Development and implementation of a multitiered health informatics curriculum in a college of pharmacy

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 844-847 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A Breeden ◽  
Kevin A Clauson
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Health Informatics ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Advanced Training ◽  
Accreditation Council ◽  
The Us ◽  
Training Opportunities

Abstract Standards requiring education in informatics in pharmacy curricula were introduced in the last 10 years by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Mirroring difficulties faced by other health professions educators, implementation of these requirements remains fragmented and somewhat limited across colleges of pharmacy in the US. Clinical practice and workforce metrics underline a pronounced need for clinicians with varying competencies in health informatics. In response to these challenges, a multitiered health informatics curriculum was developed and implemented at a college of pharmacy in the Southeast. The multitiered approach is structured to ensure that graduating pharmacists possess core competencies in health informatics, while providing specialized and advanced training opportunities for pharmacy students, health professions students, and working professionals interested in a career path in informatics. The approach described herein offers institutions, administrators, faculty, residents, and students an adaptable model for selected or comprehensive adoption and integration of a multitiered health informatics curriculum.

Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences at an Academic Medical Center

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-414
Author(s):  
Ashley Thompson-Quan ◽  
Judie T. Tran ◽  
Valerie Clinard
Keyword(s):  
Medical Center ◽  
Academic Medical Center ◽  
Pharmacy Practice ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Rotational Structure ◽  
Program Structure ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Accreditation Council ◽  
Academic Medical

Purpose Introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPEs) for pharmacy students are required by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, but guidance for rotational structure is limited. Objective To describe the design, implementation, and evaluation of IPPE rotations at a large, multisite, academic medical center. Conclusion A large IPPE program was successfully implemented and sustained. Rapid cycle changes were made based on post rotational surveys completed by both preceptors and IPPE students to assess and modify the rotations until the average experience was rated at least a 4 on a 5 point scale, illustrating a mutually beneficial collaboration between the Medical Center and the School of Pharmacy. The IPPE program structure and capacity has continued to grow at the Medical Center in a collaborative manner.

Precarious Work and Young Workers in the United States

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arne L. Kalleberg
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The United States ◽  
Young Workers ◽  
Severe Problem ◽  
Precarious Work ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
The Us ◽  
Training Opportunities ◽  
And Training

This chapter discusses how the growth of precarious work and the polarization of the US labor market have produced major problems for the employment experiences of young workers. A prominent indicator of young workers’ difficulties in the labor market has been the sharp increase in their unemployment rates since the Great Recession. Another, equally if not more severe, problem faced by young workers today is the relatively low quality of the jobs that they were able to get. Other problems include the exclusion of young workers from the labor market and from education and training opportunities; the inability to find jobs that utilize their education, training, and skills; and the inability to obtain jobs that provide them with an opportunity to get a foothold in a career that would lead to progressively better jobs and thus be able to construct career narratives.

scholarly journals Attitudes of pharmacy students towards patient safety: a cross-sectional study from six developing countries

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e039459
Author(s):  
Abdallah Y Naser ◽  
Zahra Khalil Alsairafi ◽  
Ahmed Awaisu ◽  
Hassan Alwafi ◽  
Oriana Awwad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectiveTo evaluate the attitudes of undergraduate pharmacy students towards patient safety in six developing countries.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingParticipants were enrolled from the participating universities in six countries.ParticipantsUndergraduate pharmacy students from the participating universities in six developing countries (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, India and Indonesia) were invited to participate in the study between October 2018 and September 2019.Primary outcomeAttitudes towards patient safety was measured using 14-item questionnaire that contained five subscales: being quality-improvement focused, internalising errors regardless of harm, value of contextual learning, acceptability of questioning more senior healthcare professionals’ behaviour and attitude towards open disclosure. Multiple-linear regression analysis was used to identify predictors of positive attitudes towards patient safety.ResultsA total of 2595 students participated in this study (1044 from Jordan, 514 from Saudi Arabia, 134 from Kuwait, 61 from Qatar, 416 from India and 429 from Indonesia). Overall, the pharmacy students reported a positive attitude towards patient safety with a mean score of 37.4 (SD=7.0) out of 56 (66.8%). The ‘being quality-improvement focused’ subscale had the highest score, 75.6%. The subscale with the lowest score was ‘internalising errors regardless of harm’, 49.2%. Female students had significantly better attitudes towards patient safety scores compared with male students (p=0.001). Being at a higher level of study and involvement in or witnessing harm to patients while practising were important predictors of negative attitudes towards patient safety (p<0.001).ConclusionPatient safety content should be covered comprehensively in pharmacy curricula and reinforced in each year of study. This should be more focused on students in their final year of study and who have started their training. This will ensure that the next generation of pharmacists are equipped with the requisite knowledge, core competencies and attitudes to ensure optimal patient safety when they practice.

