J Educ Eval Health Prof.  2007;4:4.

Revised subjects of the Current Korean Oriental Pharmacists' Licensing Examination

• Lim JP
• Hong SP
• Lee YM
• Jeon H

Abstract

This study is designed to draw out new integrated subjects of the Korean Oriental Pharmacists' Licensing Examination (KOPLE). In 2004, for the revision of subjects, we have analyzed the curriculums of the Oriental Pharmacy department, the oriental pharmacist's (OP's) job description book, and the elementary items of KOPLE. We also examined the system of the Chinese Herb Pharmacists' Examination and other health personnel licensing examinations and studied the data of items and compared them with KOPLE. We heard the public opinion on the present KOPLE. We developed a subfield of 18 subjects, a middle category of 188 items, and a small category of 1,026 items. We proposed a new KOPLE that consists of three subjects: basic oriental pharmacy, applied oriental pharmacy, and laws and regulations.

Keyword

Validity; Korean Oriental Pharmacists' Licensing Examination; Subjects

MeSH Terms

Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Curriculum
Health Personnel
Humans
Job Description
Jurisprudence
Licensure*
Pharmacy
Public Opinion
Social Control, Formal

Figure

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  Fig. 1. The unified KOPLE. Unit: points.

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