Mubarak Naeem, Rahman Rana Fatima, Zahid Taheer, Ijaz Umm-E-Barirah, Shabbir Afshan, Ghulam Bari Ahtesham, Niaz Bisma, Kanwal Sabba, Saif-Ur-Rahman Nasira, Iqbal Zahid, Khan Asad Majeed, Zin Che Suraya, Mahmood Khalid, Elnaem Mohamed Hassan, Tariq Saba
Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lahore University of Biological and Applied Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
Pharmacy Manager, Servaid Pharmacy, 24-M Quaid-E-Azam Industrial Estate, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2024 Dec 28;16:133-144. doi: 10.2147/DHPS.S491717. eCollection 2024.
The opioid crisis continues to be a public health concern worldwide due to the high rates of misuse and associated mortality. Opioid dispensing competencies are critical for pharmacy graduates to promote the rational use of opioids.
To evaluate the opioids dispensing competencies among the final year Pharm-D students in Punjab, Pakistan.
A multicenter cross-sectional study.
A validated survey was used to evaluate 11 competencies related to opioid use from the final year Pharm-D students from diversely located accredited institutes. On a summative scale, correct response to each survey item was worth a score/point. Descriptive statistics was used for categorical variables while independent -test computed group differences.
A total of n = 661 final year Pharm-D students from 28 institutes (8 public and 20 private) completed the survey with an overall response rate of 78.5%. Comparatively, the students who had either completed a community or hospital internship, or studying in the educational institutions located in the provincial capital demonstrated a significant higher competency score. There was no significant difference in the overall mean competency scores based on gender or system of assessment used in the Pharm-D degree programs. Among eleven opioid competencies, students received the lowest scores for "opioid overdose management", "opioid monitoring" and "therapeutic uses of opioids".
Pharm-D students in Pakistan require additional training and skills on many of the opioids related competencies to ensure patient's safety in healthcare settings. There is a need to revise the curriculum and teaching methodologies to improve the competencies of Pharm-D students in opioid dispensing.
由于阿片类药物的高滥用率及相关死亡率，阿片类药物危机仍是全球公共卫生关注的问题。阿片类药物配药能力对于药学专业毕业生促进阿片类药物的合理使用至关重要。
评估巴基斯坦旁遮普省药学博士专业最后一年学生的阿片类药物配药能力。
一项多中心横断面研究。
采用经过验证的调查问卷，对来自不同地点经认可机构的药学博士专业最后一年学生与阿片类药物使用相关的11项能力进行评估。在汇总量表上，对每个调查项目的正确回答计一分。分类变量采用描述性统计，同时通过独立样本t检验计算组间差异。
来自28所机构（8所公立和20所私立）的总共n = 661名药学博士专业最后一年学生完成了调查，总体回复率为78.5%。相比之下，那些完成了社区或医院实习，或在省会教育机构学习的学生，其能力得分显著更高。基于性别或药学博士学位课程中使用的评估体系，总体平均能力得分没有显著差异。在11项阿片类药物能力中，学生在“阿片类药物过量管理”“阿片类药物监测”和“阿片类药物的治疗用途”方面得分最低。
巴基斯坦的药学博士专业学生在许多与阿片类药物相关的能力方面需要额外的培训和技能，以确保医疗环境中患者的安全。有必要修订课程和教学方法，以提高药学博士专业学生在阿片类药物配药方面的能力。
