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Needs assessment for an interprofessional academic program for medication safety
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Veröffentlicht: | 19. November 2019 |
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Background: An academic program on medication safety may enhance education and training of multiplicators sensitizing health care professionals for patients’ medication risks. Such a program may systematically minimize medication risks in routine health care. Aim of this project is to assess the need for an academic program on medication safety and to develop an innovative curriculum.
Materials 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 involved in the medication process.
Results: A total of 687 persons participated in the survey, of which 64.6% were pharmacists, 10.4% nurses und 8.9% physicians. 34.2% regarded themselves as potential students, 31.0% as potential lecturers and 28.1% as potential employers. 95.9% of the participants rated an interprofessional academic program as useful or rather useful. The following topics were regarded as most needed: medication process/errors (94.5%), medication safety-enhancing measures (94.2%) and interprofessional communication (87.7%).
Conclusion: The needs assessment indicates a high interest in an academic program on medication safety among potential students, lecturers, employers and stake holders in health care. Based on the results, a competency-based curriculum for an interprofessional, non-consecutive Master program integrating certificate courses will be designed.
Acknowledgement: The financial support by the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) is gratefully acknowledged (SINA project: https://www.klinische-pharmazie.info/sina).