College of Pharmacy, Duluth Campus, University of Minnesota, USA.
Ann Pharmacother. 2010 Feb;44(2):367-76. doi: 10.1345/aph.1M503. Epub 2010 Jan 28.
The importance of allowing individuals to use their strengths in a work environment has been articulated through research focused on general audiences as well as by thought leaders within pharmacy. In particular, the work of Gallup has described how organizations that foster an environment in which employees frequently use their strengths achieve increased productivity, customer and employee satisfaction, and improved success at meeting goals. Despite acknowledging the importance of such an environment, little has been articulated in the pharmacy literature regarding how pharmacists can identify and apply their unique strengths within their profession.
To provide an overview of the concept of individual strengths, the value of utilizing strengths in the profession, and the authors' experiences facilitating an awareness of this concept with student pharmacists, pharmacy residents, and pharmacists.
Discovery and application of strengths has become a foundational theme in leadership development activities at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. The learning process begins with building awareness and identifying individual talents using the Clifton StrengthsFinder Profile and reflecting on previous use of these talents. Throughout the activities, participants are encouraged to examine how professional experiences that correlate with their talents intersect and affect their knowledge and skills. Finally, participants are encouraged to utilize and maximize their talents in a team environment.
Experience has been gained delivering this educational process to 225 student pharmacists, 39 ambulatory care residents, and 22 practicing pharmacists. Participants have viewed this program favorably and articulated that utilization and growth of strengths is valuable to their career.
In order to achieve our potential as a profession, it is critical to identify and apply the strengths that individual pharmacists bring to their practice settings. The identification, understanding, and application of strengths have the potential to increase professional satisfaction, enhance leadership, and empower change that will evolve patient-centered care.
让个人在工作环境中发挥优势的重要性已通过针对普通受众以及药剂学领域思想领袖的研究得到阐明。特别是，盖洛普的研究描述了如何在培养员工经常发挥自身优势的环境的组织中提高生产力、客户和员工满意度，并提高实现目标的成功率。尽管承认这种环境的重要性，但在药学文献中几乎没有提及药剂师如何在其专业领域中识别和应用其独特的优势。
概述个人优势的概念、在职业中利用优势的价值，以及作者在与学生药剂师、药房住院医师和药剂师一起促进对这一概念的认识方面的经验。
在明尼苏达大学药学院，发现和应用优势已成为领导力发展活动的基础主题。学习过程始于使用克利夫顿优势量表（Clifton StrengthsFinder Profile）建立意识并识别个人才能，并反思以前如何利用这些才能。在整个活动中，鼓励参与者检查与他们的才能相关的专业经验如何交叉并影响他们的知识和技能。最后，鼓励参与者在团队环境中利用和最大化他们的才能。
在向 225 名学生药剂师、39 名门诊护理住院医师和 22 名执业药剂师提供这一教育过程方面积累了经验。参与者对该计划给予了高度评价，并表示利用和发展优势对他们的职业发展很有价值。
为了发挥我们作为一个专业的潜力，必须识别和应用个体药剂师在其实践环境中带来的优势。优势的识别、理解和应用有可能提高专业满意度、增强领导力，并赋予权力以实现以患者为中心的护理的变革。
