An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education
© 2015 FIP.Background: Pharmacists are self-regulating health professionals. There is currently international attention on pharmacy education, competency standards, advanced level frameworks and integrated pharmacy programmes. Aims: To review the programme-wide use of competency standards within und...
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International Pharmaceutical Federation
2015
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| author | Nash, R. Stafford, Leanne Brown, N. Jackson, S. Peterson, G. |
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| description | © 2015 FIP.Background: Pharmacists are self-regulating health professionals. There is currently international attention on pharmacy education, competency standards, advanced level frameworks and integrated pharmacy programmes. Aims: To review the programme-wide use of competency standards within undergraduate pharmacy curricula internationally. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken between 2000-2013. An iterative process using constant comparative analysis was utilised to theme the final 19 papers. These papers were then characterised based on their programme level use of competency standards. Results: Of 948 articles identified, 19 were included. Competency standards were used multiple ways in pharmacy programmes including curriculum design, mapping and were reflected in assessment. Conclusion: Across the globe the profession’s competency standards (CS) have been utilised to design, develop and review pharmacy curricular. Use of CS to inform outcome-based education (OBE) in pharmacy programmes provides a quality assurance mechanism and may enhance the accountability and flexibility of the profession for its public. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-582852017-11-24T05:24:54Z An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education Nash, R. Stafford, Leanne Brown, N. Jackson, S. Peterson, G. © 2015 FIP.Background: Pharmacists are self-regulating health professionals. There is currently international attention on pharmacy education, competency standards, advanced level frameworks and integrated pharmacy programmes. Aims: To review the programme-wide use of competency standards within undergraduate pharmacy curricula internationally. Methods: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken between 2000-2013. An iterative process using constant comparative analysis was utilised to theme the final 19 papers. These papers were then characterised based on their programme level use of competency standards. Results: Of 948 articles identified, 19 were included. Competency standards were used multiple ways in pharmacy programmes including curriculum design, mapping and were reflected in assessment. Conclusion: Across the globe the profession’s competency standards (CS) have been utilised to design, develop and review pharmacy curricular. Use of CS to inform outcome-based education (OBE) in pharmacy programmes provides a quality assurance mechanism and may enhance the accountability and flexibility of the profession for its public. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58285 International Pharmaceutical Federation restricted |
| spellingShingle | Nash, R. Stafford, Leanne Brown, N. Jackson, S. Peterson, G. An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title | An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title_full | An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title_fullStr | An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title_full_unstemmed | An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title_short | An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| title_sort | international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58285 |