Descriptive assessment of graduates' perceptions of pharmacy-related competencies based on the Lebanese pharmacy core competencies framework

Autor: Rony M. Zeenny, Marwan Akel, Aline Hajj, Hala Sacre, Souheil Hallit, Pascale Salameh
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
schools pharmacy
pharmacists
curriculum
cross-sectional studies
Pharmaceutical Science
education pharmacy
Pharmacy
Computer-assisted web interviewing
perception
Pharmacists
Professional Competence
mesh:Schools
Pharmacy
mesh:Students
Pharmacy
Lebanon
health care economics and organizations
Original Research
Public sector
Competency-Based Education
mesh:Attitude
Students
Pharmacy
lebanon
Curriculum
Psychology
Graduation
education
mesh:Curriculum
RM1-950
Body of knowledge
Pharmacy and materia medica
mesh:Professional Competence
mesh:Education
Pharmacy
mesh:Pharmacists
mesh:Competency-Based Education
Competence (human resources)
Medical education
business.industry
Core competency
competency-based education
students pharmacy
RS1-441
Cross-Sectional Studies
Attitude
mesh:Cross-Sectional Studies
mesh:Lebanon
Education
Pharmacy
Schools
Pharmacy
professional competence
attitude
mesh:Perception
Perception
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
business
Zdroj: Pharmacy Practice, Vol 19, Iss 2, p 2320 (2021)
Pharmacy Practice (Granada) v.19 n.2 2021
SciELO España. Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud
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Pharmacy Practice
BASE-Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
SciELO España: Revistas Científicas Españolas de Ciencias de la Salud
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
ISSN: 1886-3655
1885-642X
DOI: 10.18549/pharmpract.2021.2.2320
Popis: Background: Pharmacists possess a unique and complex body of knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors necessary to enable them to optimize health outcomes. Pharmacy organizations publish routinely updated versions of professional competencies that help pharmacy schools integrate advances into their curricula. In Lebanon, no national framework for pharmacy education is officially adopted yet. In 2017, the Official Pharmacists’ Association in Lebanon [OPL - Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon] took the initiative to develop a pharmacy core competency framework. Objective: The primary objective of this survey was to evaluate graduates' perceptions of pharmacy-related competencies “taught” across Lebanese pharmacy schools/faculties, based on the suggested Lebanese Pharmacy Competencies Framework. This study also explored the association between graduates' demographics, university attributes, and self-assessed competency performance. Methods: A cross-sectional study involving pharmacists who graduated from Lebanese universities was performed through a 40-minute online questionnaire distributed over social media platforms and groups of pharmacists. Results: Pharmacists perceived their competence as moderate upon graduation, the lowest scores being in fundamental knowledge and medicine supply; the highest reported scores were in personal skills and safe/rational use of medicines. Moreover, females, younger graduates, PharmD holders, and pharmacists working in hospitals/clinical settings and academia had the highest perception of their competencies. Pharmacists in the public sector and medical laboratory directors had the lowest perception of competence. Conclusions: When comparing the taught curriculum to the suggested Lebanese Pharmacy Competency Framework, all domains need to be improved to optimize the perception, education, and practice of pharmacists. It is essential to emphasize fundamental knowledge, medicines supply, and public health competencies in undergraduate curricula and improve continuing professional education.
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