Pakistan's Pharm.D Curriculum

Pakistan's Pharm.D curriculum scored only 5–6 out of 15 on a standardised quality scale, compared to 14–15 for the USA and Australia. Pharmacy practice education accounts for approximately 22.07% of Pakistan's Pharm.D curriculum, while experiential learning comprises only 3.03%. Experts widely characterised the current Pakistani curriculum as theoretical, outdated, and shaped by pharmaceutical industry needs rather than patient-care demands. A minority of experts considered Pakistan's current Pharm.D curriculum adequate by global standards. Pakistan's pharmacy education dates to Punjab University in 1948, with curriculum standardisation by HEC and PCP occurring in 2004. The pharmaceutical industry's prominence as the fourth largest sector in Pakistan's large-scale manufacturing contributes to the curriculum's industrial rather than clinical orientation.