TY - JOUR
T1 - Geriatric pharmacy education
T2 - A strategic plan for the future
AU - Odegard, Peggy S.
AU - Breslow, Robert M.
AU - Koronkowski, Michael J.
AU - Williams, Bradley R.
AU - Hudgins, Gayle A.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The aging of the US population will have a major effect on the future practice of pharmacy. By 2030, 20% of Americans will be aged 65 years and older, an increase from 12.4% in 2000.1 A challenge to colleges and schools of pharmacy in the 21st century is to prepare students and practitioners to meet the growing pharmaceutical care needs of the older adult population and to meet these needs in a variety of care settings. This paper reviews the present state of geriatric pharmacy education and training, including strategies for ensuring that practicing pharmacists will have adequate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to provide this care. Secondly, this report provides strategic directions and recommendations for successfully implementing geriatrics curricula at an institutional level.
AB - The aging of the US population will have a major effect on the future practice of pharmacy. By 2030, 20% of Americans will be aged 65 years and older, an increase from 12.4% in 2000.1 A challenge to colleges and schools of pharmacy in the 21st century is to prepare students and practitioners to meet the growing pharmaceutical care needs of the older adult population and to meet these needs in a variety of care settings. This paper reviews the present state of geriatric pharmacy education and training, including strategies for ensuring that practicing pharmacists will have adequate knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values to provide this care. Secondly, this report provides strategic directions and recommendations for successfully implementing geriatrics curricula at an institutional level.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/34249889100
U2 - 10.5688/aj710347
DO - 10.5688/aj710347
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17619647
AN - SCOPUS:34249889100
SN - 0002-9459
VL - 71
JO - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
JF - American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education
IS - 3
M1 - 47
ER -