Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Innsbruck University, Innrain 15, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
Hospital Pharmacy, Hietzing Clinic, Vienna Health Association, Wolkersbergenstraße 1, 1130, Vienna, Austria.
Int J Clin Pharm. 2024 Dec;46(6):1400-1409. doi: 10.1007/s11096-024-01781-3. Epub 2024 Aug 7.
Despite the publication of a European wide competency framework for hospital pharmacy by the European Association of Hospital Pharmacist (EAHP) in 2017, not all countries have adopted and implemented such a framework.
This study aimed to develop and validate a bespoke national hospital pharmacy competency framework for Austria that supports the hospital pharmacy workforce development.
A multi-method study was carried out in three phases. (I) A systematic literature review across 48 websites of healthcare-related associations and six scientific databases was conducted, identifying competency frameworks, guidelines and related documents. (II) Extracted behaviour competencies were reviewed for contextual national appropriateness by three researchers prior to mapping against the "Patient Care and Clinical Pharmacy Skills" domain of European Common Training Framework (CTF). (III) Validation of the resultant draft clinical skills competency framework took place by an expert panel (n = 4; Austrian Association of Hospital Pharmacists (AAHP) board members) discussion. Reporting of findings is aligned with the recommendations for reporting Competency Framework Development in health professions (CONFERD-HP guidelines) and the PRISMA 2020 checklist.
The systematic review (SR) resulted in 28 frameworks, guidelines and related documents and the identification of 379 behaviour competencies, with nineteen mapped to the "Patient Care and Clinical Pharmacy Skills" domain of the CTF (after removal of duplicates). Expert panel discussion resulted in suggested changes to ensure contextual national appropriateness.
This study resulted in the development and validation of the first clinical national pharmacy competency framework for Austria. Future studies should focus on political and practical structures necessary for its successful implementation.
尽管欧洲医院药剂师协会（EAHP）在 2017 年发布了一份针对全欧范围的医院药学能力框架，但并非所有国家都采用并实施了这样的框架。
本研究旨在为奥地利制定和验证一个专门的国家医院药学能力框架，以支持医院药学人员的发展。
这项多方法研究分三个阶段进行。（I）通过对 48 个与医疗保健相关的协会网站和六个科学数据库进行系统的文献回顾，确定了能力框架、指南和相关文件。（II）由三名研究人员对提取的行为能力进行了国家背景适宜性审查，然后将其与欧洲共同培训框架（CTF）的“患者护理和临床药学技能”领域进行了映射。（III）通过专家小组（n=4；奥地利医院药剂师协会（AAHP）董事会成员）的讨论，对产生的临床技能能力框架草案进行了验证。研究结果的报告符合卫生专业人员能力框架制定的报告建议（CONFERD-HP 指南）和 PRISMA 2020 清单。
系统综述（SR）共产生了 28 个框架、指南和相关文件，并确定了 379 项行为能力，其中 19 项与 CTF 的“患者护理和临床药学技能”领域相匹配（去除重复项后）。专家小组讨论提出了一些修改建议，以确保国家背景的适宜性。
本研究制定并验证了奥地利首个临床国家药学能力框架。未来的研究应侧重于为其成功实施所需的政治和实践结构。
