Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era
BackgroundFormerly, the community pharmacists' work was mainly focused on drug supply. However, during the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, community pharmacists in Wuhan played an important role in control and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and in providing pharmaceutical care. Due to a lack of adequate...
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| description | BackgroundFormerly, the community pharmacists' work was mainly focused on drug supply. However, during the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, community pharmacists in Wuhan played an important role in control and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and in providing pharmaceutical care. Due to a lack of adequate knowledge and skills, many community pharmacists were not able to cope with healthcare work timely and efficiently. To improve community pharmacists' specialized knowledge and enhance their professional competence through systemic training in the post-COVID-19 era.MethodsBased on the O-AMAS (Objective, Activation, Multi-learning, Assessment and Summary) teaching model and flipped classroom, an online continuing training program containing four sections was developed. It was a semi-experimental study with no control group. Quantitative tests before and after training as well as questionnaire were used to evaluate the outcome of this training program for community pharmacists.ResultsA total of twenty-six community pharmacists were invited to participate in continuing education, and twenty-five trainees finished this training program with a completion rate of 96.2 %. Quantitative tests before and after training and anonymous questionnaires were carried out to comprehensively evaluate the outcomes of this training program. Compared with the test scores before training (61.6 ± 6.6), the score after training was statistically higher, reaching 80.9 ± 7.5 (P < 0.001). Twenty-three questionnaires were received (returns ratio, 92.0%). Notably, most of the pharmacists were satisfied with the training program. The percentage of positive responses for each item in this anonymous questionnaire was more than 85 %.ConclusionIt was suggested that the O-AMAS model and the flipped classroom-based continuing educational program achieved the expected training effects. It is a promising on-the-job training approach for pharmacy continuing education. Moreover, our study also demonstrated that online learning had advantages of no geographic constraints, flexible learning beyond time and easy interaction, over traditional face-to-face training style, especially in the post-pandemic era. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b58b76403b824127a16c7b93a83fd3d92022-12-22T03:47:52ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-09-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.906504906504Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 eraBingzheng Shen0Bingzheng Shen1Jun Liu2Jiahuan Helen He3Zhanyong Zhu4Benhong Zhou5Department of Pharmacy, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaHealth Service Center, Xianghe Community, Wuhan, ChinaDepartment of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaDepartment of Plastic Surgery, Renmin Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, ChinaBackgroundFormerly, the community pharmacists' work was mainly focused on drug supply. However, during the COVID-19 epidemic outbreak, community pharmacists in Wuhan played an important role in control and prevention of SARS-CoV-2 and in providing pharmaceutical care. Due to a lack of adequate knowledge and skills, many community pharmacists were not able to cope with healthcare work timely and efficiently. To improve community pharmacists' specialized knowledge and enhance their professional competence through systemic training in the post-COVID-19 era.MethodsBased on the O-AMAS (Objective, Activation, Multi-learning, Assessment and Summary) teaching model and flipped classroom, an online continuing training program containing four sections was developed. It was a semi-experimental study with no control group. Quantitative tests before and after training as well as questionnaire were used to evaluate the outcome of this training program for community pharmacists.ResultsA total of twenty-six community pharmacists were invited to participate in continuing education, and twenty-five trainees finished this training program with a completion rate of 96.2 %. Quantitative tests before and after training and anonymous questionnaires were carried out to comprehensively evaluate the outcomes of this training program. Compared with the test scores before training (61.6 ± 6.6), the score after training was statistically higher, reaching 80.9 ± 7.5 (P < 0.001). Twenty-three questionnaires were received (returns ratio, 92.0%). Notably, most of the pharmacists were satisfied with the training program. The percentage of positive responses for each item in this anonymous questionnaire was more than 85 %.ConclusionIt was suggested that the O-AMAS model and the flipped classroom-based continuing educational program achieved the expected training effects. It is a promising on-the-job training approach for pharmacy continuing education. Moreover, our study also demonstrated that online learning had advantages of no geographic constraints, flexible learning beyond time and easy interaction, over traditional face-to-face training style, especially in the post-pandemic era.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.906504/fullcommunity pharmacistscontinuing educationO-AMAS teaching modelflipped classroompost-COVID-19 era |
| spellingShingle | Bingzheng Shen Bingzheng Shen Jun Liu Jiahuan Helen He Zhanyong Zhu Benhong Zhou Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era Frontiers in Public Health community pharmacists continuing education O-AMAS teaching model flipped classroom post-COVID-19 era |
| title | Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era |
| title_full | Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era |
| title_fullStr | Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era |
| title_short | Development and evaluation of an online training program based on the O-AMAS teaching model for community pharmacists in the post-COVID-19 era |
| title_sort | development and evaluation of an online training program based on the o amas teaching model for community pharmacists in the post covid 19 era |
| topic | community pharmacists continuing education O-AMAS teaching model flipped classroom post-COVID-19 era |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.906504/full |
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