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Area of Science:

  • Health Professions Education
  • Pharmacy Education
  • Vaccination Training

Background:

  • Focus group methodology is a common tool for gathering diverse stakeholder perspectives.
  • Expert opinion is crucial for refining educational programs.
  • Developing standardized training for healthcare professionals is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the use of focus groups for validating a new vaccination training program.
  • To inform amendments for integrating the program into undergraduate pharmacy curricula.

Main Methods:

  • Four international focus groups were conducted with experts in vaccination, medicine, and pharmacy.
  • The focus groups assessed the appropriateness and reliability of a vaccination training program, including injection skills.

Main Results:

  • Emergent themes from the focus groups guided revisions, resulting in a validated training program.
  • Focus group dynamics facilitated collaborative problem-solving and inter-professional feedback synthesis.

Conclusions:

  • Focus groups offer a structured and effective method for health researchers to validate new training programs.
  • The validated vaccination training program provides a model for future health sector curriculum development.