Btaiche Imad F, Mansour Hanine
Pharmacy Practice Department, School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Lebanon, Byblos campus, P.O. Box 36, Lebanon.
Curr Pharm Teach Learn. 2023 Sep;15(9):775-778. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2023.07.019. Epub 2023 Aug 2.
Considering the various professional roles of pharmacists, pharmacy students and pharmacists have had difficulty identifying with a clear professional identity. Thereby there is a need for a professional identity formation (PIF) that conveys a consistent message about the role and value of pharmacists. Having a clear professional identity may also be a driver to advance the pharmacy profession. While achieving PIF is a challenging path, one element that conceivably contributes to PIF is emotional intelligence (EI). EI is acquired through life experiences and relates to personal and social awareness and the management of emotions and relationships. EI is critical for personal and professional success.
Pharmacy students are exposed to different pharmacists' professional identities. This faces them with challenges as they try to incorporate their roles and expectations into practice. Integrating the core elements of EI into pharmacy education through a variety of teaching and learning methods is essential in the PIF of pharmacy students. PIF will enable pharmacy students to better associate with the profession by "thinking, acting, and feeling like a pharmacist."
Both EI and PIF need to be integrated in pharmacy curricula. However, there is paucity of literature on how to best develop, integrate and assess EI and PIF. Therefore, a collaborative comprehensive approach by the pharmacy profession is necessary to that end.
考虑到药剂师的各种专业角色，药学专业学生和药剂师一直难以明确界定自身的专业身份。因此，需要一种专业身份形成（PIF）方式，来传达有关药剂师角色和价值的一致信息。拥有明确的专业身份也可能是推动药学专业发展的一个因素。虽然实现专业身份形成是一条充满挑战的道路，但可以想象，对专业身份形成有贡献的一个因素是情商（EI）。情商是通过生活经历获得的，与个人和社会意识以及情绪和人际关系的管理有关。情商对个人和职业成功至关重要。
药学专业学生接触到不同药剂师的专业身份。这给他们带来了挑战，因为他们试图将自己的角色和期望融入实践。通过各种教学方法将情商的核心要素融入药学教育，对于药学专业学生的专业身份形成至关重要。专业身份形成将使药学专业学生能够通过“像药剂师一样思考、行动和感受”，更好地与该专业联系起来。
情商和专业身份形成都需要融入药学课程。然而，关于如何最好地培养、整合和评估情商与专业身份形成的文献很少。因此，为此目的，药学专业需要采取一种协作性的综合方法。
