Pharmacoeconomic education in colleges of pharmacy outside of the United States

Objective. To determine the extent of pharmacoeconomic education offered by colleges and schools of pharmacy outside the United States. Methods. A total of 291 colleges and schools of pharmacy in 103 countries were surveyed via e-mail about the type and extent of pharmacoeconomic training offered to their professional and graduate level students. Results. Ninety colleges and schools of pharmacy from 43 countries provided usable responses. Fiftytwo percent of the colleges and schools of pharmacy provided pharmacoeconomics education (Europe, n=19; Asia, n=10; North America, n=7; Oceania, n=6; and other, n=5). Of the 47 colleges and schools responding, 9 provided pharmacoeconomics education at the professional level only, 16 at the graduate level only, and 22 at both levels. More professional students had access to pharmacoeconomics education than graduate students; however, graduate students were offered more pharmacoeconomics class hours than professional students. Conclusions. Many colleges and schools of pharmacy outside the United States offer pharmacoeconomics in their curriculum. Current trends in global pharmacoeconomics education seem to mirror trends that occurred in the United States in the 1990s