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  • Pharmacy Education
  • Patient Safety
  • Pharmaceutical Calculations

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  • Pharmacists require accurate pharmaceutical calculation skills for patient safety.
  • Recent trends show declining performance in calculation sections of the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination.
  • This decline impacts pharmacy administration, faculty, students, and patient care.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify factors affecting students' pharmaceutical calculation abilities.
  • To discuss the consequences of diminished mathematical proficiency in pharmacy.
  • To advocate for enhanced scholarship of teaching and learning and administrative support.

Main Methods:

  • This is a commentary, not an empirical study.
  • Analysis of trends in pharmaceutical calculation performance.
  • Discussion of contributing factors and potential solutions.

Main Results:

  • Factors impacting students' calculation abilities are presented.
  • Consequences of declining math skills are discussed.
  • A call to action for educational and administrative improvements is made.

Conclusions:

  • Addressing declining pharmaceutical calculation skills is crucial for patient safety.
  • Increased focus on teaching and learning scholarship is needed.
  • Enhanced administrative support is essential to rectify this challenge.