Building a robust pharmacy research program: Reflections from a large healthcare system not affiliated with a college of pharmacy

IF 1.3 Q4 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY
Joseph R. Herges Pharm.D., Erin D. Wieruszewski Pharm.D., Jason N. Barreto Pharm.D., M.Sc., Jodi L. Taraba Pharm.D., Erin F. Barreto Pharm.D., M.Sc., Lance J. Oyen Pharm.D., MBA, FCCP, Andrea M. Nei Pharm.D., Patrick M. Wieruszewski Pharm.D., Kristina M. Thurber Pharm.D., Garrett E. Schramm Pharm.D., FCCP, Christine M. Formea Pharm.D., MHI, FCCP, Maria I. Rudis Pharm.D.
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Professional standards for academic health care system pharmacy departments and clinical pharmacists advocate for research and scholarly activities. Developing and sustaining a research program in a clinical pharmacy department is challenging. Over the span of a decade, a robust pharmacy research program was developed in an academic medical center not affiliated with a college of pharmacy. The aim of this manuscript is to provide a framework suitable for scaling research in pharmacy departments within an academic medical center. Objectives to accomplish the aim includes describing the structure and evolution of the clinical pharmacy department research program, listing measurable outputs and achievements of the pharmacists and the program and describing the barriers encountered and solutions that were enacted to overcome them. Elements critical to building and sustaining a research program in the pharmacy department included long-term commitment from within the department, a departmental research infrastructure, support from institutional leadership, research funding from the institution, and a growth mindset in accordance with company initiatives to support evolving research needs. A research curriculum was developed for pharmacy residents and pharmacists, created electronic tools for research proposal scientific reviews and allocation of funds, and established departmental research career development awards that allowed for protected time to pursue research and professional development. Over the first 10 years of the program, publication rates grew more than three-fold, faculty appointments and promotions increased approximately five-fold, and pharmacist investigators obtained extramural federal funding. Further offsetting clinical workload relative to dedicated research time remains a challenge. The experience and success at this academic medical center suggest it is feasible to develop a robust, sustainable clinical pharmacy department research program.

建立健全的药学研究计划:非药学院附属大型医疗保健系统的思考
学术医疗系统药学部门和临床药剂师的专业标准提倡开展研究和学术活动。在临床药学部门发展和维持一项研究计划具有挑战性。在十年的时间里,一个不隶属于药学院的学术医疗中心开发出了一个强大的药学研究项目。本手稿旨在为学术医疗中心的药学部门提供一个适合扩大研究规模的框架。实现这一目标的方法包括描述临床药学部研究计划的结构和演变,列出药剂师和该计划的可衡量产出和成就,以及描述遇到的障碍和克服这些障碍的解决方案。建立和维持药学部研究计划的关键因素包括:部门内部的长期承诺、部门研究基础设施、机构领导的支持、机构提供的研究资金,以及根据公司倡议支持不断发展的研究需求的成长心态。我们为药学住院医师和药剂师开发了研究课程,创建了用于研究提案科学审查和资金分配的电子工具,并设立了部门研究职业发展奖,使他们有时间从事研究和专业发展。在该计划实施的前 10 年中,论文发表率增长了三倍多,教职员工的任命和晋升增加了约五倍,药剂师研究人员获得了校外联邦基金的资助。相对于专门的研究时间,进一步抵消临床工作量仍然是一项挑战。该学术医疗中心的经验和成功表明,发展一个强大、可持续的临床药学部门研究项目是可行的。
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