School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON.
Associate Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, Professor in Pharmacy Innovation, Ontario College of Pharmacists, Toronto, ON.
Healthc Policy. 2023 Feb;18(3):60-71. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2023.27034.
This study aims to determine the reasons for disciplinary action and resultant consequences for Canadian pharmacists and any associations with demographic factors.
Regulatory body disciplinary action cases from 10 Canadian provinces were coded. Demographic information was coded.
There were 665 pharmacist cases from nine provinces between January 2010 and December 2020. The rate of disciplinary action was low (1.37 cases/1,000 practitioners/year). Professional misconduct was the most common category of violation. Male pharmacists were overrepresented in disciplinary action cases. Most cases involved community pharmacists.
This study is the first, to our knowledge, in Canada to analyze the demographic factors of pharmacists subjected to disciplinary action. It updates a previous review of pharmacist disciplinary action (Foong et al. 2018).
本研究旨在确定加拿大药剂师受到纪律处分的原因和结果,以及这些原因与人口统计学因素的任何关联。
对来自加拿大 10 个省份的监管机构纪律处分案例进行了编码。对人口统计学信息进行了编码。
2010 年 1 月至 2020 年 12 月期间,来自 9 个省份的 665 名药剂师案例。纪律处分的发生率较低(1.37 例/1000 名从业者/年)。专业失当是最常见的违规类别。在纪律处分案例中,男性药剂师的比例过高。大多数案例涉及社区药剂师。
就我们所知,本研究是加拿大首次分析受到纪律处分的药剂师的人口统计学因素。它更新了 Foong 等人(2018 年)对药剂师纪律处分的先前审查。