Abstract
Purpose: To undertake a systematic review designed to observe the educational activities carried out by geriatric pharmacists innovatively, and also to ascertain their training needs.Methods: Articles were selected based on the following inclusion criteria: published in the years 2000 - 2019, designed as a randomized controlled trial (RCT), published in English language, contained educational activities carried out by pharmacists, and contained training requirements for pharmacists. The exclusion criteria were as follows: did not mention educational activities, only examined and assessed economic aspects, and used qualitative studies. This study analyzed nine articles from PUBMED, Scopus and Google Scholar that met the inclusion criteria.Results: Comprehensive education consisting of approaches such as interviews, discussions, case conferences, demonstrations, and goal-setting techniques provided innovations to medication review and pharmaceutical care plans. Seminar and e-learning were approaches to innovative problem-based education. Pharmacists needed training on medication review, education techniques for geriatrics, clinical collaboration, and geriatric pharmacotherapy.Conclusion: Pharmacist chose comprehensive and problem-based education approaches innovatively which require training in treatment management as well as professional relationship skills as educators, and based on the perspective of elderly needs.
 Keywords: Geriatric, Pharmacist, Education, Training, Innovative approaches
Highlights
Geriatric pharmacy is a specialty of the pharmacy profession that has gradually developed as a result of the steady increase in the elderly population
The articles were selected according to several inclusion criteria: published in the years 2000-2019, designed as a randomized controlled trial (RCT), published in the English language, contains educational activities by pharmacists, and contains training requirements for pharmacists
One additional article was taken from a reference search of one of the Educational interventions can be done on patients, doctors, and nurses, while training is conducted by pharmacists on other pharmacists
Summary
Geriatric pharmacy is a specialty of the pharmacy profession that has gradually developed as a result of the steady increase in the elderly population. An optimal service model for comprehensive care for older adults can consist of geriatric pharmacists, gero-psychiatrists, and geriatric-trained social workers who collaborate with nurses and doctors. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland have developed academic detailing as a form of education from pharmacists for doctors in the context of optimizing drug services for the elderly. In these countries, education through academic detailing provides promising results for improving medication prescriptions from doctors for the elderly [2,3,4]. Other educational efforts have been carried out by pharmacists, together with the relevant teams, in the context of home care to the elderly as a form of activity that benefits the latter [6]
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