Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, and UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA.
Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2019 Apr 8;76(8):543-550. doi: 10.1093/ajhp/zxz009.
Leveraging pharmacy technicians to take on advanced roles can enable pharmacists to practice at the highest level of their license. Technicians trained through traditional venues may not have the necessary knowledge and skills to adequately take on these roles. To meet this need, a technician residency program was developed and implemented in a health-system pharmacy.
The technician residency program was designed to develop competency in the medication use process as assessed through achievement of 30 objectives based on successful completion of rotations, projects, and didactic examination. The program duration was 50 weeks with rotations which included compounding, technician-check-technician cart fill and floor stock replenishment, investigational drug services, regulatory compliance, and other functions. The resident also completed several projects to improve data analytics, communication, and leadership skills. By the end of the program, the residency program director and preceptors determined that the resident achieved 83% (25/30) of objectives and had developed competency in the medication use process superior to technicians with several years of experience. The resident was ultimately hired in a specialty technician position and was found to perform effectively in that role.
The program allowed the technician resident to gain a comprehensive understanding of health-system pharmacy practice and continue to develop skills and abilities that would typically take several years of work experience to be achieved.
利用药剂师技术人员承担高级角色可以使药剂师能够在其执照的最高水平上进行实践。通过传统途径培训的技术人员可能不具备充分承担这些角色所需的知识和技能。为了满足这一需求，在一个医疗系统的药房中开发并实施了技术员住院医师计划。
该技术员住院医师计划旨在通过完成 30 项基于成功完成轮转、项目和理论考试的目标来培养药物使用过程中的能力。该计划持续 50 周，轮转包括配药、技术员检查技术员推车填充和库存补货、研究药物服务、法规遵从性和其他职能。住院医师还完成了几个项目，以提高数据分析、沟通和领导能力。在计划结束时，住院医师计划主任和导师确定住院医师达到了 30 个目标中的 83%（25/30），并且在药物使用过程中的能力达到了具有多年经验的技术员的水平。住院医师最终被聘为专业技术员职位，并在该职位上表现出色。
该计划使技术员住院医师全面了解医疗系统药房实践，并继续发展通常需要数年工作经验才能实现的技能和能力。
