Highlighting a gap in student pharmacist training: Intraprofessional education with pharmacy technicians

Mospan, Cortney M.; Bright, David R.; Eid, Deeb

doi:10.1016/j.cptl.2018.06.006

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“…As such, these results call for action by employers, certification organizations, educators, and other leaders in the profession concurrently, thus echoing sentiments expressed for quite some time [46,47]. Even colleges/schools of pharmacy in the U.S. can consider interprofessional education options that include exposure of technicians to Doctor of Pharmacy curricula while providing Doctor of Pharmacy students an opportunity to gain greater appreciation for technician roles, which can ultimately assist as well in their supervision of technicians and thus technicians' competence [48]. Additionally, technician certification vendors (and educational organizations) might want to gear future education and assessment based more on the setting than on the particular task.…”

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The Value and Potential Integration of Pharmacy Technician National Certification into Processes That Help Assure a Competent Workforce

Desselle

McKeirnan

2019

Pharmacy

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The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine pharmacists’ perceptions of the impact of certification on competence in specific job skills, its impact in combination with job experience, and its impact in combination with other types of vocational education/training; (2) to identify elements that could potentially enhance the value, or impact of national certification; and (3) to determine how pharmacists view certification in light of various personnel management and organizational behavior phenomena. A self-administered survey was constructed and delivered in spring of 2019 to a random sample of four U.S. states chosen for their geographic diversity and relatively high proportions of both certified and non-certified pharmacy technicians. Following multiple reminders, a response rate of 19.3% was obtained. The 326 responding pharmacists saw certification being less impactful alone than when combined with other types of education/training and previous job experiences. They saw the need for more skills-related and “soft skills” content on the certification examination and agreed that certification is a factor in hiring decisions and that it should be required for designation for advanced practice status. Taken together, respondents saw the need for pharmacy leaders to integrate certification with other aspects of preparation to make for a more competent and professional workforce support team.

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The Value and Potential Integration of Pharmacy Technician National Certification into Processes That Help Assure a Competent Workforce

Desselle

McKeirnan

2019

Pharmacy

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“…Studies on interprofessional education have been carried out in various countries across different healthcare educational programmes, covering and assessing the existing types of interprofessional education programmes, their benefits for patients, and their purpose and goal fulfilment (Acquavita et al, 2014;Jorm et al, 2016;Dyess et al, 2019;Maharajan et al, 2017;Simko et al, 2017;van Diggele et al, 2021). There is still little experience in developing interprofessional education in the pharmacy technician and/or pharmaconomist educational programmes, and this little experience is, as far as it is known, only based on interprofessional learning programmes with pharmacy students (Mospan et al, 2018).…”

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Impact of an interprofessional course on pharmaconomists and other health professions students: A qualitative approach

El-Souri,

Nørgaard Hansen,

Bolvig

et al. 2024

Pharm Educ

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Background: Interprofessional education of healthcare professionals has been proposed as a strategy to enhance collaborative practice. This study is the first to explore interprofessional education involving pharmaconomist (PH) students. It aimed to identify the impact of an interprofessional course on PH and other health professions (KP) students. Methods: During the course, KP students cooperated in groups to solve a challenge from practice, where they practiced bringing their professional competencies into play. PH students participated by listening to their preliminary ideas and giving them feedback. All students were invited to answer electronic questionnaires, and at a workshop, teachers from both colleges shared their reflections on the results. The workshop was recorded and transcribed verbatim. All data was analysed in Excel and NVivo R1. Results: Five KP students (38%) and 27 PH students (63%) responded. Nine themes were derived, e.g., PH students’ professional confidence was boosted; KP students have underrated the competencies of PH students; it is important to know each other’s strengths and competencies. Conclusion: PH and KP students learned more about their competencies, those of other professions, and how they can complement each other in patient care.

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Techs as Teachers: A Decade’s Experience Utilizing Pharmacy Technicians in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program

Klein,

Eddy,

Courtney

et al. 2024

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

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Highlighting a gap in student pharmacist training: Intraprofessional education with pharmacy technicians

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

The Value and Potential Integration of Pharmacy Technician National Certification into Processes That Help Assure a Competent Workforce

The Value and Potential Integration of Pharmacy Technician National Certification into Processes That Help Assure a Competent Workforce

Impact of an interprofessional course on pharmaconomists and other health professions students: A qualitative approach

Techs as Teachers: A Decade’s Experience Utilizing Pharmacy Technicians in a Doctor of Pharmacy Program

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