The production of a framework of competences for pharmacy practice in the European Union

Atkinson, Jeffrey (author), Rombaut, Bart (author), Sánchez Pozo, Antonio (author), Rekkas, Dimitrios (author), Veski, Peep (author), Hirvonen, Jouni (author), Božič, Borut (author), Skowron, Agnieska (author), Mircioiu, Constantin (author), Marcincal, Annie (author), Wilson, Keith A. (author)

The goal of the PHAR-QA (quality assurance in European pharmacy education and training) project is the production of a European framework for a quality assurance system based on competences for pharmacy practice. The PHAR-QA framework will be European, consultative and will encompass the various aspects of pharmacy practice. In this review, we describe the methodology to be used in the project and the first stage in the development of this framework. Using the proposals for competences produced by our previous PHARMINE (Pharmacy education in Europe) project, together with those of other sources, three university professors of pharmacy (Authors 2 through 4) produced a list of three major competency domains that reflect the activities of practitioners: Patient Care Competences, Personal Competences and Management and Organizational Structure Competences. Each domain was subdivided into nine, nine and eight competencies, respectively, for a total of 27 major competencies that were further subdivided into an average of five supporting competences per major competence, giving a total of 140 proposals for competences for pharmacy practice. The 27 and 140 proposals were ranked by an expert panel of seven university professors of pharmacy (Authors 5 through 11). The panel also commented on the proposed competences. On the basis of the ranks and comments, a list of 68 proposals for competences was produced. This list was then examined by the expert panel and a new version based on their comments produced. The latter process was repeated twice based on Delphi methodology. This review presents this process and the 68 proposals. We invite the pharmacy community to participate in the second stage of the elaboration of the PHAR-QA competence framework for pharmacy practice by ranking the proposals and adding comments. It is anticipated that this survey will stimulate a productive discussion on pharmacy education and practice by the various stakeholders (department staff and students, community, hospital and industrial pharmacists, as well as pharmacists working in clinical biology and other branches, together with representatives of chambers and associations).

• Language: English
• Keywords: pharmacy, education, quality assurance, competences
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FFA - Faculty of Pharmacy
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2014
• Number of pages: Str. 161-174
• Numbering: Vol. 2, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-130820
• UDC: 005.336.2:37:615
• ISSN on article: 2226-4787
• DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy2020161
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3645297
• Publication date in RUL: 17.09.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Pharmacy - A Journal of Pharmacy Education and Practice
• Shortened title: Pharmacy
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 2226-4787
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3457137

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: farmacija, izobraževanje, zagotavljanje kakovosti, kompetence

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Project number: 527194-LLP-1-2012-1-BE-ERASMUS-EMCR