What is a pharmacist : opinions of pharmacy department academics and community pharmacists on competences required for pharmacy practice

Atkinson, Jeffrey (author), De Paepe, Kristien (author), Sánchez Pozo, Antonio (author), Rekkas, Dimitrios (author), Volmer, Daisy (author), Hirvonen, Jouni (author), Božič, Borut (author), Skowron, Agnieska (author), Mircioiu, Constantin (author), Marcincal, Annie (author), Koster, Andries (author), Wilson, Keith A. (author), van Schravendijk, Chris (author), Wilkinson, Jamie (author)

This paper looks at the opinions of 241 European academics (who provide pharmacy education), and of 258 European community pharmacists (who apply it), on competences for pharmacy practice. A proposal for competences was generated by a panel of experts using Delphi methodology. Once finalized, the proposal was then submitted to a large, European-wide community of academics and practicing pharmacists in an additional Delphi round. Academics and community pharmacy practitioners recognized the importance of the notion of patient care competences, underlining the nature of the pharmacist as a specialist of medicines. The survey revealed certain discrepancies. Academics placed substantial emphasis on research, pharmaceutical technology, regulatory aspects of quality, etc., but these were ranked much lower by community pharmacists who concentrated more on patient care competences. In a sub-analysis of the data, we evaluated how perceptions may have changed since the 1980s and the introduction of the notions of competence and pharmaceutical care. This was done by splitting both groups into respondents < 40 and > 40 years old. Results for the subgroups were essentially statistically the same but with some different qualitative tendencies. The results are discussed in the light of the different conceptions of the professional identity of the pharmacist.

• Language: English
• Keywords: education, academic, practice
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FFA - Faculty of Pharmacy
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2016
• Number of pages: 12 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 4, iss. 1, art. 12
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-130977
• ISSN on article: 2226-4787
• DOI: 10.3390/pharmacy4010012
• COBISS.SI-ID: 108467459
• Publication date in RUL: 20.09.2021

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

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 01.03.2016

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: izobraževanje, pedagoška praksa

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: Lifelong Learning program
• Project number: 527194-LLP-1-2012-1-BE-ERASMUS-EMCR