SURVEY OF PSYCHOPHARMACY CURRICULA AND FACULTY AT SCHOOLS OF PHARMACY

A survey was undertaken to assess the type and amount of psychopharmac y course work offered by schools of pharmacy and training of faculty w ho taught these courses. The survey also attempted to assess the impac t of psychopharmacy education on student choice of postgraduate traini ng in the specialty area. Fifty-eight of the responding schools had fa culty that, at least on a part-time basis, practice specifically in ps ychopharmacy. Twenty-six schools are interested in hiring psychopharma cy faculty within the next five years. Fifty-eight of sixty schools of fered didactics which would stimulate psychopharmacy interest. However , only four percent of BS programs and 31 percent of PharmD programs r equire psychopharmacy clerkships. The availability of clerkships prece pted by psychopharmacy trained faculty was an important factor in inte resting students in entering postgraduate training. Fourteen of sevent een schools with students pursuing postdoctoral psychopharmacy trainin g had clerkship taught by psychopharmacy trained faculty.