[Translated article] Map of the residency rotations for hospital pharmacy residents in Spain

IF 1.3 Q4 PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY

FARMACIA HOSPITALARIA Pub Date : 2025-09-01 DOI:10.1016/j.farma.2025.06.010

Claudia Colomer Aguilar , Eva Negro-Vega , Edurne Fernández de Gamarra-Martínez , Beatriz Martínez Castro , María Pérez Abánades , Susana Redondo Capafons , Covadonga Pérez Menéndez Conde

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Abstract

Objective

Collecting updated information on the organization of Hospital Pharmacy specialty rotations in different areas across Spanish hospitals, in order to create a map of residency rotations for hospital pharmacy residents, serving as a guideline and reference for hospital pharmacy tutors.

Method

A cross-sectional, multicenter descriptive study on the planning of residency rotations for hospital pharmacy interns in hospitals accredited for specialized healthcare training in Spain. An online survey was designed and distributed via mailing list by the Spanish Society of Hospital Pharmacy between May and June 2024. The survey, validated and tested in a pilot sample, gathered general information about the hospital, rotations by areas of activity (year of residency, duration, complete/partial modality, shared rotations), external and elective rotations, additional training, supervision and assessment of the residents. Data were analyzed descriptively, including measures of central tendency and dispersion for quantitative variables and frequencies for categorical variables.

Results

The response rate was 86.8%. A basic initial rotation is present in 88.9% of hospitals, with a median duration of 6.5 weeks. Stock management, compounding, and validation and dispensing to inpatients are primarily carried out during the first year, while nutrition and oncology are concentrated in the 2nd year. Outpatient pharmaceutical care, clinical trials, medication evaluation and selection, drug information, and pharmacokinetics are conducted in the third year, whereas management/administration, primary care, and pharmaceutical care in clinical units are undertaken in the 4th year. The most common clinical rotations include Infectious Diseases (70.7%) and Hematology (67.7%). The duration of rotations varies between 1 and 9 months, with many organized as shared rotations, particularly in drug information and medication evaluation. Rotations not included in the official programme are included in 93.3% of hospitals, 91.9% of residents participate in clinical committees, and 22.2% have the opportunity to pursue a PhD.

Conclusions

This study shows considerable variability in the organization of training programs across hospital pharmacy teaching units in Spain.

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[翻译文章]西班牙医院药房居民的住院医师轮换地图。

目的：收集西班牙各医院不同地区医院药学专业轮转组织的最新信息，以便为医院药学居民创建住院医师轮转地图，作为医院药学导师的指导和参考。方法：一项横断面，多中心描述性研究的规划住院医师轮转的医院药房实习生在西班牙认可的专业医疗保健培训的医院。西班牙医院药房协会于2024年5月至6月设计了一项在线调查，并通过邮件列表进行了分发。该调查在试点样本中得到验证和测试，收集了有关医院的一般信息，按活动领域（住院年份、持续时间、全部/部分模式、共享轮转）、外部轮转和选择性轮转、额外培训、对住院医生的监督和评估。对数据进行描述性分析，包括定量变量的集中趋势和离散度以及分类变量的频率。结果：总有效率为86.8%。88.9%的医院实行初步基本轮转，中位数持续时间为6.5 周。库存管理、配药、住院患者的验证和配药主要在第一年进行，而营养和肿瘤集中在第二年。门诊药学服务、临床试验、药物评价和选择、药物信息和药代动力学在第三年进行，而管理/行政、初级保健和临床单位的药学服务在第四年进行。最常见的临床轮转包括感染性疾病（70.7%）和血液学（67.7%）。轮转的持续时间在1至9个 月之间，其中许多轮转组织为共享轮转，特别是在药物信息和药物评估方面。93.3%的医院进行了未列入官方方案的轮转，91.9%的住院医生参加了临床委员会，22.2%的住院医生有机会攻读博士学位。结论：本研究显示相当大的可变性组织培训计划在医院药房教学单位在西班牙。

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