Pharmacists and continuing education: a cross-sectional observational study of value and motivation

Tawil, Samah; Hallit, Souheil; Sacre, Hala; Hajj, Aline; Salameh, Pascale

doi:10.1111/ijpp.12616

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“…Consequently, it was found that increased computer competency could in turn be used to help CE providers prepare learning materials for pharmacists that could enhance their practice and develop their computer skills. 18 In fact, the OPL had introduced Law 190 in November 2011 that made CE obligatory for pharmacists. 19 However, pharmacists did report encountering obstacles to participation in CE.…”

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The current trends and challenges towards good community pharmacy practice and the way forward

Bou-Saba

Kassak

Salameh

2022

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy

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The current trends and challenges towards good community pharmacy practice and the way forward

Bou-Saba

Kassak

Salameh

2022

Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy

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“…Early-career scientists should be mentored within educational and research institutions, as suggested in the pharmacy programs accreditation previously described (Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon, 2018a). Moreover, the OPL has been supporting students' organisations and young researchers by delivering research-based conferences and promoting soft skills and student-based activities (Hallit, Tawil, et al, 2020a;Sacre, Tawil, Hallit, Hajj, et al, 2019;Tawil, Hallit, Sacre, Hajj, & Salameh, 2020 (Badro et al, 2020;Hallit, Sacre, Sarkis, et al, 2019), including management, drug dispensing, and clinical services (Badro et al, 2020), in addition to continuing education , communication with patients (Hobeika, Hallit, et al, 2020), and knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding various chronic (Hallit, Zeidan, et al, 2020) and infectious diseases (Yaacoub et al, 2019). The results of these studies could feed into the quality assurance projects of pharmacy practice.…”

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“…The OPL also proposed credentials recognition for specialised pharmacists, including hospital, clinical, community, research, industrial pharmacists, in addition to academic preceptors . On the other hand, continuing education activities (general and specialized sessions, campaigns) are regularly held by the OPL (Hallit, Tawil, et al, 2020a;Sacre, Tawil, Hallit, Hajj, et al, 2019;Tawil et al, 2020) and academia, such as USJ (Université Saint-Joseph, 2014). Education 21(1) 105 -120 109 Recruitment and promotion of academics rely on research productivity, patents, fellowships, and grants.…”

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“…DG9[W]-In Lebanon, mandatory continuing education (CE) for pharmacists was implemented in January 2014 (Hallit, Tawil, et al, 2020a;Sacre, Tawil, Hallit, Hajj, et al, 2019;Tawil et al, 2020). Several institutions, such as the OPL and universities, started offering CE activities to respective members and alumni.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Pharmacy education, workforce, practice, and sciences in Lebanon: Benchmarking with the FIP Development Goals

Sacre¹,

Akel

Zeenny

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Pharm Educ

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Background: In 2020, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) published a set of 21 global development goals (DGs) that bring together workforce/education [W], practice [P], and science [S] in a transformative framework, defining an improved and more advanced pharmacy profession for the next decade. This paper aims to benchmark the context of the Lebanese pharmacy profession with the respective elements of the FIP DGs to optimise the previously suggested strategic plan. Methods: A group of pharmacy researchers with extensive academic, professional, and post-educational experience endeavoured to map the FIP DGs with the work produced in Lebanon, describing the current situation. The documents mapped were sought from published literature and white papers developed by academia and the Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon (OPL), the national pharmacists’ association. Results: This study found that efforts are necessary to bridge the gap between the current situation of the pharmacy profession in Lebanon and optimal practice. In the short term, existing projects should be immediately implemented, e.g. pharmacy curricula reforms and accreditation, post-graduate training, recognising pharmacy specialities, organising the profession, and assessing advanced competencies. In parallel, related policies and regulations should be updated. Cultural changes, involving closer ties between education and practice, are required to reform the pharmacy profession. In the medium term, a national research strategy, including early-career scientists mentoring and assessment tools validation, is necessary. Digitalising the patient profile and medication safety reporting and updating the pharmacists’ database through appropriate platforms are also essential steps toward modernising pharmacy. Conclusion: Authorities and stakeholders should combine and coordinate efforts to implement existing plans and develop necessary strategies for optimizing pharmacy education, workforce, practice, and research, which is expected to bridge the gap between the challenging current situation of the profession in Lebanon and its optimal future development, for the best of the pharmacist and the patient’s health.

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“…Currently, the OPL is promoting the compulsory continuing education legislation (number 190, November 2011) and is seeking to enroll pharmacists from all specialties in continuing education. [37][38][39] Converting continuing general education sessions into relevant continuous professional development is ongoing. The OPL organizes special sessions for hospital pharmacists to support pharmacists' in the ongoing hospital accreditation endeavor.…”

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Primary health care policy and vision for community pharmacy and pharmacists in Lebanon

Hallit

Selwan²,

Salameh

2020

Pharm Pract (Granada)

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Within a crippling economic context and a rapidly evolving healthcare system, pharmacists in Lebanon are striving to promote their role in primary care. Community pharmacists, although held in high esteem by the population, are not recognised as primary health care providers by concerned authorities. They are perceived as medication sellers. The role of the pharmacist in primary health care networks, established by the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to serve most vulnerable populations, is limited to medication delivery. The practice of the pharmacy profession in Lebanon has been regulated in 1950 by the Lebanese Pharmacists Association [Order of Pharmacists of Lebanon] (OPL). In 2016, the OPL published its mission, vision, and objectives, aiming to protect the pharmacists’ rights by enforcing rules and procedures, raise the profession’s level through continuous education, and ensure patients’ appropriate access to medications and pharmacist’s counseling for safe medication use. Since then, based on the identified challenges, the OPL has suggested several programs, inspired by the World Health Organization and the International Pharmaceutical Federation guidelines, as part of a strategic plan to develop the pharmacy profession and support patient safety. These programs included the application of principles of good governance, the provision of paid services, developing pharmacists’ core and advanced competencies, generation of accreditation standards for both community pharmacy and pharmacy education, suggesting new laws and decrees, continuing education consolidation and professional development. There was an emphasis on all decisions to be evidence assessment-based. However, OPL faces a major internal political challenge: its governing body, which is reelected every three years, holds absolute powers in changing strategies for the three-year mandate, without program continuation beyond each mandate. Within this context, we recommend the implementation of a strategic plan to integrate pharmacy in primary health centers, promoting the public health aspect of the profession and taking into account of critical health issues and the changing demographics and epidemiological transition of the Lebanese population. Unless the proposed blueprint in this paper is adopted, the profession is unfortunately condemned to disappear in the current political, economic and health-related Lebanese context.

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Pharmacists and continuing education: a cross-sectional observational study of value and motivation

Cited by 8 publications

References 20 publications

The current trends and challenges towards good community pharmacy practice and the way forward

The current trends and challenges towards good community pharmacy practice and the way forward

Pharmacy education, workforce, practice, and sciences in Lebanon: Benchmarking with the FIP Development Goals

Primary health care policy and vision for community pharmacy and pharmacists in Lebanon

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