Development and implementation of a long-term care-based introductory pharmacy practice experience course

Gavaza, Paul; Adkins, Donna; Hodges, Ethan; Mayhew, Susan; Breese, Charles R.

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2014.02.020

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“…Greater integration of skills and competencies required to be an aged care pharmacist into pharmacy university curriculum may be necessary as part of workforce planning, and to reduce the onus on individual pharmacists to participate in extensive postgraduate training. In the United States, an experiential and didactic learning experience for second-year pharmacy students, which included weekly visits to a residential aged care facility, enhanced student geriatric pharmacy knowledge [ 20 ]. In the UK’s MOCH, the on-site aged care pharmacists participated in an 18-month training pathway (including pharmacist prescribing training) [ 21 ].…”

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Pharmacists working in residential aged care: a survey of pharmacist interest and perceived preparedness

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Hawthorne,

Kouladjian O’Donnell

et al. 2024

Int J Clin Pharm

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Background Pharmacists involvement in residential aged care facilities has traditionally been limited to that of an external contractor providing medication reviews, or medication supply. Aim To explore Australian pharmacists’ interest and perceived preparedness to work as on-site pharmacists in residential aged care. Method National cross-sectional anonymous online survey open for two weeks (September 17th to October 1st 2022) consisting of Likert-type, multiple choice and multiple selection questions. Australian pharmacists were recruited using a broad advertising strategy which included social and traditional media platforms, and snowball sampling. Data were collected on pharmacist self-reported interest and perceived preparedness to work as on-site aged care pharmacists in residential aged care. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. Results Responses were received from 720 participants, 643 were eligible. Most participants were female (n = 466, 73%) and mean (SD) age was 43.5 (SD 12.5) years. Over half the participants were interested or extremely interested in working as an on-site aged care pharmacist (56%, n = 360), and agreed or strongly agreed (n = 475, 76%) that they felt prepared to work as an on-site aged care pharmacist. Most pharmacists felt prepared to engage in a variety of roles within the facilities (> 73% for each role), including resident and system level roles, and the majority agreed they felt prepared to engage with stakeholders, including general practitioners (93%) and medical specialists (86%). Conclusion Pharmacists reported they are interested and feel prepared to work as on-site aged care pharmacists. These findings will inform the roll-out of this new model of care to enhance multidisciplinary collaboration in residential aged care. Graphical Abstract

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confidence: 99%

Pharmacists working in residential aged care: a survey of pharmacist interest and perceived preparedness

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Hawthorne,

Kouladjian O’Donnell

et al. 2024

Int J Clin Pharm

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Curriculum renewal: Alignment of introductory pharmacy practice experiences with didactic course content

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Franson

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Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning

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Geriatric education for pharmacy students: A scoping review

Papillon‐Ferland,

Ben Abdelkader,

Maurice

et al. 2024

J American Geriatrics Society

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BackgroundComprehensive medication management for older adults requires specific knowledge and skills. Therefore, pharmacy curricula should include appropriate strategies to prepare students for care of this population. This scoping review aimed to identify how geriatric concepts, such as geriatric topics and competencies, are included in pharmacy curricula, and to map current literature on preferred teaching and assessment methods related to geriatric pharmacy education.MethodsFour databases were searched to identify papers involving pharmacy learners, education, and geriatrics. Selection process was a two‐step approach, involving independent title/abstract screening by two reviewers, then full‐text retrieval for eligibility assessment. All types of articles were considered except opinion papers. Data extraction included details on methodology, participants, setting, educational activity, teaching method, and outcomes assessed.ResultsA total of 2537 articles were identified from which 189 met the inclusion criteria: 221 documents after citation and gray literature searching. Articles were grouped for analysis as education‐related intervention articles (studies, n = 100 or descriptive articles/case reports, n = 49), studies not including an education‐related intervention (n = 49), and others (e.g., reviews, position papers/statements, n = 23). Various teaching methods were reported including experiential, didactic, interprofessional, or simulation. Most articles reported positive outcomes on skills, knowledge, or attitudes, but few articles used a validated assessment tool. Curricula and student's surveys were consistent with suboptimal geriatric education, with few programs offering mandatory dedicated geriatric courses or rotations.ConclusionsGaps remain regarding geriatric inclusion in pharmacy curricula despite decades of evidence, advocacy, and frameworks to guide its development. A wide diversity of teaching methods has been described and their combination may be considered for skills and competency development. There is a need for the scholarship of teaching and learning to be applied to pharmacy programs in order to prepare future pharmacists for an aging society.

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Development and implementation of a long-term care-based introductory pharmacy practice experience course

Cited by 3 publications

References 18 publications

Pharmacists working in residential aged care: a survey of pharmacist interest and perceived preparedness

Pharmacists working in residential aged care: a survey of pharmacist interest and perceived preparedness

Curriculum renewal: Alignment of introductory pharmacy practice experiences with didactic course content

Geriatric education for pharmacy students: A scoping review

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