Mukattash Tareq L, Jarab Anan S, Abu-Farha Rana K, Nusair Mohammad B
Department Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jordan University of Science and Technology. Irbid (Jordan).
Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Applied Science Private University. Amman (Jordan).
Pharm Pract (Granada). 2019 Jan-Mar;17(1):1355. doi: 10.18549/PharmPract.2019.1.1355. Epub 2019 Mar 14.
The present study aimed to explore faculty (i.e., professors of various ranks) opinions and views regarding the pediatric content in courses taught to pharmacy students in Jordan.
Purposeful sampling was used to identify faculty from ten pharmacy schools. Participants were identified through their institutions' websites. After obtaining required approvals, twelve in-depth interviews were conducted, recorded, transcribed and analyzed using NVivo 11 Software. Interviews followed a previously prepared and validated interview guide. The interview guide covered various aspects of pediatric undergraduate education and training.
Twelve professors (eight assistants and four associate professors) agreed to take part in the study. Qualitative analysis revealed four themes each with regard to respondents' knowledge of the pediatric content and their students' competency in dealing with pediatric patients. The emerging themes were: the lack of pediatric content in their current curriculum, the need for exposing students to more courses teaching pediatrics, and future aspirations to deal with this, and implications on practice.
This study highlights the deficiency of pediatric courses in pharmacy curriculum in Jordan. Respondent believed that this will have negative implications on pediatric pharmaceutical care and treatment efficacy and safety. It was thought that adding more pediatrics topics to undergraduate curricula, offering pediatric specialized postgraduate education, and implementing pre-registration training could alleviate the current situation.
本研究旨在探讨教员（即各级教授）对约旦药学院学生所学课程中儿科内容的看法和观点。
采用目的抽样法从十所药学院中确定教员。通过各院校网站确定参与者。获得所需批准后，进行了12次深入访谈，录音、转录并使用NVivo 11软件进行分析。访谈遵循事先准备并经验证的访谈指南。该访谈指南涵盖了儿科本科教育和培训的各个方面。
12位教授（8位助理教授和4位副教授）同意参与该研究。定性分析揭示了与受访者对儿科内容的了解以及他们的学生处理儿科患者的能力相关的四个主题。新出现的主题包括：他们当前课程中儿科内容的缺乏、需要让学生接触更多儿科教学课程、应对此情况的未来期望以及对实践的影响。
本研究突出了约旦药学院课程中儿科课程的不足。受访者认为这将对儿科药物治疗护理以及治疗效果和安全性产生负面影响。人们认为在本科课程中增加更多儿科主题、提供儿科专业研究生教育以及实施注册前培训可以缓解当前状况。
