Assessment of Early Exposure to Pharmacy Profession in Pharmacy Syllabus-Early Exposure Training Conducted by School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International University of Health and Welfare-

The School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the International University of Health and Welfare was established in 2005.We conducted a training program with the title“Early Exposure to Pharmacy Profession”for students in their first year in which they visited hospitals,community pharmacies,pharmaceutical companies and medical and welfare institutions affiliated with our university.To evaluate the program,students were asked to complete a questionnaire before and after taking part in it.The results showed that,on a scale of 5,the degree of expectation that students had with respect to the visits,introductory lectures,presentations by students and other aspects of the program was 3.9 beforehand and that afterwards,the degree of satisfaction with it was 4.1.Almost all students considered it to be useful.Further,the percentage of students feeling that the program was necessary increased to 90% from 80% before taking part in it.These results indicate that the early exposure training increased the interest of students in medical care.