NATIONAL SURVEY OF PHARMACY PRCATICE AT MOH HOSPITALS IN SAUDI ARABIA 2016- PHARMACY EDUCATION AND TRAINING SERVICES
Author(s)
Alomi YA1, Alghamdi SJ1, Alattyh RA1, Alshahrani AM2, Shorog EM2, Alasmary SA2, Alanazi SA3, Almutairi AS1, Almutairi MM1, Alanazi HH1
1Ministry of Health, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, 2King Khalid University, College of Pharmacy, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, 3Aleman Hopsital, RIYADH, Saudi Arabia
OBJECTIVES: To explore the pharmacy education and training services at Ministry of Health (MOH) hospitals in Saudi Arabia METHODS: It is a 4-months cross-sectional national survey of pharmacy education and training services at MOH hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The study consisted of two-part; a demographic information and the second part contained eighty-five questions divided into six domains drove from American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) survey. The parts were pharmacy management and resources, prescribing and medication management, preparation of drugs and dispensing technology and clinical pharmacy services, drug monitoring and patient education, and pharmacy education and training. The 5-points Likert response scale system closed and ended questions used. An electronic questionnaire distributed to the one hundred eighty-five directors of pharmacies at MOH hospitals, and it analyzed the pharmacy education and training section through survey monkey system RESULTS: The total responders were seventy hospital pharmacies; the repose rate was (37.73%). The most hospital pharmacies had a continuing medical education (CME) required 41 (58.6%), and allowed paid time off continuing education program was 31 (41.3%). The policy of CME existed in 33 (47.1%) only while not lived in 37 (52.9%) hospital pharmacies. The most affiliated training program was the pharmacy technician student training program 40 (57.1%) with a total number of candidates (176) annually, and pharmacy students training program 28 (40%) with a total number of candidates was (189) annually. The most courses delivered to health care providers by pharmacists were basic medication safety, cardiopulmonary resuscitation drugs, and an emergency medicine. CONCLUSIONS: The hospital pharmacies had adequate an education and training services for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians while missed of Pharm D student and post-graduated residency programs. Review of strategies for pharmacy education and training is highly recommended.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2017-05, ISPOR 2017, Boston, MA, USA
Value in Health, Vol. 20, No. 5 (May 2017)
Code
PHP141
Topic
Epidemiology & Public Health
Topic Subcategory
Safety & Pharmacoepidemiology
Disease
Multiple Diseases