Aqqad, Farah;
Meilianti, Sherly;
John, Christopher;
Koudmani, Diala;
Akel, Marwan;
Bates, Ian;
(2023)
Needs assessment of global pharmaceutical development goals: an explanatory mixed-methods study of 21 countries.
International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
, Article riad078. 10.1093/ijpp/riad078.
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Abstract
Objectives: Investment in the development of the pharmacy workforce has been recognized as crucial for achieving universal health coverage. The 21 International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) Development Goals (DGs) have been used when conducting national needs assessments in several countries to provide evidence-based policy on workforce development. This study aimed to explore factors contributing to education and training in a FIP sample of mainly low- to middle-income countries (LMICs), and current national policy initiatives and priorities, mapped against the FIP DGs. // Methods: The study employed a mixed-methods approach, including an online survey questionnaire and interviews with representatives from 26 national professional organizations from 21 countries. A Multiple Correspondence Analysis (MCA), descriptive analysis, and thematic analysis were carried out to analyse the data. // Key findings: A total of 26 national professional organizations from 21 countries participated in this study. The quantitative MCA results indicated categorical correlations with variables related to the maintenance of licensed pharmacy practice and mechanisms for personal career development and advancement, such as the availability of competency development frameworks. Six themes emerged from the qualitative analysis of ongoing national programmes in the sampled countries: strengthening initial education and training, competency and career development programmes, initiatives related to pharmacists’ role in patient safety, communicable diseases, and antimicrobial stewardship, pharmaceutical care and medicines access, strengthening research to improve pharmacists’ impact, and outcomes and policy review and development. // Conclusion: This study provided an evidence-based needs assessment exploring factors contributing to workforce development and identifying pharmaceutical development priorities mapped to the FIP DGs across a cohort of nations.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Needs assessment of global pharmaceutical development goals: an explanatory mixed-methods study of 21 countries |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/ijpp/riad078 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpp/riad078 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com. |
| Keywords: | Continuing professional development, International Pharmaceutical Federation, needs assessment, competency development, FIP Development Goals |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy > Practice and Policy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182995 |
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