Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme
Lifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional development (CPD) was mandated (2019) for re-registration of pharmacists to illustrate their learning according to the Sout...
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| author | Mea van Huyssteen Angeni Bheekie Sunitha C Srinivas Azeezah Essack |
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| description | Lifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional development (CPD) was mandated (2019) for re-registration of pharmacists to illustrate their learning according to the South African Pharmacy Council’s (SAPC) competency standards. This paper uses a preceptor programme linked to the University of the Western Cape School of Pharmacy’s service learning programme to map the competencies employed by pharmacist preceptors in primary care public healthcare facilities in Cape Town in an attempt to encourage completion of their annual CPDs and strengthening the academic-service partnership. Competencies identified were divided into input competencies related to the preceptor’s role in designing and implementing the educational programme in their facilities and assisting students to complete their prescribed learning activities, and output/outcome competencies that emerged from preceptors identifying the facility needs and employing their input competencies. Input competencies pertained to education, leadership, patient counselling, collaborative practice and human resources management. Output competencies related to pharmaceutical infrastructure, quality assurance, professional and health advocacy, primary healthcare, self-management and patient-centred care. The preceptor programme enabled pharmacist preceptors to employ several competencies that are aligned with the SAPC’s competency framework. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2949cdba44dd40baa81a227fe1520c242023-11-20T02:40:41ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872020-06-01829610.3390/pharmacy8020096Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor ProgrammeMea van Huyssteen0Angeni Bheekie1Sunitha C Srinivas2Azeezah Essack3School of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Private bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South AfricaSchool of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Private bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South AfricaFaculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown 6140, South AfricaSchool of Pharmacy, University of the Western Cape, Private bag X17, Bellville, Cape Town 7535, South AfricaLifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional development (CPD) was mandated (2019) for re-registration of pharmacists to illustrate their learning according to the South African Pharmacy Council’s (SAPC) competency standards. This paper uses a preceptor programme linked to the University of the Western Cape School of Pharmacy’s service learning programme to map the competencies employed by pharmacist preceptors in primary care public healthcare facilities in Cape Town in an attempt to encourage completion of their annual CPDs and strengthening the academic-service partnership. Competencies identified were divided into input competencies related to the preceptor’s role in designing and implementing the educational programme in their facilities and assisting students to complete their prescribed learning activities, and output/outcome competencies that emerged from preceptors identifying the facility needs and employing their input competencies. Input competencies pertained to education, leadership, patient counselling, collaborative practice and human resources management. Output competencies related to pharmaceutical infrastructure, quality assurance, professional and health advocacy, primary healthcare, self-management and patient-centred care. The preceptor programme enabled pharmacist preceptors to employ several competencies that are aligned with the SAPC’s competency framework.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/8/2/96collaborative practicecompetency-basedcontinuous professional development (CPD)pharmacy educationpharmacy practicepreceptor |
| spellingShingle | Mea van Huyssteen Angeni Bheekie Sunitha C Srinivas Azeezah Essack Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme Pharmacy collaborative practice competency-based continuous professional development (CPD) pharmacy education pharmacy practice preceptor |
| title | Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme |
| title_full | Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme |
| title_fullStr | Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme |
| title_short | Continuous Professional Development for Public Sector Pharmacists in South Africa: A Case Study of Mapping Competencies in a Pharmacists’ Preceptor Programme |
| title_sort | continuous professional development for public sector pharmacists in south africa a case study of mapping competencies in a pharmacists preceptor programme |
| topic | collaborative practice competency-based continuous professional development (CPD) pharmacy education pharmacy practice preceptor |
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