Abstract
PTB Reports,2020,6,3,91-95.DOI:10.5530/PTB.2020.6.17Published:March 2020Type:Research ArticleAuthors:Yousef Ahmed Alomi, Fatimah Al-Doughan, Sultan Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Yasir Ahmed Ibrahim, Adel Mehmas Alragas, and Norah Omar Bin Haidarah Author(s) affiliations:Yousef Ahmed Alomi*, BSc. Pharm, MSc. Clin Pharm, BCPS, BCNSP, DiBA, CDE, Critical Care Clinical Pharmacists, TPN Clinical Pharmacist, Freelancer Business Planner, Content Editor and Data Analyst, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fatimah Al-Doughan, PharmD, Lecturer College of Pharmacy, Pharmacy Practice Department King Faisal University, Alahssa, Saudi Arabia. Sultan Mohammed Al-Jarallah, Head, Ambulatory Care Pharmacy, Oncology and Hematology Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmaceutical Care Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Araia. Yasir Ahmed Ibrahim, PharmD, Head of Pharmacy Practice Department Pharmacy Practice Department College of Clinical Pharmacy, King Faisal University P.O.BOX 400, Alahssa, Saudi Arabia. Adel Mehmas Alragas, Bsc. Pharm Staff Pharmacist Pharmacy Department Medical City King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Norah Omar Bin Haidarah, PharmD, Pharmacy Staff Outpatient pharmacy Dr Sulaiman Al-habib Hopsital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Abstract:Objectives: To explore the national survey of clinical pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia during 2017- 2018 with emphasis on the education and training available to the pharmacy staff. Methods: This is a 4-month cross-sectional national survey on clinical pharmacy practice in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of two parts: The first part collects demographic information and the second part comprises of 51 questions divided into four domains. The domains are derived from the American Society of Health- System Pharmacists (ASHP), Saudi Pharmaceutical Society (SPS) survey, the international standard of Joint Commission of Hospital Accreditation and from the local standards of Saudi Center of Healthcare Accreditation. The four domains were the clinical pharmacy administration and management, performances and activities, education and training and workload documentation. We used a 5-point Likert response scale system with close- and open-ended questions to obtain responses. The questionnaire was distributed in an electronic format to the 31 directors of pharmacies at hospitals. In this study, we analyzed the national survey of clinical pharmacy practice at hospitals in Saudi Arabia with an emphasis on education and training. All data were obtained through the Survey Monkey system. Results: The survey questionnaire distributed to 31 hospitals. The most qualified educational course available for the clinical pharmacy staff was on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (74.19%) and on advance cardiac life support (ACLS) (36.67%) and the least available educational course was advance trauma life support (ATLS) (10.71%). Almost all educational courses were provided to the general clinical pharmacist (89) and clinical pharmacist supervisor (22). The majority of the educational courses provided to the healthcare professionals was on short educational course of 1–5 days (85 (47.22%)) followed by basic medication safety (60 (45.45%)) and clinical pharmacy orientation 50 (41.67%), whereas clinical pharmacists provided educational and training courses to healthcare providers mainly for general nurses (108) followed by resident physicians (66) and specialist physicians (53) periodically. Conclusion: The clinical pharmacy staff missed some primary educational and training courses. Less than half of the hospitals provided educational courses to healthcare care professionals. We highly recommend bilingual educational and training facilities for clinical pharmacy staff and healthcare professionals in the KSA. Keywords:Clinical, Education, Pharmacy, Practice, Saudi Arabia, TrainingView:PDF (206.53 KB) PDF PDF Images The type of education and training available delivered to healthcare professional by for pharmacy staff
Highlights
Nowadays, pharmacy profession has shifted from being product-oriented to being patient-oriented
Most of the educational courses for clinical pharmacy staff was provided on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (74.19%) and advance cardiac life support (ACLS) (36.67%) and the least-provided educational course was on advance trauma life support (ATLS) (10.71%) (Table 2)
Most of the educational courses were provided to the general clinical pharmacist (89) and clinical pharmacist supervisor (22)
Summary
Pharmacy profession has shifted from being product-oriented to being patient-oriented This expansion in the role of pharmacists allows them to practice more clinical functions.[1] This increase in responsibility of pharmacists requires them to be supported by the enhanced clinical education in order to maintain their skills, knowledge and competencies to practice throughout their career and to enhance their performance and career progression.[2] there is the need for lifelong learning through continuing education (CE), which is a term that has widely been used among the healthcare professionals. The Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical Education has defined CE as a structured process of education developed to promote the continuous evolution of pharmacists to claim and augment their professional competencies.[3] CE can be seen as workshops, lectures and distance learning courses. The pharmacy practice residency program as post-graduate year one founded in 2002 and extended to post-graduate years one and two with specialized clinical pharmacy residency programs.[12,13] A recent survey on PTB Reports, Vol 6, Issue 3, Sep-Dec, 2020
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