Intro to Pharmacy Midterm 2 questions
and answers 2025
19th century america - ANSWER -apprenticeship training (learned by doing)
-philadelphia college of pharmacy (1821) [started off as colleague gathering]
-development of pharmaceutical disciplines
-state laws requiring licensure [need education to get it]
-medical college of the state of south carolina (1867) [first college that graduated students]
-university of michigan (1868) [first actual program, no apprenticeship]
-univeristy of wisconsin (1892) [first baccelaureate program]
20th century america - ANSWER -OSU, four year BS in pharmacy (1925) [first school to do this]
-four year BS in pharmacy required (1948), five year by 1960
-The General Report of the Pharmaceutical Survey (1950) [tried to figure out state of education
and where pharmacy was heading]
-USC PharmD (1950) [first school to take recommendations]
-ACPE "standards 2000" [will no longer accredite non PharmD programs after 2000]
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - ANSWER professional degree required for pharmacist licensure
in US (4 yrs professional, min of 2 yrs pre-professional), must meet standards of ACPE
ACPE - ANSWER Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
Residency - ANSWER post-PharmD structured and mentored training program
PGY1 - ANSWER focus on general prep for institutional or ambulatory practice
,PGY2 - ANSWER prep for specialty practice
Pharmaceutical disciplines - ANSWER -medicinal chemisty
-pharmaceutics
-pharmacognosy
-pharmacology
-pharmacy practice (application of these in practice)
-pharmacy administration (how do we administer these things)
Pharmaceutical Sciences - ANSWER -analysis and pharmaceutical quality
-biotechnology
-clinical pharmacology and translation research
-drug discovery and development interface
-formulation design and development
-physical pharmacy and biopharmaceutics (taking medicinal compounds and changing their
form)
-manufacturing sciences and engineering
-pharmacokinetics (what body does to drug) pharmacodynamics (what drugs do to body) and
drug metabolism
-regulatory sciences
Medicinal Chemistry - ANSWER synthesis of identification of new chemical compounds to be
used as therapeutic agents
pharmaceutics - ANSWER development of drug dosage forms and study of drug delivery,
disposition, and elimination
, pharmacognosy - ANSWER identification and study of drugs from natural sources
pharmacology - ANSWER study of drug action
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - ANSWER accreditation of professional programs
and continuing education in pharmacy
continuing education - ANSWER educational requirements to maintain certification or licensure
-pharmacists required to report specified number of CEU's (continuing education units) per year
(can vary state to state...ohio 20 yrs)
AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) - ANSWER -student center
-pharmacy school locator
-PCAT (pharmacy college admission test)
PharmCAS (pharmacy college application service) - ANSWER letters of recommendation
becomes more important as education progresses
AACP goals of PharmD Curricula - ANSWER -providing pharmaceutical care to patients
-developing/managing medication distribution and control systems
-managing pharmacy
-promoting public health
-providing drug info and education
-goals within each major area of study
AACP: major areas of study - ANSWER -pharmaceutical chemistry
and answers 2025
19th century america - ANSWER -apprenticeship training (learned by doing)
-philadelphia college of pharmacy (1821) [started off as colleague gathering]
-development of pharmaceutical disciplines
-state laws requiring licensure [need education to get it]
-medical college of the state of south carolina (1867) [first college that graduated students]
-university of michigan (1868) [first actual program, no apprenticeship]
-univeristy of wisconsin (1892) [first baccelaureate program]
20th century america - ANSWER -OSU, four year BS in pharmacy (1925) [first school to do this]
-four year BS in pharmacy required (1948), five year by 1960
-The General Report of the Pharmaceutical Survey (1950) [tried to figure out state of education
and where pharmacy was heading]
-USC PharmD (1950) [first school to take recommendations]
-ACPE "standards 2000" [will no longer accredite non PharmD programs after 2000]
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) - ANSWER professional degree required for pharmacist licensure
in US (4 yrs professional, min of 2 yrs pre-professional), must meet standards of ACPE
ACPE - ANSWER Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education
Residency - ANSWER post-PharmD structured and mentored training program
PGY1 - ANSWER focus on general prep for institutional or ambulatory practice
,PGY2 - ANSWER prep for specialty practice
Pharmaceutical disciplines - ANSWER -medicinal chemisty
-pharmaceutics
-pharmacognosy
-pharmacology
-pharmacy practice (application of these in practice)
-pharmacy administration (how do we administer these things)
Pharmaceutical Sciences - ANSWER -analysis and pharmaceutical quality
-biotechnology
-clinical pharmacology and translation research
-drug discovery and development interface
-formulation design and development
-physical pharmacy and biopharmaceutics (taking medicinal compounds and changing their
form)
-manufacturing sciences and engineering
-pharmacokinetics (what body does to drug) pharmacodynamics (what drugs do to body) and
drug metabolism
-regulatory sciences
Medicinal Chemistry - ANSWER synthesis of identification of new chemical compounds to be
used as therapeutic agents
pharmaceutics - ANSWER development of drug dosage forms and study of drug delivery,
disposition, and elimination
, pharmacognosy - ANSWER identification and study of drugs from natural sources
pharmacology - ANSWER study of drug action
Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education - ANSWER accreditation of professional programs
and continuing education in pharmacy
continuing education - ANSWER educational requirements to maintain certification or licensure
-pharmacists required to report specified number of CEU's (continuing education units) per year
(can vary state to state...ohio 20 yrs)
AACP (American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy) - ANSWER -student center
-pharmacy school locator
-PCAT (pharmacy college admission test)
PharmCAS (pharmacy college application service) - ANSWER letters of recommendation
becomes more important as education progresses
AACP goals of PharmD Curricula - ANSWER -providing pharmaceutical care to patients
-developing/managing medication distribution and control systems
-managing pharmacy
-promoting public health
-providing drug info and education
-goals within each major area of study
AACP: major areas of study - ANSWER -pharmaceutical chemistry
