A scoping review of the methods and processes used by regulatory bodies to determine pharmacists’ readiness for practice

Sheachnasaigh, Eimear Ní; Cadogan, Cathal; Strawbridge, Judith; Sahm, Laura J.; Ryan, Cristín

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.06.010

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“…Considering the importance of pharmacy practice, the assessment of practice should also be considered and can be carried out using a combination of assessment methods, such as written exams, competency-based written assessments, objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE), process assessments, etc. [ 27 ]. Among these, the OSCE was introduced by Professor Harden in the UK and has been used since the 1970s as an important tool for the assessment and training of clinical medical students in the UK and the US by providing an objective and structured examination framework that simulates clinical scenarios to test students' theoretical knowledge, clinical skills, and work attitudes [ 28 , 29 ].…”

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Exploring the problems and coping strategies of pharmacy internship in large general hospitals in China: from the perspective of preceptors

Lu,

Zhang,

Jia

et al. 2024

BMC Med Educ

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Objective The role of the Hospital Pharmacy Preceptor (HPP) is pivotal in upholding the excellence of experiential training and fostering the professional growth of pharmacy interns. However, there is a lack of studies that provide an overview of pharmacy internships from the perspective of HPP. This study explores the experience and expectations of HPPs regarding existing problems and possible coping strategies in intern teaching. Methods This is a qualitative study that was conducted through individual interviews and focus group discussions. HPPs were invited as participants from large-scale tertiary hospitals in representative provinces of mainland China. Interview and focus group discussion data were analyzed using thematic analysis to see emerging themes from the data. Nvivo 12 was utilized for data management and processing. Results Eight individual interviews and two focus group discussions were conducted, involving 14 HPPs as participants. Upon the examination of the interviews and focus group data, four themes were summarized regarding HPPs’ perceptions: 1) current presenting problems; 2) possible coping strategies; 3) something HPPs should do; 4) something interns should do. Conclusion This study found that from the HPPs’ perspective, the hospital-based pharmacy internship still has some problems from policy to practice, which need to be addressed by the joint efforts of the state, schools, internship bases, pharmacy preceptors, and students.

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Exploring the problems and coping strategies of pharmacy internship in large general hospitals in China: from the perspective of preceptors

Lu,

Zhang,

Jia

et al. 2024

BMC Med Educ

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“…In addition, most studies focus on medical 7 and nursing graduates 8 , 9 with some work done on mixed groups of healthcare disciplines 10 but very few on pharmacy graduates. 11 , 12 …”

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