The Utrecht Pharmacy Practice network for Education and Research: a network of community and hospital pharmacies in the Netherlands

Koster, Ellen S.; Blom, Lyda; Philbert, Daphne; Rump, Willem; Bouvy, Marcel L.

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“…has been re-professionalized with patient-centered care as its focus (Bond, 2006;Hassali et al, 2011;Koster et al, 2014). As a result of the paradigm shift within the profession, pharmacists are now more involved in direct patient care (Academic Medical Centers, 2010).…”

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“…As a result of the paradigm shift within the profession, pharmacists are now more involved in direct patient care (Academic Medical Centers, 2010). According to the literature, this shift to the social context requires rethinking the process of professional training (De Oliveira, 2011;Koster et al, 2014). Ivama (1999) and Nicoleti (2010) observed that pharmaceutical education must follow social and political trends.…”

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“…Several countries have made changes to teaching for the acquisition of new competences by students of pharmacy (Hassali et al, 2011;Koster et al, 2014;Blom et al, 2011). In order to prepare professionals to deliver hospital pharmacy services with clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care, universities from many countries have included clinical pharmacy in their curricula (Hasan et al, 2013).…”

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Assessment of Brazilian pharmacy students perception of their level of preparedness for pharmaceutical practice

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Souza²,

Mesquita³

et al. 2017

Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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The teaching model based on objective, measurable, and linear knowledge no longer seems to be the most appropriate, given the new responsibilities of pharmacists, who should focus their practices on patient care. The objective of the present study was to analyze students' perception about preparedness to pharmacy practice and to patient-centered care, and identify experiential training barriers Two discussion groups were formed with 12 and 13 individuals to present their perceptions about teaching and learning for pharmaceutical care. The analysis followed the methodology of Bardin. The analysis of the answers indicates that there is a significant gap in the training of pharmacists, with a strong emphasis on theoretical issues and less focus on knowledge acquisition and interpersonal communication, generating poor professional training and relationship barriers. In general, students do not feel prepared to deal with patients. These students identify the lack of infrastructure, such as the lack of a pharmacy and underutilization of the hospital, deficiencies in the curriculum such as the lack of key subjects, lack of clinical practice, and lack of preparation of some teachers, with an excess of classes following the lecture format. These factors influence the teaching and learning of clinical and communication skills, which undermine the pharmacists' ability to carry out clinical interventions, as well as affect the pharmaceutical-patient and pharmaceutical-physician relationship. These results suggest that for the pharmacists' clinical training it is necessary to rethink whether the infrastructure, the curriculum, and the teaching method are adequate for the development of skills and competences.

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Assessment of Brazilian pharmacy students perception of their level of preparedness for pharmaceutical practice

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Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.

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“…However, we only included a small sample of pharmacies in the Netherlands (*2 %) and within these pharmacies a small sample of users of a selection of drugs, thus on a population-based level there might be a considerable proportion of preventable medication errors due to unavailability of laboratory values. The included pharmacies are a good representation of Dutch pharmacies in general [7] and all pharmacies providing internships during the study period participated, thus selection bias seems unlikely. We focused on use of a single eGFR cut-off value of \45 ml/min and \13 months old, when using more strict criteria, e.g.…”

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“…The study was conducted in community pharmacies, distributed across the Netherlands located in both rural and urban areas, belonging to the Utrecht Pharmacy Practice network for Education and Research (UPPER) [7]. Pharmacies that provided internships for master students of the Utrecht School of Pharmacy during September 2014-February 2015 were invited to participate.…”

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Availability of information on renal function in Dutch community pharmacies

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Background Early detection and monitoring of impaired renal function may prevent drug related problems. Objective To assess the availability of information on patient's renal function in Dutch community pharmacies, for patients using medication that might need monitoring in case of renal impairment. Methods Per pharmacy, 25 patients aged ≥65 years using at least one drug that requires monitoring, were randomly selected from the pharmacy information system. For these patients, information on renal function [estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)], was obtained from the pharmacy information system. When absent, this information was obtained from the general practitioner (GP). Results Data were collected for 1632 patients. For 1201 patients (74 %) eGFR values were not directly available in the pharmacy, for another 194 patients (12 %) the eGFR value was not up-to-date. For 1082 patients information could be obtained from the GP, resulting in 942 additional recent eGFR values. Finally, recent information on renal function was available for 72 % (n = 1179) of selected patients. Conclusion In patients using drugs that require renal monitoring, information on renal function is often unknown in the pharmacy. For the majority of patients this information can be retrieved from the GP.

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Driving performance and neurocognitive skills of long‐term users of benzodiazepine anxiolytics and hypnotics

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Human Psychopharmacology

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Objective The aim of this study is to compare actual driving performance and skills related to driving of patients using benzodiazepine anxiolytics or hypnotics for at least 6 months to that of healthy controls. Methods Participants were 44 long‐term users of benzodiazepine and benzodiazepine‐related anxiolytics (n = 12) and hypnotics (n = 32) and 65 matched healthy controls. Performance was assessed using an on‐the‐road driving test measuring standard deviation of lateral position (SDLP, in cm) and a battery of neurocognitive tasks. Performance differences between groups were compared with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.5 mg/ml to determine clinical relevance. Results Compared with controls, SDLP was significantly increased in hypnotic users (+1.70 cm) but not in anxiolytic users (+1.48 cm). Anxiolytic and hypnotic users showed significant and clinically relevant impairment on neurocognitive task measuring executive functioning, vigilance, and reaction time. For patients using hypnotics for at least 3 years, no significant driving impairment was observed. Conclusion Impairing effects of benzodiazepine hypnotics on driving performance may mitigate over time following longer term use (i.e. 3 years or more) although neurocognitive impairments may remain.

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The Utrecht Pharmacy Practice network for Education and Research: a network of community and hospital pharmacies in the Netherlands

Cited by 58 publications

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Assessment of Brazilian pharmacy students perception of their level of preparedness for pharmaceutical practice

Assessment of Brazilian pharmacy students perception of their level of preparedness for pharmaceutical practice

Availability of information on renal function in Dutch community pharmacies

Driving performance and neurocognitive skills of long‐term users of benzodiazepine anxiolytics and hypnotics

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