Engaging pharmacy technicians for advanced clinical support tasks in community pharmacies: A cluster analysis

Enhancing point-of-care testing through standardized training and redeployment of pharmacy technicians in the community setting

“…As such, more research is needed on effective delegation in pharmacy. That research might be assisted by or placed into context among the findings of Moya et al 35 These researchers performed a cluster analysis on technicians according to their current and desired involvement in various tasks. They identified groups of technicians already competent, those very willing embrace new roles and be trained, and those who did not and would prefer to stick with more traditional roles.…”

The role of pharmacy technicians in vaccination services: a scoping review

“…experience, and having high professional commitment were characteristics of pharmacy technicians with successful involvement in emerging roles inclusive of training or educating peers and the provision of vaccinations among many emerging roles studied in recent research. 36 Pharmacy technician vaccination administration studies included in this review reported similar findings in that supervising pharmacists expressed the importance in offering emerging roles to technicians who are confident in patient care interactions and willing to complete required training. 33,34 However, the historic scope of practice and lack of availability of accredited training for these emerging roles could limit a pharmacy technician's exposure to the emerging role and influence their willingness toward involvement.…”

“…23,28 Required peer training support highlights the need to consider pharmacy technicians for emerging roles that have high selfefficacy and supportive attitudes as ideal candidates. 36 Strong patient care abilities, having more pharmacy practice [30][31][32][33][34] (21.4% n ¼ 3) 31,33,34 (14.2%, n ¼ 3) 30,33,34 (28.6%, n ¼ 3) [31][32][33] Traditional technician roles (7.1%, n ¼ 1) 29 (7.1%, n ¼ 1) 29 The role of pharmacy technicians in vaccination services…”

Exploring Pharmacy Technician Roles in the Implementation of an Appointment-Based Medication Synchronization Program

“…However, integration of technicians into advanced or clinical support roles can prove challenging [21,[24][25][26]. Understanding their unique perspectives on these new roles can be instrumental in designing training programs and assisting pharmacy leadership in the selection of technicians for these advanced roles [27].…”