沙特阿拉伯东部省份社区药剂师的继续药学教育

Continuing pharmaceutical education for community pharmacists in the eastern province of saudi arabia.

作者信息

Al-Ghamdi M S

机构信息

College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

出版信息

J Family Community Med. 2001 Sep;8(3):45-52.

PMID:23008650

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3439743/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Community pharmacists in Saudi Arabia very often make decisions that affect patient outcome. Previous studies have indicated that they have access to limited sources of information. Therefore, structured continuing pharmaceutical education (CPE) is necessary to improve their standards and attitudes.

AIMS

Identify the most important topics for CPE as well as the most significant barriers to conducting CPE successfully.

METHODS

A questionnaire was distributed to 120 pharmacists working in 88 community pharmacies in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The survey contained five sections: general background, topics for CPE that could be of great interest to community pharmacists, possible obstacles to attending CPE, method of instruction, and the most suitable time and day of the week for conducting CPE.

RESULTS

One hundred and five (87.5%) pharmacists answered the survey questionnaire. The rank order of the five most selected topics for CPE were: drug interaction (81.9%), drug use during pregnancy (77.1%), use of anti-microbial agents (62.5%), pharmaceutical ethics (53.3%), geriatric and pediatric pharmacology (45.7%). For pharmacists, the most important obstacles to attending CPE were lack of time (96.2%), distance from practice (74.2%), and lack of programs or information about these programs (54.3%). Interestingly, 47.6% of the pharmacists recommended credentialing CPE and stated that knowing the lecturer was not considered an important factor.

CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The findings of this study demonstrated that pharmacists are willing to participate in CPE programs. However, the working conditions of pharmacists would be a major barrier to their attendance. Therefore, improvement of the working conditions of community pharmacists, development of credited CPE programs in each region, as well as improving communication between the Saudi Pharmaceutical Association and community pharmacists are highly recommended.

摘要

背景

沙特阿拉伯的社区药剂师经常做出影响患者治疗结果的决策。先前的研究表明，他们获取信息的来源有限。因此，有必要开展结构化的继续药学教育（CPE）以提高他们的水平和态度。

目的

确定CPE最重要的主题以及成功开展CPE的最主要障碍。

方法

向沙特阿拉伯东部省88家社区药房工作的120名药剂师发放问卷。该调查包括五个部分：一般背景、社区药剂师可能非常感兴趣的CPE主题、参加CPE的可能障碍、教学方法以及开展CPE最合适的时间和星期几。

结果

105名（87.5%）药剂师回答了调查问卷。CPE最常被选择的五个主题的排名顺序为：药物相互作用（81.9%）、孕期用药（77.1%）、抗菌药物的使用（62.5%）、药学伦理学（53.3%）、老年和儿童药理学（45.7%）。对药剂师来说，参加CPE最重要的障碍是时间不足（96.2%）、距离工作地点远（74.2%）以及缺乏相关项目或关于这些项目的信息（54.3%）。有趣的是，47.6%的药剂师建议对CPE进行认证，并表示了解授课教师不是一个重要因素。