University of North Carolina Medical Center, 101 Manning Drive, CB#7600, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States.
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 301 Pharmacy Lane, CB#7355, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States.
Res Social Adm Pharm. 2018 Jun;14(6):595-602. doi: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2017.07.008. Epub 2017 Jul 24.
Competency-based education models can serve as valuable resources for providing quality continuing education and professional development in healthcare. However, competency development programs can be stifled by scarce stakeholder involvement and insufficient recognition of resource challenges. Engaging pharmacists in program development can inform program design and prioritization of needs.
To describe a process to assess pharmacist perceptions about competency development and to inform program design by identifying high priority topic areas based on perceived value, confidence in abilities, and frequency of use by pharmacists.
Pharmacists at a large academic medical center were surveyed to examine opinions regarding competency development and identify perceived departmental value, personal confidence, and frequency of use for nine competency topic areas. Responses were aggregated to create scores for each of the three criteria related to the nine topics. Priority areas were topics with the highest relative scores in perceived value and frequency of use and lowest relative scores in confidence compared to the other areas.
Survey responses were collected from 105 pharmacists (78.9% response rate). A majority indicated that competency assessment is a shared responsibility between the organization and individual pharmacists. Therapeutic knowledge was identified as the competency requiring the most immediate attention as it was perceived to have the highest departmental value and highest frequency of use, yet participants indicated low confidence regarding the topic.
Competency development is a critical aspect of ensuring pharmacists are prepared for the rapidly evolving needs of the healthcare system. Organizations play an important role in identifying and developing pharmacist competencies aligned with institutional and individual needs. This study suggests that pharmacists and leaders at an academic medical center identified a shared responsibility for competency development. The process described here may provide a model for other medical centers with similar competency development needs.
基于能力的教育模式可以作为提供高质量继续教育和医疗保健专业发展的有价值资源。然而，能力发展计划可能会受到利益相关者参与度低和资源挑战认识不足的阻碍。让药剂师参与计划的制定可以为计划的设计和需求的优先排序提供信息。
描述一种评估药剂师对能力发展的看法的过程，并通过确定高优先级的主题领域来为计划设计提供信息，这些主题领域是基于药剂师的感知价值、能力信心和使用频率来确定的。
对一家大型学术医疗中心的药剂师进行调查，以调查他们对能力发展的看法，并确定九个能力主题领域的感知部门价值、个人信心和使用频率。对回答进行汇总，为每个与九个主题相关的三个标准创建分数。优先领域是在感知价值和使用频率方面得分最高，而在信心方面得分相对较低的主题领域。
从 105 名药剂师（78.9%的回复率）中收集了调查回复。大多数人表示，能力评估是组织和个人药剂师的共同责任。治疗知识被认为是最需要立即关注的能力，因为它被认为具有最高的部门价值和最高的使用频率，但参与者表示对该主题缺乏信心。
能力发展是确保药剂师为医疗保健系统不断变化的需求做好准备的关键方面。组织在确定和发展与机构和个人需求相一致的药剂师能力方面发挥着重要作用。这项研究表明，学术医疗中心的药剂师和领导者共同承担了能力发展的责任。这里描述的过程可以为具有类似能力发展需求的其他医疗中心提供一个模型。
