How should we practice the regulatory science education in the school of pharmacy?

Abstract

Regulatory Science is known as a science which harmonizes the latest science and technology with human society through scientific regulation. Therefore, the regulatory science is a science field related with the society activity. It is difficult for student of the school of pharmacy who has not had an experience of the social activity to understand the concept of the regulatory science from the knowledge of the regular lectures. Moreover, the lecture of the regulatory science alone is not enough for students to expect learning effects because the regulatory science relates with other lectures, such as pharmacology, toxicology, hygiene chemistry, drug information, the regulation of pharmaceutical affairs, etc. Three pharmaceutical researchers of the regulatory science described their opinion and/or the practice of the education of the regulatory science, such as the discussion points in the education of school of pharmacy from the regulatory science perspective, the introduction of the educational method based on the relationship between the clinical training and the regulatory science, and how to encourage the advantage of regulatory science for the pharmacist and the pharmaceutical scientist, in this review article.