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Pharmacy competencies: their relative importance to consumers, practitioners, educators, and students
Contemporary Pharmacy Practice
|December 7, 1980
Summary
Consumers and pharmacists prioritize traditional drug distribution roles, while educators emphasize clinical pharmacy skills. These differing pharmacy competency perceptions highlight varied stakeholder expectations in professional development and evaluation.
Area of Science:
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Pharmacy Education
- Healthcare Professional Competencies
Background:
- The pharmacy profession requires robust competency standards for educational evaluation and practitioner assessment.
- Defining and evaluating these competencies across different stakeholder groups is crucial for professional advancement.
Purpose of the Study:
- To compare the perceived importance of various pharmacy competencies among consumers, practicing pharmacists, pharmacy educators, and pharmacy students.
- To identify differences and similarities in competency rankings across these diverse populations.
Main Methods:
- A questionnaire was administered to assess and rank 17 distinct pharmacy competency labels.
- Respondents included 104 metropolitan consumers, 450 practicing pharmacists, 39 pharmacy educators, and 217 pharmacy students.
Main Results:
- Consumers ranked traditional drug distribution roles of pharmacists highest.
- Pharmacy educators prioritized clinical roles of pharmacists.
- High rank correlations were observed between students and faculty (0.89), and pharmacists and consumers (0.89), while faculty and consumers showed the lowest correlation (0.64).
Conclusions:
- Significant differences exist in the perceived importance of pharmacy competencies among consumers, practitioners, educators, and students.
- Stakeholder perspectives vary, with consumers focusing on drug distribution and educators on clinical practice, impacting professional development and training needs.