Of 32 applicants, 18 pharmacy technicians were admitted to the course, but 1 withdrew before the course started because of a job change. The remaining 17 learners successfully completed all course requirements and passed the course. A total of 10 individuals participated as preceptors; several of these preceptors had multiple learners either concurrently or sequentially. [...]
Course Coordination This course was coordinated at a distance from the learners, preceptors, and seminar instructors, according to principles of asynchronous distance education (Box 4). Each learner and preceptor was given a course syllabus containing the learning goals and objectives, a recommended lesson plan, a statement of responsibilities of learners and instructors, all required readings [...]
Instructional Components The course consisted of 2 modules. The first module included a systems approach to human resources and the supervision of pharmacy operations (Box 2). This content was delivered through a combination of seminar discussions, job- shadowing, and work experience or role assumption under the guidance of a preceptor (Table 1). Classroom-based seminar discussions [...]
Educational Environment The analysis of resources and constraints identified multiple issues that affected instructional design. Specifically, the course was to be delivered to unionized personnel during paid work time (2015 paid hours per full-time equivalent), was to build upon the learners’ existing capabilities, and was to be completed within 12 months. The course could not [...]
The pharmacy staff of the WRHA Pharmacy Program consists of about 150 full-time equivalent unionized pharmacists and about 200 full-time equivalent unionized technicians, who deliver and manage pharmacy care at 8 hospitals with a total of approximately 2000 beds. The WRHA Pharmacy Program provides education through its accredited pharmacy practice residency program, continuing professional development [...]
INTRODUCTION Many Canadian hospital pharmacies are experiencing difficulties recruiting personnel to work in supervisory or managerial roles. Among the top barriers to assuming a pharmacy management role are lack of experience in management positions and lack of confidence in one’s own leadership abilities. Management training programs available in Canada are not designed to meet the [...]
Because of overwhelming acceptance of the SDRx form and process during the pilot study, use of the form spread unofficially to other inpatient units, generally driven by physician requests. The form was officially launched on a hospitalwide basis in April 2005. Implementation of the SDRx was not without challenges. Some physicians were eager to adopt [...]
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