Individualized Education and Competency Development of Croatian Community Pharmacists Using the General Level Framework | Zendy

Arijana Meštrović | Zendy; Živka Staničić | Zendy; Maja Ortner Hadžiabdić | Zendy; Iva Mucalo | Zendy; Ian Bates | Zendy; Catherine Duggan | Zendy; Sarah Carter | Zendy; Andreia Bruno | Zendy; M Kosicek | Zendy

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Individualized Education and Competency Development of Croatian Community Pharmacists Using the General Level Framework

Author(s) -

Arijana Meštrović,

Živka Staničić,

Maja Ortner Hadžiabdić,

Iva Mucalo,

Ian Bates,

Catherine Duggan,

Sarah Carter,

Andreia Bruno,

M Kosicek

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

american journal of pharmaceutical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1553-6467

pISSN - 0002-9459

DOI - 10.5688/ajpe76223

Subject(s) - documentation , pharmacist , medicine , portfolio , medical education , community pharmacist , croatian , nursing , family medicine , pharmacy , business , computer science , finance , programming language , linguistics , philosophy

To measure Croatian community pharmacists' progress in competency development using the General Level Framework (GLF) as an educational tool in a longitudinal study.Patient care competencies of 100 community pharmacists were evaluated twice, in 2009 and in 2010 in a prospective cohort study. During this 12-month period, tailored educational programs based on the GLF were organized and conducted, new services and standard operating procedures were implemented, and documentation of contributions to patient care in the pharmacist's portfolio became mandatory.Pharmacists' development of all GLF patient care competencies was significant with the greatest improvements seen in the following competencies: patient consultation, monitoring drug therapy, medicine information and patient education, and evaluation of outcomes.This study, which retested the effectiveness of an evidence-based competency framework, confirmed that GLF is a valid educational tool for pharmacist development.

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