@article { , title = {A Global Comparison of Initial Pharmacy Education Curricula: An Exploratory Study}, abstract = {Background: Time-tabled curricular contents and syllabi reflect the actual delivery of the academic programme and one of key quality components in healthcare professional education. There is a need of global evidence base of Initial Pharmacy Education and Training (IPET) curricula for assisting the advancement of IPET globally. Objectives: To seek the differences and similarities among IPET curricula and to explore relative trends and weighting of IPET curricula globally. Methods: Sample curricular documents were collected purposively either through a parallel survey study investigating the structures and processes of IPET globally in collaboration with the International Pharmaceutical Federation Education (FIPEd), or through research team network. Collected textual documents containing IPET curricular contents were analysed by a mixed approach of the comparative content and framework analyses, using curriculum clusters in a guideline from the PHARMINE project. Results: IPET curricular documents were collected from 16 countries and territories. The study showed study years spent in the IPET years range from four to six years, and a sample mean of average syllabus time spent per year is 728 hours/year (excluding outlier). There was a biggest variance in the pharmacy practice cluster (PRAC) among samples, ranging from 49.3 to 12.8\%, showing a significant negative correlation with the chemical science cluster (CHEM)  = -0.77 (p}, doi = {10.24926/iip.v11i1.2093}, eissn = {2155-0417}, issue = {1}, journal = {INNOVATIONS in pharmacy}, note = {Article not yet published online. On temp embargo sheet. Will need to change status to published. Will need to add official url, volume, issue, pagination and doi. Will be gold OA. Replace AAM with published version. KJB 21.11.2019}, publicationstatus = {Published}, publisher = {University of Minnesota, Department of Pharmaceutical Care \& Health Systems}, url = {https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3330440}, volume = {11}, keyword = {Bio/Medical/Health - Allied Health Professions, Dentistry, Nursing & Pharmacy, Social Sciences - Education, Global Research Theme - Health and Wellbeing, Content analysis, Curriculum, Global comparison, Pharmacy education, Initial education and training}, year = {2024}, author = {Arakawa, Naoko and Bruno, Andreia and Bates, Ian} }