What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice
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 pr...
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| author | Jeffrey Atkinson Kristien de Paepe Antonio Sánchez Pozo Dimitrios Rekkas Daisy Volmer Jouni Hirvonen Borut Bozic Agnieska Skowron Constantin Mircioiu Annie Marcincal Andries Koster Keith Wilson Chris van Schravendijk Jamie Wilkinson |
| author_facet | Jeffrey Atkinson Kristien de Paepe Antonio Sánchez Pozo Dimitrios Rekkas Daisy Volmer Jouni Hirvonen Borut Bozic Agnieska Skowron Constantin Mircioiu Annie Marcincal Andries Koster Keith Wilson Chris van Schravendijk Jamie Wilkinson |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-54650b8cb5c24c138907539758e727a82022-12-22T04:28:21ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872016-02-01411210.3390/pharmacy4010012pharmacy4010012What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy PracticeJeffrey Atkinson0Kristien de Paepe1Antonio Sánchez Pozo2Dimitrios Rekkas3Daisy Volmer4Jouni Hirvonen5Borut Bozic6Agnieska Skowron7Constantin Mircioiu8Annie Marcincal9Andries Koster10Keith Wilson11Chris van Schravendijk12Jamie Wilkinson13Pharmacolor Consultants Nancy, 12 rue de Versigny, Villers 54600, FrancePharmacy Faculty, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, BelgiumFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada (UGR), Campus Universitario de la Cartuja s/n, Granada 18701, SpainSchool of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University Athens, Panepistimiou 30, Athens 10679, GreecePharmacy Faculty, University of Tartu, Nooruse 1, Tartu 50411, EstoniaPharmacy Faculty, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonkatu 4, P.O. Box 33-4, Helsinki 00014, FinlandFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Askerceva cesta 7, Ljubljana 1000, SloveniaPharmacy Faculty, Jagiellonian University, UL, Golebia 24, Krakow 31-007, PolandPharmacy Faculty, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Dionisie Lupu 37, Bucharest 020021, RomaniaEuropean Association of Faculties of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Lille 2, Lille 59000, FranceEuropean Association of Faculties of Pharmacy, Dept. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, PO Box 80082, Utrecht 3508 TB, The NetherlandsApplied Health Research Unit, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham B4 7ET, UKMEDINE2, Medical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, BelgiumPharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU), Rue du Luxembourg 19, Brussels 1000, BelgiumThis 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.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/1/12educationacademicpractice |
| spellingShingle | Jeffrey Atkinson Kristien de Paepe Antonio Sánchez Pozo Dimitrios Rekkas Daisy Volmer Jouni Hirvonen Borut Bozic Agnieska Skowron Constantin Mircioiu Annie Marcincal Andries Koster Keith Wilson Chris van Schravendijk Jamie Wilkinson What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice Pharmacy education academic practice |
| title | What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice |
| title_full | What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice |
| title_fullStr | What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice |
| title_full_unstemmed | What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice |
| title_short | What is a Pharmacist: Opinions of Pharmacy Department Academics and Community Pharmacists on Competences Required for Pharmacy Practice |
| title_sort | what is a pharmacist opinions of pharmacy department academics and community pharmacists on competences required for pharmacy practice |
| topic | education academic practice |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/1/12 |
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