For the vast majority of staff pharmacists who responded to the survey, the sole qualification for pharmacy practice was a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy. Respondents indicated that this degree did not prepare them for a career in management. This represents a real and significant gap between existing preparation and perceived need. Axworthy and MacKinnon found [...]
Nearly half (46%) of respondents indicated that they were currently interested in a management position or might be interested in the future. In a seperate question, more than half (60%) would be willing to take in additional training to prepare for a management position. The survey may have had an unknown level of self-selection bias, [...]
The distribution of responses across provinces and territories was generally similar to that for the CSHP membership, except for a lower response rate from Quebec. This might have been related to the fact that the survey was not available in French. The gender distribution of the non-management respondents was slightly more female-dominated than would have [...]
The final survey was distributed to 2812 CSHP members, of whom 839 initiated the survey, for a response rate of 30%. The positions of these initial respondents were management (176 [21%]), clinical specialists (144 [17%]), staff pharmacists (470 [56%]), residents (13 [1.5%]), and students (36 [4.3%]). Only the 663 non-managers were allowed to answer the [...]
A survey for non-managers was developed based on some of the questions in the survey of pharmacy leaders. The survey was initially drafted by a pharmacy student during her structured practical experience rotation at the CSHP national office in Ottawa. The survey (described in detail below) was reviewed, edited, and tested by members of the [...]
INTRODUCTION For any profession, competent, committed leadership represents the difference between progress and extinction. Hospital pharmacy is no different. An editorial and a CSHP position statement on nonpharmacists in pharmacy leadership positions focused attention on a professional background in pharmacy as a prerequisite for senior managers in hospital pharmacy. However, being a pharmacist is far [...]
We sought to develop and deliver a course that would enable learners to apply basic skills in the day-to-day supervision of a hospital pharmacy. The primary (constructivist) instructional strategy was to challenge learners to engage in uncertain and unfamiliar contexts in the real-world work environment, supported by small-group and personal reflection. That the course was [...]
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