied with the current pharmacist education system. A particular point of dissatisfaction was that many respondents felt they were too busy time to attend lecture meetings and were therefore interested in education via the Internet. Thus, an important finding of our questionnaire survey was that the establishment of active learning systems using the Internet would meet the needs of Japanese pharmacists who have already received their license.
