THE CONCEPT OF RESEARCH OF PHARMACISTS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN UKRAINE

Despite an increased focus of the Ukrainian scientists (V. Lazoryshynets, O. Volosovets, I. Vitenko, Ya. Tsekhmister, V. Chernykh, and others) on the issue of professional training of pharmacists, today it still remains insufficiently studied, and taken European integration into account it requires significant attention. The concept of pharmacists professional training in Ukraine implies that pharmaceutical education, i.e. the structure, content, timeframes, and quality, should be brought to conformity with the state and international standards and with the demand of the country's healthcare system for high-quality pharmaceutical aid provided to population, for supply of good medicinal products in sufficient amounts, for the development of new technologies in production of medicinal products, for maintaining the nation's health. The system of continuous professional training of pharmacists in Ukraine comprises three successive stages, integrated between each other since every next stage is based on the previous and backs the new, higher level of pharmacists professional training, namely undergraduate training, postgraduate studies, continuous (lifelong) professional development. The ultimate goal of pharmacists professional training in Ukraine is to achieve objectives such as improving the quality of medicinal products and pharmaceutical aid; maintaining and strengthening the nation's health; promoting the quality of education, research and professional activities of higher educational and postgraduate institutions offering pharmaceutical education; competitiveness of pharmacists in the European and international labor markets.