Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Int J Pharm Pract. 2021 Mar 17;29(2):170-177. doi: 10.1093/ijpp/riaa006.
To evaluate pharmacists' opinions on the need for Arabic in pharmacy education and practice in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
A questionnaire was developed to address the study objectives and hand delivered to a stratified sample of community pharmacists and a convenience sample of pharmacists in other areas of practice in the UAE. Pharmacists' responses were measured on a 5-point Likert-type scale (strongly disagree to strongly agree) towards teaching of the following topics in Arabic: management of chronic diseases and minor ailments, screening for diseases and counselling on smoking cessation, exercise, weight management, diet and nutrition and complementary/alternative medicine. Topics related to communication skills were also assessed. Descriptive statistics on participant responses were calculated and chi-square test of independence examined inter-relationships among pharmacist and pharmacy variables.
A total of 351 pharmacists completed the questionnaire. Almost 50% of pharmacists considered Arabic in health sciences education a cultural and/or practice necessity. In pharmacy undergraduate curricula, preferred topics to be taught in Arabic included counselling on complementary/alternative medicine (67.4%), management of cold/flu (65.5%), counselling on weight management (64.2%), communication in special situations (63.2%), vocabulary (63.2%) and listening and empathic responding (62.6%). For continuing education, topics included management of cold/flu (69.8%) and skin conditions (69.2%), counselling on smoking cessation (68.9%), communicating with physicians and other professionals (54.8%), communication in special situations (54.7%) and vocabulary (50.9%).
For all assessed topics and communication skills, more than half of the pharmacists agreed that they needed to be included in pharmacy education. A blended learning approach that combines integrated content for native language within an English curriculum could be explored.
评估阿联酋（UAE）药剂师对药学教育和实践中阿拉伯语需求的看法。
制定了一份问卷，以解决研究目标，并分发给阿联酋社区药剂师的分层样本和其他实践领域的药剂师的便利样本。药剂师对以下主题以 5 点李克特量表（强烈不同意到强烈同意）对阿拉伯语教学的反应：慢性病和小病的管理、疾病筛查和戒烟咨询、运动、体重管理、饮食和营养以及补充/替代医学。还评估了与沟通技巧相关的主题。计算了参与者反应的描述性统计数据，并通过独立性卡方检验检验了药剂师和药房变量之间的相互关系。
共有 351 名药剂师完成了问卷。近 50%的药剂师认为阿拉伯语在健康科学教育中是一种文化和/或实践的需要。在药学本科课程中，首选以阿拉伯语教授的主题包括补充/替代医学咨询（67.4%）、感冒/流感管理（65.5%）、体重管理咨询（64.2%）、特殊情况下的沟通（63.2%）、词汇（63.2%）和倾听和同理心反应（62.6%）。对于继续教育，包括感冒/流感管理（69.8%）和皮肤状况（69.2%）、戒烟咨询（68.9%）、与医生和其他专业人员沟通（54.8%）、特殊情况下的沟通（54.7%）和词汇（50.9%）的主题。
对于所有评估的主题和沟通技巧，超过一半的药剂师同意需要将其纳入药学教育。可以探索一种结合英语课程中母语综合内容的混合学习方法。
