Empowering Pharmacy Graduates to Diagnose and Prescribe.

IF 3.8 4区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI:10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101314

Brooke Buffat, Glenda Carr, Nathan Spann, Jennifer L Adams

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Abstract

This commentary underscores the diagnosis and prescribing skills essential to the pharmacists' role on the healthcare team. It advocates for the integration of these skills into pharmacy curricula and emphasizes the urgent need for collaboration among pharmacy educators and the academy to address the omission of diagnosis and prescribing from key frameworks and standards, including the Pharmacists' Patient Care Process (PPCP), the Curricular Outcomes and Entrustable Professional Activities (COEPA), and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) Draft Accreditation Standards 2025. The commentary draws on a case study of one college of pharmacy's integration of diagnosis and prescribing skills into its PharmD curriculum, in a state where pharmacists were granted full diagnostic and prescriptive authority. The integration was achieved through faculty-led modifications to the PPCP and COEPA, making diagnosis and prescribing an explicit part of the curriculum. The commentary concludes with a call to action for educational organizations to recognize and include these aspects in educational outcomes, accreditation standards, and practice frameworks. By doing so, the future of pharmacy education can be reshaped to improve patient care and advance the profession forward.

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增强药剂学毕业生的诊断和处方能力。

这篇评论强调了诊断和处方技能对于药剂师在医疗团队中的角色至关重要。它倡导将这些技能纳入药学课程，并强调药学教育者和学术界迫切需要合作，以解决诊断和处方在主要框架和标准中被遗漏的问题，这些框架和标准包括《药剂师患者护理流程》（PPCP）、《课程成果和可委托专业活动》（COEPA）以及《药学教育认证委员会（ACPE）2025 年认证标准草案》。这篇评论借鉴了一个案例研究，即在药剂师被授予完全诊断和处方权的州，一所药学院将诊断和处方技能整合到其药学博士课程中。这一整合是通过教师主导修改 PPCP 和 COEPA 实现的，使诊断和处方成为课程的明确组成部分。评论最后呼吁教育机构采取行动，承认这些方面并将其纳入教育成果、认证标准和实践框架。这样做可以重塑药学教育的未来，从而改善患者护理，推动药学专业向前发展。

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American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 医学-学科教育

CiteScore

4.30

自引率

15.20%

发文量

114

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