OBJECTIVE To investigate the current situation of pharmacists′ competency level and their demand for competency improvement in China. METHODS The questionnaire was designed based on the Evaluation Criteria for Pharmacists′ Competence in Pharmaceutical Care. Hospital pharmacists and social pharmacists in Sichuan province were selected as the survey objects. The questionnaire survey was conducted based on the Wenjuanxing platform through the Sichuan Pharmaceutical Association and Sichuan Licensed Pharmacists Association. SPSS 26.0 was used for data description and statistical analysis, and the post competency requirements and self-evaluation of pharmacists in different fields, influencing factors of post competency, learning/training status and demand of pharmacists were compared and analyzed. RESULTS A total of 727 valid questionnaires were collected. The total weight score of self-evaluation vs. post requirement was 82.81±11.95 vs 87.50±12.02 (P<0.001). Among the 6 first-level indicators, the score of individual quality was the highest both in self-evaluation and post requirement. The total score of each index of pharmacists in medical institutions was significantly higher than that of pharmacists in social pharmacies (P<0.05). Education background, profession, professional title, working years and scope of pharmaceutical care had significant effects on self-evaluation and post requirements scores of pharmacists (P<0.05). Only about half of pharmacists have a positive attitude towards current learning courses, and 4a pharmacists have the highest demand for learning (95.38%). The content of study should focus on pharmaceutical professional knowledge/skills. CONCLUSION It is still a gap between the current competency level of pharmacists with the post requirement and the existing training system needs to be further improved according to the actual demand.
Key words
pharmacist /
pharmaceutical service /
post competency /
training
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