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How to Best Prepare Pharmacy Students for Disaster Management: A Qualitative Study
Chairun Wiedyaningsih1, Akhmad Kharis Nugroho1, Niken Nur Widyakusuma1
1Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Objective:
This study explores the opinions of academic and practicing pharmacists about ways to prepare pharmacy students for disaster management to enable them to optimize their role in disaster health management.
Methods:
Semi-structured individual interviews were conducted for data collection from April through June 2021. The research participants were 9 pharmacists who were involved in disaster management. The interview guide was developed following a comprehensive literature review on disaster management. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis.
Results:
The main themes identified are knowledge of health and disaster management, specific skills in disaster management, positive attitudes toward involvement in disaster management, and appropriate behavior in the face of a disaster, as well as personal readiness and training to achieve competence and readiness. Participants mentioned that special training in soft skills, especially communication and problem-solving, is essential for students.
Conclusion:
Disaster-specific competencies and personal readiness through training can prepare pharmacy students for disaster management. Soft skills such as communication and problem-solving must be the highest priority.
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