Just like a medical school, pharmacy school is a platform for pharmacy graduates. It is either be a school & college or a faculty & department.
Since the 21st century, education of pharmacy is widely spreading and boasting opportunity for pre medical students. In going decade, PharmD is usually seen first choice of pre medicos.
PharmD is doctor of Pharmacy 5 years course study which was introduced in the end of 20th & start of 21st century. It is basically menifstation of bechlor of pharmacy in specialized clinico-industrio medicinal domain. The graduate is known as medicine expert. Somewhere it's 6 years study and somewhere it's 5 years depending on country to country. In worldwide, some institutions are called school of pharmacy and some are faculties, it also depends.
As far as its standards are concerned so sub continental areas are far way from west. Everybody knows that a professional course study in truely based on practical skills not on vulnerable cramming machines. West knows it clearly and they have designed their schools in practical manners but in sub continent education is far away from us specialy professional courses, just like in Pakistan we only have different kind of universities and student enrollment but their is no proper implementation and suitable skills menifstation. There is only production of crammed minded students with zero skill level so they find themselves un-employed & un successful. Just take an example of university education, a student get enrolled in PharmD program with keen enthusiastic manners, pays different kind of fee, despite of sitting in a physical class he sits in the front of laptop to learn, he is taught bundle of subjects and asked to cram not to implement what he studies, he is forced to do pre planned work, copy paste practical note books and study notes rather than books. What he will learn from this "ratta system". No mental growth, no professional skills, no medical behavior, no basic concepts, no knowledge and only few crammed terminologies, this is what taught here. A big reason of being back and un employment, no research work, no advancements, no freshmen ideologies and no creativity.
We are not taught, we don't learn whole five years and then we find ourselves holding banners standing in the march protesting against the brutality of government.
But as well as west's education is concerned, a classical sensation they have. Just take an a example of pharmacy school, John Hopkins university school, what a beautiful study is there, fully skilled coaching, proper demonstration, configuration, analysis, creativity and much more.
Proper labs are there, no concept of notes even they're writers of different books. As far as creativity is concerned, few years ago two students of John Hopkins university school one named Daniel decided to introduce a new online platform for medicos so osmosis.org was introduced which made revolution in medical field.
In Pakistan, students don't even know the proper work of a pharmacist even in thier fourth or final year study but there 4th year PharmD student named Laura from MCPHS showed her skills in manufacturing, dispensing and production of medicine.
When students will not know professionalism how they will participate in long run of competitive world.
Few days ago a useless debate was wondering about the title "Dr", this is nobel example of our mentality that we're in such brutal battels. Despite of being intellect and doing something about which whole world is demanding we are only wasting our time in such debates. I feel very disappoinments when people were abusing themselves on such inconclusive debate.
There should be a revolution. We should contribute in the intellect behaviors despite of being part of "ratta system" we should appose it and try to adopt "creative system".