Teaching paediatric pharmacotherapy at colleges of pharmacy in the United States and Canada

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Abstract
We conducted a survey of 83 colleges of pharmacy in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada to determine the status of didactic and experiential paediatric pharmacotherapy teaching in entry‐level programmes. Sixty‐five completed surveys (54 from BS programmes and 11 from entry‐level PharmD programmes) were received and analysed. Forty‐four (815%) BS programmes and 11 (100%) of the entry‐level PharmD programmes provide an average of 5.1 and 9.2 h of didactic paediatric teaching, respectively. While all of the entry‐level PharmD programmes offered experiential rotations in paediatrics, only 38 (70%) provided BS students with an opportunity to receive paediatric experiential training. Colleges of pharmacy should re‐evaluate their curricula to ensure sufficient preparation of graduates in paediatric pharmacotherapy for entry‐level positions.

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