Continuing Professional Development in Pharmacy

Rouse, Michael J.

doi:10.1177/875512250402000509

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“…Pharmacists are known as professionals in healthcare, specifically in pharmaceuticals 1,2. The current trend of pharmaceutical care has shifted traditional role of pharmacist from dispenser of drugs towards a consultant of medication.…”

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The conflicts between professional and non-professional work of community pharmacists in Indonesia

Hermansyah

Sukorini

Setiawan

et al. 2012

Pharmacy Practice (Internet)

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ObjectiveThe study aimed to determine the type of professional and non professional work of community pharmacists in Surabaya Indonesia and find the difference between time spent for performing both works in actual (current) situation and ideal (expected) situation. MethodsA cross sectional study was conducted by combining purposive sampling for selecting the community pharmacists. Afterwards, the data was analyzed using SPSS v16 to provide the descriptive results and completed with Wilcoxon signed rank test to find the difference between time spent in actual and ideal situation. The sample size was 100 respondents of 300 pharmacists who have been practicing in Surabaya. ResultsFrom 100 participants just 30 participants gave response to the questionnaire, 67% was female who 20-30 years old at most (53%) with working experience as pharmacist less than 3 years (60%) and working 30 hours per week (60%) in pharmacy. Significant difference between time spent in actual and ideal situation was found. DiscussionThe time spent for performing professional and non professional work in ideal situation was significantly higher than in actual situation except for preparing medicines activity. This finding illustrated that the respondents did not have adequate time to provide ideal services in their daily practice. Therefore, they expected to improve their time and level of work in more professional manner. Surprisingly, they were also willing to provide more time and higher level of work in some non professional work. ConclusionsThe Indonesian community pharmacists spent little time on both professional work and non-professional work in their daily activities. This indicated that the pharmacists did not focus on delivering quality professional work.

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The conflicts between professional and non-professional work of community pharmacists in Indonesia

Hermansyah

Sukorini

Setiawan

et al. 2012

Pharmacy Practice (Internet)

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“…As the profession becomes increasingly complex, ongoing education is shifting to a more robust, continuous professional development (CPD) model. CPD is defined as an ongoing self-directed, structured, outcomes-focused cycle of learning and personal improvement [4]. …”

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A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

Knoer

Eck

Lucas

2016

J Pharm Health Care Sci

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In the United States, pharmacists are responsible for the provision of safe, effective, efficient, and accountable medication related-care for hospital and health-system patients. Leveraging automated technologies, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacist extenders are the means through which efficient, effective, and safe medication use processes are created and maintained. These strategies limit the amount of pharmacist resources needed for nonjudgmental tasks such as medication distribution, allowing more capacity for advanced direct patient care roles.Pharmacists are directly integrated into interprofessional medical teams. Pharmacists optimize patient outcomes through a variety of channels, including: providing recommendations for evidence-based medication selection on patient care rounds; offering drug information to other health care providers and patients; monitoring therapeutic responses; and reconciling medications as patients transition across the continuum of care.Achieving the highest level of pharmacy practice necessitates that United States pharmacists are soundly educated and trained. Pharmacist education, training, and professional practice models closely mirror those of physicians. Many health-systems also pursue credentialing and privileging of pharmacists to ensure competency and facilitate growth and development. Advanced training, along with credentialing, privileging, and collaborative practice agreements have positioned pharmacists to serve as stewards of the medication use system, champions of patient safety, and essential contributors to optimal patient outcomes.

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“…As described elsewhere in the literature, lifelong learning and CPD are often considered interchangeable terms [5,6,7,8]. Jane Ryan [5] interviewed nurses, physiotherapists (physical therapists) and occupational therapists to explore their understanding of lifelong learning.…”

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“…Their responses reinforce why the literature often describes lifelong learning and CPD interchangeably. In the pharmacy profession, Rouse has described CPD as a framework for lifelong learning [6]. …”

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CPD Aligned to Competency Standards to Support Quality Practice

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As medication experts, pharmacists are key members of the patient’s healthcare team. Pharmacists must maintain their competence to practice to remain responsive to the increasingly complex healthcare sector. This paper seeks to determine how competence training for pharmacists may enhance quality in their professional development. Results of two separately administered surveys (2012 and 2013) were compared to examine the reported continued professional development (CPD) practices of Australian pharmacists. Examination of results from both studies enabled a focus on how the competency standards inform CPD practice. In the survey administered in 2012, 91% (n = 253/278) pharmacists reported that they knew their current registration requirements. However, in the survey administered in 2013, only 43% (n = 46/107) reported utilization of the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (NCS) to self-asses their practice as part of their annual re-registration requirements. Fewer, 23% (n = 25/107), used the NCS to plan their CPD. This may be symptomatic of poor familiarity with the NCS, uncertainty around undertaking self-directed learning as part of a structured learning plan and/or misunderstandings around what CPD should include. This is supported by thematic analysis of pharmacists’ social media comments. Initial and ongoing competence training to support meaningful CPD requires urgent attention in Australia. The competence (knowledge, skills and attributes) required to engage in meaningful CPD practice should be introduced and developed prior to entry into practice; other countries may find they are in a similar position.

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Continuing Professional Development in Pharmacy

Cited by 70 publications

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The conflicts between professional and non-professional work of community pharmacists in Indonesia

The conflicts between professional and non-professional work of community pharmacists in Indonesia

A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

CPD Aligned to Competency Standards to Support Quality Practice

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