Clinical Pharmacy Technician and Human Resources Requirements at MOH Primary Healthcare Centers during Ten years Mass Gathering Hajj (2006-2015) in Makah and Al-Medina Regions, Saudi Arabia

2019

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Objective: To demonstrate the pharmacy technicians on the job training at the Ministry of Health of Health hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Method: It is a retrospective analysis of pharmacy technicians on job training project at the Ministry of Health of Health hospitals. It was within The Pharmacy strategic plan 2012-2020. The study used the modified pharmacy business model system and Project Management Procedure. Results: The pharmacy technicians on job training system established with a defined vision, mission and goals. The system had several resources including human or economic and other described in the review. The continuation of the system assured by risk management model description. Also, the monitoring and controlling of the system as illustrated. The convention to operation project though closing project stage demonstrated in the Analysis. Conclusion: The pharmacy technicians on job training system established within the healthcare system and pharmacy regulations. The pharmacy technicians on the job training system are regularly improving accordingly at all Ministry of Health hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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confidence: 99%

On-the-Job Training of Pharmacy Technicians at the Ministry of Health Hospitals in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

Alghamdi²,

2019

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“…[5][6][7][8][9] However, the pharmacy technician workforce discussed during the mass gatherings hajj period only. [10][11][12] The pharmacy technician workforce analysis at all healthcare sectors, including hospitals or primary healthcare centers or medical affairs administration, not existed. Besides, the pharmacist to pharmacy technician in the actual practice did not determine in Saudi Arabia or Gulf and Middle East countries based on the best of the author's knowledge.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pharmacy Technician Workforce in Saudi Arabia over Twelve Years (2006-2017)

Alomi¹,

Alghamdi²,

2019

IJPCS

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Objectives: To explore the workforce of pharmacy technician at Ministry of Health (MOH) institutions over the past twelve years (2006-2017) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: It is a retrospective analysis of twelve years (2006-2017) of Ministry of Health pharmacy technician workforce at hospital practice. All data derived from the Ministry of Health Statistical Year Books and any missing appropriate information about pharmacy technician workforce, that's will be estimated through allied healthcare professional's data in each region including gender or nationality. It included pharmacy technician and exclude all types of pharmacists or clinical pharmacist's workforces at MOH hospital and Primary Health Care Centers (PHCs) settings. All calculations were based on MOH workforce standards of hospitals and PHCs. All calculation was done using Microsoft Excel version ten. Results: The total number of pharmacy technician in all sectors, hospitals, primary healthcare centers and medical affairs administration increased from 4,289 to 8,373 over twelve years to 1.96-fold increments (2006-2017). The number of Saudi pharmacy technician increased from 3,064 to 8,061 to 2.63-fold increments while non-Saudi pharmacy technician decreased from 1,225 to 312 to 3.92-fold reductions. The rate of pharmacy technician to pharmacist decreased from 6.7 to 2.2 to 3.05-fold ratio reductions while the pharmacy technician per 10,000 population increased from 2.67 to 4.29 to 1.61-fold incremental ratio over the past twelve years. Conclusion: The pharmacy technician worked at the Ministry of Health institutions increased over the past twelve years. The Saudi pharmacy technician was increased with reduction of non-Saudi nationality. The male gender more than female. The ratio of pharmacy technician to pharmacist was reduced by time. The pharmacy technician workforces needed to explore at all healthcare institutions in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

“…However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no studies conducted in the KSA, except for a few studies about pharmacy technician workforce during mass gatherings during hajj. [7][8][9] Therefore, in this study, we aimed to explore the workforce of pharmacy technician at MOH hospitals over the past 12 years (2006-2017) in the KSA.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hospital Pharmacy Technician Workforce over 12 Years (2006-2017) in Saudi Arabia

Alomi¹,

Alghamdi²,

2019

IJPCS

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Objective: To explore the workforce of pharmacy technician at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals over the past 12 years (2006-2017) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of 12 years (2006-2017) of MOH pharmacy technician workforce at hospital practice. All data were derived from MOH's Statistical Year Books and any missing appropriate information of pharmacy technician workforce was estimated through allied healthcare professional's data at each region including gender or nationality. It included pharmacy technician and excluded all types of pharmacists or clinical pharmacist's workforces at MOH hospital setting. All calculations were based on MOH workforce standards of hospitals. All calculations were performed using Microsoft Excel version 10. Results: A total of 8373 pharmacy technicians were employed with 6620 (79.06 %) and 1623 (19.38%) pharmacy technicians employed at various hospitals and primary healthcare centers, respectively; while in the medical administration sectors was 130 (1.55 %). The total number of pharmacy technicians were 4578 (range: 2899-6620). The average number of pharmacy technicians working per bed per region of the hospital was 0.25 (range: 0.08-1.66). The average number of pharmacy technicians per pharmacist per region was 3.04 (range: 2.00-5.57) annually. The average number of male pharmacy technicians was 195 (85.15%) (range: 114-285), whereas the number of female technicians was 34 (14.84%) (range: 21-46). An estimated average number of 211 (92.14%) were Saudi nationals per region (range: 104-319), whereas an average of 18 (7.86%) were non-Saudi individuals (range: 10-41). Conclusion: There are more number of pharmacy technicians working at MOH hospitals. The majority of them were Saudi nationals and there were more males than that of female technicians. The ratio of pharmacist to technician was acceptable. The annual assessment of pharmacy technician workforce in the MOH healthcare institutions is required in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.