Chamoun Nibal, Ramia Elsy, Sacre Hala, Haddad Mansour, Haddad Chadia, Hajj Aline, Namnoum Joya, Zeenny Rony M, Iskandar Katia, Akel Marwan, Salameh Pascale
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy, Byblos, Lebanon.
INSPECT-LB (Institut National de Santé Publique, d'Épidémiologie Clinique et de Toxicologie-Liban), Beirut, Lebanon.
J Pharm Policy Pract. 2023 Jul 10;16(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s40545-023-00592-7.
This study aimed to validate the content of the specialized competency frameworks for pharmacists working in hospital settings (hospital and clinical pharmacists) and pilot the frameworks for practice assessment.
This online cross-sectional study was carried out between March and October 2022 among a sample of 96 Lebanese pharmacists working in hospital settings. The frameworks were distributed to full-time hospital and clinical pharmacists, who filled them out according to their role in the hospital.
Overall, the competencies were distributed over five domains for hospital pharmacists (fundamental skills, safe and rational use of medicines, patient-centered care, professional skills, and preparedness for emergencies), while for clinical pharmacists, competencies were distributed over seven domains (quality improvement, clinical knowledge and skills, soft skills, ability to conduct clinical research, ability to provide effective education, use information technology to make decisions and reduce errors, and emergency preparedness). Moreover, Cronbach alpha values were appropriate, indicating sufficient to high internal consistency. Pharmacists were highly confident in most competencies, with some exceptions related to research in emergency settings (data evaluation, research, and reporting).
This study could validate competency frameworks for clinical and hospital pharmacists, with the competencies and their respective behaviors showing an adequate construct analysis. It also identified the domains that require further development, i.e., soft skills and research in emergency settings. Both these domains are timely and needed to overcome the current practice challenges in Lebanon.
本研究旨在验证针对在医院环境中工作的药剂师（医院药剂师和临床药剂师）的专业能力框架内容，并对实践评估框架进行试点。
这项在线横断面研究于2022年3月至10月期间在96名在医院环境中工作的黎巴嫩药剂师样本中进行。这些框架分发给全职医院药剂师和临床药剂师，他们根据自己在医院中的角色填写。
总体而言，医院药剂师的能力分布在五个领域（基本技能、安全合理用药、以患者为中心的护理、专业技能和应急准备），而临床药剂师的能力分布在七个领域（质量改进、临床知识和技能、软技能、开展临床研究的能力、提供有效教育的能力、利用信息技术进行决策和减少错误的能力以及应急准备）。此外，克朗巴哈α值合适，表明具有足够至高的内部一致性。药剂师对大多数能力高度自信，但在紧急情况下的研究（数据评估、研究和报告）方面存在一些例外。
本研究可以验证临床药剂师和医院药剂师的能力框架，能力及其各自行为显示出充分的结构分析。它还确定了需要进一步发展的领域，即软技能和紧急情况下的研究。这两个领域都很及时，是克服黎巴嫩当前实践挑战所必需的。
