Korean J Clin Pharm.  2018 Dec;28(4):347-354. 10.24304/kjcp.2018.28.4.347.

Investigation and Development of Competency-based Training Program for Pharmacists in a Hospital

• Kim MA
• Kim SA
• Park SH
• Rhie SJ

• KMID: 2437939
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.24304/kjcp.2018.28.4.347

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
This study was to investigate and develop a training program that integrated and strengthened clinical competence and capacity of hospital pharmacists which would be implemented at the pharmacy department of Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital.
METHODS
We assessed the training programs of hospital pharmacists in the United Kingdom, the United States and Japan and compared those of major hospitals in Seoul and Gyeonggi provinces in Korea. The survey assessed the satisfaction on the current educational programs for pharmacists at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital and a newly designed education program was suggested.
RESULTS
The major differences of the programs among the Korean hospitals and Mokdong Hospital were the training period and contents of the entry-level pharmacist education program. The overall satisfaction of the training program was >3 points on 5-Likert scale in the survey. There was no significant difference of the satisfaction level based on the employment period of pharmacists. The pharmacists were in more than 7 training programs of clinical support work. We proposed the clinical support training for the new pharmacists to be separated from orientation and concentrated on actual work duty. In order to improve the competency, it was encouraged to participate the in-house seminar or certify the related fields provided by Korean Society of Health-system Pharmacists.
CONCLUSION
The education program was assessed among different countries and hospitals of Korea. We suggested to update education program in the hospital to enhance pharmacists' competency.

Keyword

Training programs; competence; hospital pharmacist; satisfaction

MeSH Terms

Clinical Competence
Education*
Employment
Female
Great Britain
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Japan
Korea
Mental Competency
Pharmacists*
Pharmacy
Seoul
United States