Ishizaki Junko
Department of Clinical Drug Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University.
Yakugaku Zasshi. 2017;137(1):9-12. doi: 10.1248/yakushi.16-00220-2.
Professors and teaching staff in the field of pharmaceutical sciences should devote themselves to staying abreast of relevant education and research. Similarly those in clinical pharmacies should contribute to the advancement of pharmaceutical research and the development of next generation pharmacists and pharmaceuticals. It is thought that those who work in clinical pharmacies should improve their own skills and expertise in problem-finding and -solving, i.e., "clinical skills". They should be keen to learn new standard treatments based on the latest drug information, and should try to be in a position where collecting clinical information is readily possible. In the case of pharmacists in hospitals and pharmacies, they are able to aim at improving their clinical skills simply through performing their pharmaceutical duties. On the other hand, when a pharmaceutical educator aims to improve clinical skills at a level comparable to those of clinical pharmacists, it is necessary to devote or set aside considerable time for pharmacist duties, in addition to teaching, which may result in a shortage of time for hands-on clinical practice and/or in a decline in the quality of education and research. This could be a nightmare for teaching staff in clinical pharmacy who aim to take part in such activities. Nonetheless, I believe that teaching staff in the clinical pharmacy area could improve his/her clinical skills through actively engaging in education and research. In this review, I would like to introduce topics on such possibilities from my own experiences.
药学领域的教授和教学人员应致力于紧跟相关教育和研究的步伐。同样，临床药学领域的人员应推动药学研究的进步以及下一代药剂师和药品的发展。人们认为，在临床药房工作的人员应提高自身在发现和解决问题方面的技能和专业知识，即“临床技能”。他们应热衷于根据最新的药物信息学习新的标准治疗方法，并应努力处于能够轻松收集临床信息的状态。对于医院和药房的药剂师而言，他们仅通过履行药学职责就能致力于提高自己的临床技能。另一方面，当药学教育工作者旨在将临床技能提高到与临床药剂师相当的水平时，除了教学之外，还需要投入或留出大量时间用于药剂师职责，这可能会导致实践临床操作的时间短缺和/或教育与研究质量的下降。对于旨在参与此类活动的临床药学教学人员来说，这可能是一场噩梦。尽管如此，我相信临床药学领域的教学人员可以通过积极参与教育和研究来提高自己的临床技能。在这篇综述中，我想根据自己的经验介绍关于此类可能性的话题。
