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Review
. 2020 Nov 24;8(4):227.
doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8040227.

The Contribution of the Humanities and Social Sciences to Pharmacy Education: Literature Review and Perspectives

Caroline Boulliat  1 , Emily Darlington  2 , Marie-Ange Faure  1 , Bernard Massoubre  1 , Claude Dussart  3
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The Contribution of the Humanities and Social Sciences to Pharmacy Education: Literature Review and Perspectives

Caroline Boulliat et al. Pharmacy (Basel). .

Abstract

Background: Healthcare systems worldwide adapt to patients' needs and expectations, following social evolutions. Pharmaceutical practice has shifted towards activities such as therapeutic education. Such new missions require to prioritize human and social sciences, which now play a predominant role in training.

Objective: This work consists of assessing the contribution of human and social sciences to the field of pharmacy, with a twofold focus on practice and training.

Method: A literature review was carried out according to the PRISMA guidelines focusing on the last 10 years. Selected full texts were read and analyzed to elicit the contribution of human and social sciences to pharmacy.

Results: Overall 36 articles were included. Three specific topics were identified during an inductive process of full text analysis: public health policy, patient care, and interprofessional collaboration.

Conclusions: Although human and social sciences are essential to the evolution of the pharmacist profession, their impact on health care costs remains difficult to evaluate. Moreover, teaching human and social sciences can prove difficult to standardize. Such approaches must be supported and organized by governments and universities with a view of upscaling practices.

Keywords: education; pharmacy; professional training; social sciences.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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