Boughen Melanie, Fenn Tess
School of Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK.
European Association of Pharmacy Technicians, 2500 Valby, Denmark.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2020 Mar 26;8(2):50. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy8020050.
Pharmacy technicians' roles are rapidly evolving in Great Britain (GB) as they undertake more extended activities with increased autonomy across the different pharmacy sectors. This paper compares the GB pharmacy regulator initial education and training standards recently introduced (2017) with the qualifications currently used in practice and discusses whether future qualifications will be 'fit for purpose'. In this context, knowledge, skills, and competence are reviewed to assess whether they will meet the expectations and underpin the evolving pharmacy technician role as integral to healthcare provision. Based on drivers, policy change, and the changing GB healthcare landscape, effectiveness of skill mix is analysed to establish whether this is being optimised to support person-centred pharmacy in response to the challenges and pressures faced within the NHS. On this basis and given there is a limited evidence base, this review has highlighted a need for larger scale research to reassure the pharmacy and wider healthcare professions, and the public, that the evolving pharmacy technician role presents no increased risk to patient safety and contributes significantly to releasing pharmacists time for person-centred clinical activities.
在英国，随着药房技术员在不同药房领域承担更多范围更广、自主性更强的活动，他们的角色正在迅速演变。本文将英国药房监管机构最近（2017年）推出的初始教育和培训标准与目前实践中使用的资质进行了比较，并讨论了未来的资质是否“符合目的”。在此背景下，对知识、技能和能力进行了审查，以评估它们是否能满足期望，并支撑药房技术员不断演变的角色，使其成为医疗保健服务不可或缺的一部分。基于驱动因素、政策变化以及英国不断变化的医疗保健格局，分析了技能组合的有效性，以确定其是否得到优化，从而在应对英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）面临的挑战和压力时，支持以患者为中心的药房服务。在此基础上，鉴于现有证据有限，本综述强调需要开展更大规模的研究，以使药房及更广泛的医疗行业和公众放心，即药房技术员角色的演变不会增加患者安全风险，并且能显著有助于腾出药剂师的时间用于以患者为中心的临床活动。