scholarly journals Integrating Mental Practice into a COVID-19 Appropriate Virtual Reality Cataract Surgery Course for Ophthalmology Residents

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. e298-e300
Author(s):  
John C. Lin ◽  
Alfred A. Paul ◽  
Ingrid U. Scott ◽  
Paul B. Greenberg
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Disease Control ◽  
Graduate Medical Education ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Mental Practice ◽  
Accreditation Council ◽  
Graduate Medical ◽  
Control And Prevention

AbstractTo present a revised, publicly available virtual reality cataract surgery course for ophthalmology residents that integrates a novel mental practice program into the curriculum, fulfills the six core competencies of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and adheres to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention educational recommendations for the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

scholarly journals Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Abu Farha ◽  
Eman Elayeh ◽  
Needa Zalloum ◽  
Tareq Mukattash ◽  
Eman Alefishat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Need To Evaluate

Abstract Background The fact that pharmacists are in the front line of patients’ care gives a great responsibility to focus on education and training of pharmacy students to build a ‘patient-centered’ clinicians. Unfortunately, pharmacy education in the developing countries, have been lagging behind actual practice delivered by pharmacists. This highlighted the need to evaluate the perceptions of undergraduate pharmacy students regarding their current pharmacy training practices and experiences. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Jordan during the period from August 2018 to October 2018. During the study period, a questionnaire was distributed to pharmacy students to collect information regarding 1) pharmaceutical care services provided by them during their experiential training, 2) their perceptions towards training sites, 3) their perceptions of the outcomes of their training experience, 4) information about their training site and 5) their demographics characteristics. Results A total of 202 pharmacy students responded to the questionnaire. The majority of them reported having the opportunity to dispense refill or new prescriptions (73.8%, n = 149), and conduct patient interviews (69.8%, n = 141, but they were not provided good opportunities to create electronic patient profiles using the information obtained (53.0%, n = 107), perform required dose calculations based on patient information (37.6%, n = 76), and interact with other healthcare professionals (34.6%, n = 70). In addition, students showed positive attitudes toward training sites, positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience (median scores range between 4 and 5 for all statements (IQR = 1 for all)). Conclusion Students showed positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience, but they felt that the selected training sites do not have adequate resources to meet their training competencies. Memorandums of understanding development is needed to specify the purpose of training and define the responsibility for both parties of the training process.

scholarly journals Sociotherapy in the Time of COVID-19: A Critical Position Paper on the Importance of Sociology

2021 ◽  
pp. 193672442199827
Author(s):  
Sheila L. Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
Position Paper ◽  
Diagnostic Model ◽  
Cognitive Behavioral Treatment ◽  
Critical Position ◽  
Freudian Psychoanalysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Regulated Health Professions Act

This paper contends that sociotherapy, a sociologically informed approach to therapy, is a viable alternative to the diagnostic model recognized by the College of Registered Psychotherapists in Ontario (CRPO). The Psychotherapy Act (2007) along with the Regulated Health Professions Act (1991) gives the CRPO authorization to regulate the practice of psychotherapy and to control titles affiliated with the act of psychotherapy. I offer a discussion of sociotherapy and socioanalysis as clinical alternatives to the conservative and normalizing approaches endorsed by the College. I situate sociotherapy and socioanalysis in the discipline of sociology and in relation to Freudian psychoanalysis. I offer my own sociotherapeutic practice as an illustration of how the societal and the psychological, the social, and the psychic must be engaged in concert. I underscore the importance of dialogue, as opposed to diagnostics, interpretation as opposed to assessments and psychosocial contemplation as opposed to cognitive-behavioral treatment in clinical practice.

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