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Extemporaneous compounding confidence progression from undergraduate to practice: a pharmacy education perspective
Quang Hung Duong1, Charles Wei-Dong Xin1, Gabrielle Jin Rou Pang1
1Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Parkville, Australia.
Objective:
This study examined how undergraduate students, graduate interns and registered pharmacists perceived their competence in extemporaneous compounding.
Methods:
A cross-sectional observational study was conducted using a self-administered survey and participants ranked how confident they felt about compounding certain products using a Likert's scale and free-text responses.
Key Findings:
Pharmacy students perceived to be as confident as the interns and pharmacists in preparing 'simple' products, such as solutions, suspensions, creams and ointments. A lack of frequent practice was related to poor confidence by all three groups.
Conclusion:
Integration of theoretical, legal and ethical and patient counselling aspects in extemporaneous compounding curriculum could enhance learning and outcomes.
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