Abstract: As an inheritor of the rich
medico-pharmaceutical heritage in Asia Minor, Turkey constituted a critical
junction of exchange and dissemination of pharmacy knowledge between East and
West throughout history. This greatly contributed to the rapid development of
pharmacy as an established profession. The 20th century saw
scholarly examination of the field’s history: the first book on the history of pharmacy
appeared in Turkish (1911); a history of pharmacy course was offered for the
first time in the pharmacy curriculum (1945); the first history of pharmacy
museum was founded (1960); and national conferences on the history of pharmacy
were launched (1990). In addition to
providing information on the milestones of the history of pharmacy studies in
Turkey in the last hundred years, this study aims to statistically evaluate the
change in the number of history of pharmacy-related publications per decade as well
as discuss the current situation of history of pharmacy education at Turkish
universities. The history of pharmacy has become a stronger and more
independent academic discipline in Turkey, particularly in the last two
decades. As of 2014, history of pharmacy undergraduate courses are taught at
all faculties of pharmacy in Turkey, except the Yuzuncu Yil University (Van),
mainly between first and fourth semesters.
Keywords: history of pharmacy, pharmacy, Turkey
Cite: Tekiner, Halil. "One hundred years of the history of pharmacy studies in Turkey," Die Pharmazie 2015;70(2):139-144, DOI: 10.1691/ph.2015.4096, PMID: 25997256.
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