How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice?
European students (n = 370), academics (n = 241) and community pharmacists (n = 258) ranked 13 clusters of 68 personal and patient care competences for pharmacy practice. The results show that ranking profiles for all three groups as a rule were similar. This was especially true of the comparison be...
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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 Sandra Hočevar |
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| description | European students (n = 370), academics (n = 241) and community pharmacists (n = 258) ranked 13 clusters of 68 personal and patient care competences for pharmacy practice. The results show that ranking profiles for all three groups as a rule were similar. This was especially true of the comparison between students and community pharmacists concerning patient care competences suggesting that students have a good idea of their future profession. A comparison of first and fifth (final) year students shows more awareness of patient care competences in the final year students. Differences do exist, however, between students and community pharmacists. Students—like academics—ranked competences concerned with industrial pharmacy and the quality aspects of preparing drugs, as well as scientific fundamentals of pharmacy practice, well above the rankings of community pharmacists. There were no substantial differences amongst rankings of students from different countries although some countries have more “medicinal” courses than others. This is to our knowledge the first paper to look at how, within a healthcare sectoral profession such as pharmacy, the views on the relative importance of different competences for practice of those educating the future professionals and their students, are compared to the views of working professionals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a91aa843b5f4425daf78574d2ac284a72022-12-22T04:24:19ZengMDPI AGPharmacy2226-47872016-01-0141810.3390/pharmacy4010008pharmacy4010008How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice?Jeffrey Atkinson0Kristien De Paepe1Antonio Sánchez Pozo2Dimitrios Rekkas3Daisy Volmer4Jouni Hirvonen5Borut Bozic6Agnieska Skowron7Constantin Mircioiu8Annie Marcincal9Andries Koster10Keith Wilson11Chris van Schravendijk12Sandra Hočevar13Pharmacology Department, Lorraine University, 5 rue Albert Lebrun, 54000 Nancy, FrancePharmacy Faculty, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, Brussels 1090, BelgiumFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Granada, 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, Golebia 24, Krakow 31-007, PolandPharmacy Faculty, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” Bucharest, Dionisie Lupu 37, Bucharest 020021, RomaniaFaculty of Pharmacy, European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy, Université de Lille 2, Lille 59000, FranceDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy, Utrecht University, PO Box 80082, 3508 TB Utrecht, The NetherlandsSchool of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, B47ET, UKMedical Faculty, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, BelgiumEuropean Pharmacy Students’ Association (EPSA), Rue de Luxembourg 19/6, 1000 Brussels, BelgiumEuropean students (n = 370), academics (n = 241) and community pharmacists (n = 258) ranked 13 clusters of 68 personal and patient care competences for pharmacy practice. The results show that ranking profiles for all three groups as a rule were similar. This was especially true of the comparison between students and community pharmacists concerning patient care competences suggesting that students have a good idea of their future profession. A comparison of first and fifth (final) year students shows more awareness of patient care competences in the final year students. Differences do exist, however, between students and community pharmacists. Students—like academics—ranked competences concerned with industrial pharmacy and the quality aspects of preparing drugs, as well as scientific fundamentals of pharmacy practice, well above the rankings of community pharmacists. There were no substantial differences amongst rankings of students from different countries although some countries have more “medicinal” courses than others. This is to our knowledge the first paper to look at how, within a healthcare sectoral profession such as pharmacy, the views on the relative importance of different competences for practice of those educating the future professionals and their students, are compared to the views of working professionals.http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/1/8pharmacyeducationcompetencesframeworkstudentpractice |
| 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 Sandra Hočevar How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? Pharmacy pharmacy education competences framework student practice |
| title | How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? |
| title_full | How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? |
| title_fullStr | How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? |
| title_short | How Do European Pharmacy Students Rank Competences for Practice? |
| title_sort | how do european pharmacy students rank competences for practice |
| topic | pharmacy education competences framework student practice |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2226-4787/4/1/8 |
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