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Needs Assessment for an Interprofessional Academic Program for Medication Safety – a nursing perspective
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Autoren
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Cornelia Mahler
- Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany
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Julia Thevissen
- Institute of Pharmacy, Dept. Clinical Pharmacy, University of Bonn, Germany
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Anna Böhmer
- Institute of Pharmacy, Dept. Clinical Pharmacy, University of Bonn, Germany
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Radia Al Ghaddioui
- Centre for Evaluation and Methods, University of Bonn, Germany
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Katharina Olejniczak
- Centre for Evaluation and Methods, University of Bonn, Germany
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Dorothee Dartsch
- CaP Campus Pharmazie GmbH
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Britta Haenisch
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM), Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Germany; Center for Translational Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany
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Anna Laven
- German Society for Interprofessional Collaboration in Health Care (InZIG)
| Veröffentlicht: | 5. Juli 2021 |
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Background: An interprofessional academic program on medication safety aiming at enhancing education and training of multiplicators may systematically minimize medication risks in routine health care. Nurses play a key role in the medication process therefore their perspective is needed.
Objectives: Aim of this project is to assess the need for such a program and to develop an innovative curriculum including the perspectives of involved health professionals.
Design and methods: An interprofessional working group guided the curriculum development process. An analysis of existing programs on medication safety was followed by a needs assessment consisting of in-depth telephone interviews with potential students, lecturers, employers and stake holders. An online survey integrating these results was conducted in August 2019. The invitation to participate in the survey was distributed by associations and societies of health care professionals.
Results: A total of 687 persons participated in the survey, 64.6 % were pharmacists, 10.4 % nurses und 8.9 % physicians. 95.9 % of the participants rated an interprofessional academic program as useful or rather useful. The following topics were regarded as most needed by nurses: interprofessional communication (93.4 %), medication safety enhancing measures (91.8%), and medication process/medication errors (91.8 %). Patient involvement, health literacy, patient safety and quality assurance and risk management were rated higher by nurses than by other health professions.
Conclusion: Nurses confirm a need for an academic interprofessional program on medication safety focusing on topics related to their daily practice in the medication process. The needs assessment will lead to a competency-based interprofessional academic curriculum integrating certificate courses.
Funding: The financial support by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is gratefully acknowledged (SINA project: https://www.klinische-pharmazie.info/sina).
