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Background: Singapore has the stable healthcare system with utilizing pharmacist manpower in proper positions by demand of populations' health among Asian countries. Objective: This study aims to systematically review (1) the pharmacists' role and (2) the pharmacy education system of Singapore in comparison with Korea. Method: We searched for information about academic, medical and governmental institutions related to professional pharmacists' practice in Singapore by primarily using database such as DBpia, KISS, Google Scholar and ProQuest and the official website of the Singapore Ministry of Health. We contacted and arranged the visit schedules with National University of Singapore, National Health Group's polyclinics, Agency for Integrated Care, National University Hospital, and community chain pharmacies. During onsite visits, we interviewed pharmacists working in each institution and obtained additional documents and materials relevant to this manuscript work. Results: To become a registered pharmacist in Singapore, the pharmacy curriculum requires four full-time academic years and six additional months allotted for pre-registration training. Pharm.D. course is offered for pharmacy graduate students with additional two full-time years of study. Team teaching and inter professional education program seem the most significant method in pharmacy education. Pharmacists working at hospitals, polyclinics, and community pharmacies in Singapore take broader roles and offer more cognitive services such as smoking cessation program and medication reconciliation. Especially, pharmacists in Agency for Integrated Care fill the role of primary care providers for the continuing care of the community through the governmental support toward the patients-centered integrated care. Conclusion: Singaporean pharmacists take significant and active roles in collaboration with other healthcare providers. Efforts such as interprofessional pharmacy education and governmental endorsement of the systematic and interactive care between pharmacists and other medical providers in Singapore are needed to be urgently applied to Korea healthcare system for the promotion of population health.

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ABSTRACT
 연구 방법
  방문 및 인터뷰 대상 기관 선정
 선정된 기관에 대한 사전 조사
  폴리클리닉(Polyclinics)
  약학대학
  3차 종합병원 약국
  통합의료관리청(Agency for Integrated Care)
  지역약국
  현장 조사 및 사후 조사
 연구 결과
  싱가포르의 약사 양성교육체계
  의료기관 및 약국에서 약사의 역할
  싱가포르 보건의료체계 속에서 약사의 역할
 고찰
  통합교육 방식의 약학대학 교육
  팀의료인으로서 약사의 역할
  일차의료제공자로서의 약사
 결론
 감사의 말씀
 참고문헌

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• 권누리 [ Nu Ri Kwon | 숙명여자대학교 약학대학 ]
• 조은 [ Eun Cho | 숙명여자대학교 약학대학 ] Corresponding author

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• 간행물명

  한국임상약학회지 [Korean Journal of Clinical Pharmacy]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1226-6051

• 수록기간

  1991~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 518 DDC 615