Continuing Education Course to Attain Collaborative Comprehensive Medication Review Competencies

Leikola, Saija; Tuomainen, Lea; Ovaskainen, Harri; Peura, Sirpa; Sevon-Vilkman, Nina; Tanskanen, Paavo; Airaksinen, Marja

doi:10.5688/aj7306108

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“…In addition, over 90% of participants reported that the workshop changed their knowledge and attitudes about female sexual health; one of the primary goals of the workshop was to increase healthcare professionals' intent to ask their patients about sexual health by changing their knowledge of and attitudes about the topic. Consistent with prior research findings in the general area of CE (Houge 1988;Leikola et al 2009;Miller and Byers 2009), participants at the current workshop report planning to use information, techniques and resources provided during the workshop in their clinical practice.…”

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confidence: 53%

Improving women's sexual health: a quantitative evaluation of an educational intervention for healthcare professionals

Blair¹,

Arnow²,

Haas³

et al. 2013

Sex Education

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Forty-three per cent of women in the USA report some type of sexual complaint and these complaints have been shown to negatively impact quality of life and overall wellbeing. With proper training and experience, healthcare professionals are in a unique position to help their patients improve their sexual health. The present study was designed to increase knowledge about female sexual dysfunction by offering a continuing education workshop combining didactic and experiential learning. Healthcare professionals representing the specialties of obstetrics, gynaecology, primary care, psychiatry and psychology attended the conference. Participants completed a pre-and post-test questionnaire assessing levels of comfort, competence, attitudes toward female sexual health and readiness for change. Using the pre-and posttest questionnaire, participants reported a significant increase in awareness about the importance of discussing issues of sexual health with their patients. Participants also reported motivation (or intent) to ask their patients about their sexual health. Providing information about female sexual dysfunction and its impact on patients' quality of life, effective treatments and referral resources as well as giving healthcare professionals an opportunity to practise asking about sexual health with facilitated feedback may significantly improve their motivation to respond to female sexual complaints.

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confidence: 53%

Improving women's sexual health: a quantitative evaluation of an educational intervention for healthcare professionals

Blair¹,

Arnow²,

Haas³

et al. 2013

Sex Education

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“…Medication reviews require clinical competence that community pharmacists do not routinely have in Finland without additional training. 28,29 This reflects to preceptors' skills to introduce students to use databases containing more clinically oriented pharmacotherapeutic and medical information. 19 If pharmacy preceptors do not have the skills necessary to utilize these resources, it would be difficult for them to teach students.…”

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confidence: 99%

Use and accessibility of health and medication information sources among pharmacy students during their community pharmacy internship

Pitkä

Airaksinen

Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä

2018

Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

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Introduction: Evidence-based health and medication information (HMI) sources and databases have a growing importance in daily professional practice in community pharmacies. Previous research suggests that students learn practical skills at the workplace through self-directed learning and practical experience rather than formal training. Thus, pharmacy internship is a key in ensuring pharmacy students' competency to use HMI sources and databases. This study assessed what HMI sources pharmacy students had used and accessible during their first internship in community pharmacies in Finland. Methods:The data were collected as part of the obligatory assignments of the 2 nd year pharmacy students at the University of Helsinki during their first 3-month internship in a community pharmacy in 2013 (n=152, response rate 100%). Results:The most commonly used HMI sources during the first internship period were electronic product-specific databases assisting in medication counselling, such as the checklist type generic prescription medication information database integrated into pharmacy prescription processing system, used daily by 74% of the students having access to the database (n=121). Databases assisting in medication reviews were less commonly used although they were available in the majority of the pharmacies. Discussion and conclusion:Although the majority of students had access to a wide range of HMI sources and databases during their internship, the actual use of sources other than product-specific medication information was limited, particularly the use of databases in assisting in medication reviews.It is important to facilitate their use in the second internship to acquire competences needed for their further use after graduation. Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflicts of interest. Role of fundingThis research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. INTRODUCTIONAvailability of evidence-based health and medication information (HMI) is essential in all healthcare settings for rational drug therapy. 1,2 Availability of HMI needs to be accompanied by competency to use HMI sources and databases, which are increasingly in electronic formats, facilitating their prospective effective use in clinical practice. 3 These competencies can be acquired through undergraduate and continuing education and in-house training. Internships and workplace learning experiences in authentic workplace settings are valuable for undergraduate students for learning professional skills, such as using HMI sources. 4,5,6 Community pharmacists are important healthcare team members in medication management of ambulatory care patients, particularly in medication counseling and identifying, solving, and preventing medication-related problems. 7,8 Community pharmacies have several clinically relevant, up-to-date and evidence-based HMI sources to support these tasks. 3,9 The HMI sources can be classified as: 1) product-specific medication information sources based on...

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“…In addition, in the field of pharmacy and pharmacology, several publications on the use of e-learning for postgraduates at universities [14][15][16] as well as at other educational institutions [17,18] have demonstrated that e-learning may gain increased importance in this sector in the future. The results of this investigation show that students are aware that e-learning offers potential for life-long learning and that they are willing to use e-learning after graduation for further professional development.…”

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Ten Years’ Experience with an E-Learning Lecture Series on Cancer Biology and Pharmacology

Efferth

2013

Education Sciences

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Abstract:In life sciences, the internet is an indispensable medium for research, but has not yet realized its full potential for teaching. The concept of e-learning has been developed over the past decades for undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs. We set up an e-learning lecture on cancer biology and pharmacology that was first offered in 2003 to students of Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Heidelberg and to students of Pharmacy at the University of Mainz, Germany. The present paper recapitulates the first decade of experiences with this e-learning lecture from both the students' and the teachers' perspectives. A total of 317 students during the past 10 years participated in a survey. In general, the students enjoyed the possibilities that self-controlled learning offers. E-learning interested them as a novel educational method. They felt quite comfortable listening to the material despite the interdisciplinary nature of the lectures, which included molecular biological, pharmacological and medical aspects of cancer biology and pharmacology. This lecture was the first e-learning experience for the majority of students, and their impressions were generally positive. The students not only indicated that they would like to continue with e-learning, but also would recommend e-learning to other students. Remarkably, the majority of students would like to see more e-learning offered in their present curricula. They indicated interest in mixed forms of traditional learning and e-learning ("blended learning"), although it is recognized that face-to-face contact between teachers and students is critical. Overall, many students would consider e-learning for further and continuing education after graduation. OPEN ACCESSEduc. Sci. 2013, 3 2

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Continuing Education Course to Attain Collaborative Comprehensive Medication Review Competencies

Cited by 27 publications

References 23 publications

Improving women's sexual health: a quantitative evaluation of an educational intervention for healthcare professionals

Improving women's sexual health: a quantitative evaluation of an educational intervention for healthcare professionals

Use and accessibility of health and medication information sources among pharmacy students during their community pharmacy internship

Ten Years’ Experience with an E-Learning Lecture Series on Cancer Biology and Pharmacology

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