Current situation and problems of pharmacology education in the faculty of pharmaceutical sciences

About 12 years ago, a 6-year course was started in the Faculty of Pharmacy, and now more than 90% of the students enrolled in the school of Pharmacy belong to the 6-year course. However, as the new educational system progresses, some issues have been pointed out, and it is necessary to proceed with the correction in the future. As the environment surrounding pharmaceutical education changes, it is necessary for the pharmacology education to evolve in accordance with the trend. While the development of therapeutic agents based on the pathogenesis of pathophysiology shows the spread, there are still a number of drugs that have not yet been elucidated, and the importance of pharmacology is increasing as a discipline to educate them systematically. In addition, it is also important to understand how medicine is used in clinical practice and what side effects should be expected from a pharmacological viewpoint. For this purpose, it is necessary for a pharmacologist to grasp the trend of drug therapy in clinical practice and learn it from the viewpoint of pharmacology by students. As a future task, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation with other fields, especially pharmacotherapeutics, and to make appropriate cooperation with human resources who can feed back the latest drug treatment on actual clinical sites to university education. In addition, it is an urgent task to increase the number of students entering the doctoral program. Currently, there is concern that it will lead to the depletion of the human resources who have a degree and a pharmacist license, and urgent measures are necessary.