The Korean Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (KACPE) plans to conduct the second cycle of accreditation evaluation starting in 2027. This study aims to analyze the satisfaction rate by KACPE's pharmacy education accreditation evaluation level (required, recommended, and excellent) and to find evaluation elements with low satisfaction rates and excellent cases for each evaluation item. Using the self-evaluation report of 15 pharmacy schools that completed evaluation certification over the past 2 years (2022 and 2023) and the accreditation results of the KACPE's comprehensive evaluation report, we calculated satisfaction rate by KACPE's pharmacy education accreditation evaluation level (required, recommended, and excellent) and evaluation elements with low satisfaction rates in all three criteria (required: less than 80%, recommended: less than 50%, and excellent: less than 25%) were identified. Excellent cases were selected based on the evaluation contents of the self-evaluation report of the evaluation items judged excellent in the comprehensive evaluation report.
The average satisfaction rate by evaluation level was 93.2% (required criteria: 50 items), 44.9% (recommended criteria: 16 items), and 17.9% (excellent criteria: 22 items), respectively. The number of full-time faculty was the common evaluation element with a low satisfaction rate in all three criteria. The evaluation element selected as an excellent example was the feedback between preceptors and students in practical training. To improve the quality of education at Korean pharmacy schools, the recruitment rate of full-time faculty should be increased and the feedback system between preceptors and students should be spread.

Authors:
Dongmun Ha, Mokpo National University, South Korea

About the Presenter(s)
Proffessor Dongmun Ha is currently assistant professor of Mokpo National University in South Korea.

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