[Major challenge in preparation for Practical On-site Training--creation of evaluation program].

The Conference for Studying the Pharmacopedical Curriculum was inaugurated in 2001, sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan. In April 2002, the draft of a new model curriculum was presented to all pharmaceutical schools and key organizations. Finally, the conference drafted the Model Core Curriculum for Pharmaceutical Education and the Practical On-site Training and Graduation Training Curriculum. The Model Core Curriculum for Practical On-site Training was drafted in 2003. The Committee for the Educational Guidance System in Practical On-site Training, established in 2004 by the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, is a committee for the development of the guidance system for practical on-site training. This committee held two workshops to create an evaluation program for specific behavioral objectives in the Model Core Curriculum for Practical On-site Training. The evaluation program has not yet been proposed. Evaluation programs for eight units presented in the Model Core Curriculum for Practical On-site Training have been proposed. A verification trial has already been performed in several schools/colleges/universities. The evaluation program of the remaining units is scheduled. This symposium introduces the development of the evaluation program and proposes the performance of verification trials.