Health Sciences Graduate Program, Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Social Pharmacy (LEPFS), Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Social Pharmacy (LEPFS), Federal University of Sergipe, São Cristóvão, Sergipe, Brazil.
BMC Med Educ. 2024 Aug 1;24(1):831. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-05767-7.
Professionalism is fundamental to the existence of professions. In pharmacy, interest in this theme improved with events that examined the resocialization of pharmacists in care. With this, evaluating professionalism can help the operationalization of the theme and, consequently, the development of strategies for pharmacy consolidation before its challenges. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the professionalism of Brazilian pharmacists.
To meet the objective, a cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2022 and August 2023. Data were collected using the Brazilian version of the "Modification of Hall's Professionalism Scale for Use with Pharmacists". The scale has 39 items grouped into the domains: autonomy, vocation, professional council, self-regulation, continuing education, and altruism. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and an ANOVA analysis of variance with post-hoc Hochberg or Games-Howell tests with Bootstrapping was conducted to verify differences between groups.
600 pharmacists participated in this study. The majority (69%) was female and carried out their professional activities in community pharmacies (50%). Professionalism scores ranged between 14 and 29 points, with an average of 22.8 points. Pharmacists working in outpatient clinics had higher scores in most factors, namely, altruism, continuing education, professional council, vocation, and autonomy. This indicates that the inclination of pharmacists to occupy areas focused on care can be significant to assess professionalism.
The data obtained indicate that pharmacists working in outpatient clinics had higher professionalism scores compared to others. This corroborates the worldwide trend experienced by pharmacy in recent decades, which is the execution of increasingly patient-centered practice models.
专业性是职业存在的基础。在药学领域，随着关注药师在护理中重新社会化的事件的出现，人们对这一主题的兴趣有所提高。因此，评估专业性可以帮助该主题的实施，并最终在面临挑战之前为药学的巩固制定策略。因此，本研究旨在评估巴西药剂师的专业性。
为了实现这一目标，在 2022 年 3 月至 2023 年 8 月期间进行了一项横断面研究。使用巴西版的“Hall 药师专业性量表修订版”收集数据。该量表共有 39 个项目，分为自主、职业、专业委员会、自我监管、继续教育和利他主义五个领域。使用描述性统计和方差分析（ANOVA）进行数据分析，并进行了 Hochberg 或 Games-Howell 事后检验和 Bootstrapping 以验证组间差异。
共有 600 名药剂师参与了这项研究。大多数（69%）为女性，在社区药房（50%）从事专业活动。专业性得分在 14 到 29 分之间，平均得分为 22.8 分。在门诊工作的药剂师在大多数因素（利他主义、继续教育、专业委员会、职业和自主）的得分更高。这表明，药剂师倾向于从事关注护理的领域，这对于评估专业性可能具有重要意义。
获得的数据表明，在门诊工作的药剂师的专业性得分高于其他药剂师。这与最近几十年来全球范围内药学领域的趋势相符，即执行越来越以患者为中心的实践模式。
