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Background: The first pharmacy student practice undergoing 6 year pharmacy school curriculum have begun in thehospital pharmacy, community pharmacy, pharmaceutical company and administrative office since 2013. Although mostof practice sites have prepared the program of pharmacy student practice education for several years under guideline ofKorean Association of Pharmacy Education, generally community pharmacies which start the pharmacy student practiceeducation have difficulty in performing the desirable student practice program due to absent experience for it. Sowe reported the comparison of student practice programs between mono pharmacy and multiple pharmacies conductedby Gyeongsang National University College of Pharmacy to provide the future design information of the ideal pharmacystudent practice in community pharmacy. Method: Students who practiced both multiple (multi) and mono pharmacy(mono) programs for each 5 weeks were participated the survey to evaluate the student practice programs. Results: The results of the survey on the student practice program reported that students were much more satisfied with themultiple pharmacies program than mono pharmacy program in both practical contents (4.12± 0.72 : 3.27±1.28; multi : mono)and satisfaction (4.54±0.54 : 3.54±1.3; multi : mono) and they all gave the highest points (5.00±0.00) to multiple pharmaciesprogram for recommendation because the multiple pharmacies program was significantly helpful for their experienceto plan the future career. Conclusion: Mono and multiple pharmacy practice programs would be a great helpfulfor student’s future career. However, the disadvantages of each program should be amended gradually for the unifiedand specialized program to be established the ideal community pharmacy student practice in Korea. The results will beaffected the pharmacy practice program for students in community pharmacy and the other colleges of pharmacy todesign the ideal community pharmacy practice program.