Transforming pharmacy education and practice for the new century

Pharmacy education has evolved from the outdated changing 5 to 4 year dispensing pharmacy program that focus on the medicines value the compounding and dispensing to patient-oriented pharmacy program (Pharm D) that focus on patient, experiential learning (practicum courses), evidence -based program that does foster critical thinking, and clinical reasoning skills [1] and improving patient care. Due to the ongoing progression of the profession, the only program now is accredited by the recognized accreditation body in North America is the patientfocused pharmacy program (Pharm D) [2]. The main pillars of pharmacy education and practice (Figure 1) rely on establishing non-profit national pharmacy accreditation authority or council, such as the one in Canada (Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs) [3] or in the United States of America which is called Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, “n.d.” [4