Great question, Martin. I'll have to find out. I got my pharmacist license
during the Bicentennial, so much may have changed. I would he interested to
know if is taught as a system approach. I would hope that it is in-depth if
it is taught as part of a pre-professional curriculum, since it would have
to be adopted for use there by younger students who would then branch off
into different healthcare disciplines (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy,
nursing, medical laboratory science, radiology, respiratory therapy) and
should indeed know SI in depth before entering their professional curricula.
I can tell you this: I was never taught SI. No teacher--and I have a BA in
biology as well as a BS in Pharmacy-- ever stood in front of me and uttered
even the words "International System of Units," much less deliver a few
lectures on the subject. What we learned about SI was gleaned by rote, and
without an appreciation that they were part of a coherent whole.
I'll start by asking my alma mater.
PaulPaul R. Trusten
Registered Pharmacist
Vice President and Public Relations Director
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
www.metric.org
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Sent: 2013-02-16 11:05
Subject: [USMA:52363] Re: milliliters exclusively instead of teaspoons
Paul Trusten-- I'm curious: what kind of training in measurement do
pharmacists get these days? Is it just the minimum to do the job, or do
they get in-depth training for an understanding of measurement systems,
including not only basic metric units, but also SI. I notice that the
Merck Manual is using more SI units, e.g., to replace millimetres of
mercury and decilitres of blood components. --Martin Morrison
