Mamiya Kayoko Takeda, Takahashi Kiyoshi, Iwasaki Tatsuyuki, Irie Tetsumi
Department of Pharmaceutical Education, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University of Science, Sapporo 0068585, Japan.
Department of Pharmaceutical Packaging Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973, Japan.
Pharmacy (Basel). 2023 Apr 11;11(2):73. doi: 10.3390/pharmacy11020073.
The role of healthcare professionals, including pharmacists, is changing. Lifelong learning and continuing professional development (CPD) are more critical than ever for both current and future pharmacists in the face of global health challenges and new technologies, services and therapies that are continually and rapidly introduced into their daily practice. Currently, Japanese pharmacists' licences are not renewable, although most developed countries have a renewal system. Therefore, understanding Japanese pharmacists' perceptions of CPD is the first step in reviewing undergraduate and postgraduate education.
The target population was Japanese pharmacists, i.e., community pharmacy pharmacists and hospital pharmacists. The participants were administered a questionnaire with 18 items related to continuing professional development.
Our study found that regarding item "Q16 Do you think you need further education in your undergraduate education to continue your professional development?", (a) the ability to identify one's own problems and issues, (b) the ability to make plans to solve problems and issues, (c) the ability to carry out plans to solve problems and issues and (d) the ability to repeat steps of self-development, approximately 60% of pharmacists answered that these aspects were "necessary" or "quite necessary".
As part of universities' responsibility for the lifelong education of pharmacists, it is necessary to systematically conduct teaching seminars or undergraduate education or postgraduate education on self-development while training pharmacists to meet the needs of citizens.
包括药剂师在内的医疗保健专业人员的角色正在发生变化。面对全球健康挑战以及不断快速引入日常实践的新技术、服务和疗法，终身学习和持续专业发展（CPD）对当前和未来的药剂师而言比以往任何时候都更为关键。目前，日本药剂师执照不可更新，而大多数发达国家都有更新系统。因此，了解日本药剂师对持续专业发展的看法是审视本科和研究生教育的第一步。
目标人群为日本药剂师，即社区药房药剂师和医院药剂师。参与者接受了一份包含18项与持续专业发展相关内容的问卷调查。
我们的研究发现，对于“Q16你认为在本科教育中需要进一步学习以继续你的专业发展吗？”这一问题，（a）识别自身问题的能力，（b）制定解决问题计划的能力，（c）执行解决问题计划的能力，以及（d）自我发展步骤的重复能力，约60%的药剂师回答这些方面“必要”或“非常必要”。
作为大学对药剂师终身教育责任的一部分，有必要在培养药剂师以满足公民需求的同时，系统地开展关于自我发展的教学研讨会或本科教育或研究生教育。
