A Substantiation of the Development Stages of the Occupational Training of Pharmaceutical Industry Professionals in Ukraine in the 20th to Early 21st Centuries

The basic development stages of the occupational training of pharmaceutical industry professionals in the 20th to early 21st centuries are considered in terms of their use in the system of occupational pharmaceutical education. The history of formation and development of the pharmaceutical industry is studied. The bottom chronological boundary of the study of the occupational training of pharmaceutical industry professionals in Ukraine (early 20th century) is due to the intensive ingress of foreign capital into the economy of the Russian Empire, which had a significant and not always positive impact on the development of economic life in general and the development of pharmacy. The top chronological boundary (early 21st century) is due to the significant social and economic transformations in Ukraine, the origin of the job market associated with them and the phenomenon of unemployment, the worldwide globalization processes, the informatization of society and the development of pharmaceutical education and science in the setting of independent Ukraine. Four stages are defined in the development of pharmaceutical education in Ukraine in the second half of the 20th to early 21st century based on the historic events that influenced educational processes. The first stage is the 1950s to 1960s, the post-war revival stage; the second one is the 1970s to 1980s, the stage of the spread of the idea of lifelong learning; the third one is the early 1990s to late 20th century, the stage of the society’s adaptation to the new living conditions in the post-Soviet society; the forth one is the early 21st century, the current stage of development of pharmaceutical education in the independent Ukraine.