Single standard for education, training, and certification of pharmacy technicians

Manasse, Henri R.; Menighan, Thomas E.

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“…As indicated in the above discussion, there is still dissention among pharmacy organizations and pharmacists as to the necessity and proper implementation of technician training programmes. The Council on Credentialing in Pharmacy has provided a Pharmacy Technician Credentialing Framework which advocates extensive task analysis to drive the education and competencies associated with pharmacy technician credentialing [46] . The pharmacy technician plays a crucial role in the pharmacy profession across all settings and their work unarguably impacts the safety and well‐being of those they serve.…”

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Credentialing of pharmacy technicians in the USA

Alkhateeb

Shields

Broedel-Zaugg

et al. 2011

International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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Credentialing of pharmacy technicians in the USA

Alkhateeb

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Broedel-Zaugg

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International Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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“…The results also suggest that respondents see certification as a needed component of technician education and particularly required for advancement into higher status/roles in the organization and helping to imbue greater commitment and professionalism through the self-study process while acknowledging that certification needs to be better synchronized and leveraged with other experiences and education. 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].…”

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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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“…As such changes are made within the pharmacy profession, it must be noted that the U.S. Health Care System is filled with perverse incentives, financial pressures, documentation burdens, the pressure to meet production metrics, and a constant specter of litigation that are creating intensely competing drivers that are emotionally and morally exhausting for pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel as they try to deliver the care that their patients need [46,47]. Thus, there is also a need for a focus on training and system change related to work conditions for personnel, patient safety, payment models, organizational designs, wellbeing, and communications within the overall systems of health care.…”

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Pharmacy Workforce Support Personnel

2020

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Hohmeier has an extensive background in pharmacy practice and practice-based and implementation science research, including post-graduate residency training in community pharmacy, credentials in lean six sigma and change leadership, and attending the University of Pennsylvania's Implementation Science Institute. He has successfully established and provided clinical pharmacist services within several community pharmacy settings in a wide variety of rural, suburban, and urban locations. His background also includes extensive leadership experience both in practice and within professional organizations, with past and current positions held at local, regional, and national levels including the American Pharmacists Association, Ohio Pharmacists Association, and Tennessee Public Health Association. His specific areas of research focus are in clinical service implementation in community pharmacy settings, medication therapy management, and innovative clinical pharmacy practice models. He has served as PI or Co-PI on 15 grant-funded projects, most of which explore expanded roles of pharmacy technicians and pharmacists in the community pharmacy to increase patient care activities, such as vaccinations, medication therapy management (MTM), and other clinical services. vii Preface to "Pharmacy Workforce Support Personnel" Pharmacy care has evolved considerably in recent decades. This evolution has quickened in recent years owing to the realization that pharmacy workforce support personnel, namely pharmacy technicians, had to become more widely recognized as integral to this transition. Much of the research on pharmacy technicians has occurred within the past 5-10 years. The research has centered on evolving scopes of practice, pharmacist delegation, quality of work life, and patient safety. This special themed issue of the journal, Pharmacy, is comprised of the most recent research and scholarly commentary on pharmacy technicians, addressing even more advanced roles, their certification and education, skills mix, desired characteristics by employers, and their job earnings, which still are lacking, given their new roles. The papers in this themed issue highlight the progress that has been made but also the challenges that still remain in the transitioning of pharmacy technician jobs into more stable, rewarding, and life-long careers.

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Single standard for education, training, and certification of pharmacy technicians

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Credentialing of pharmacy technicians in the USA

Credentialing of pharmacy technicians in the USA

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

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