Continuous professional development for public sector pharmacists in South Africa: A case study of mapping competencies in a pharmacists’ preceptor programme

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dc.contributor.authorvan Huyssteen, Mea
dc.contributor.authorBheekie, Angeni
dc.contributor.authorSrinivas, Sunitha C
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T12:40:09Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T12:40:09Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractLifelong learning among healthcare practitioners is crucial to keep abreast of advances in therapeutic and service delivery approaches. In South Africa, continuous professional development (CPD) was mandated (2019) for re-registration of pharmacists to illustrate their learning according to the South African Pharmacy Council’s (SAPC) competency standards. This paper uses a preceptor programme linked to the University of the Western Cape School of Pharmacy’s service learning programme to map the competencies employed by pharmacist preceptors in primary care public healthcare facilities in Cape Town in an attempt to encourage completion of their annual CPDs and strengthening the academic-service partnership. Competencies identified were divided into input competencies related to the preceptor’s role in designing and implementing the educational programme in their facilities and assisting students to complete their prescribed learning activities, and output/outcome competencies that emerged from preceptors identifying the facility needs and employing their input competencies. Input competencies pertained to education, leadership, patient counselling, collaborative practice and human resources management. Output competencies related to pharmaceutical infrastructure, quality assurance, professional and health advocacy, primary healthcare, self-management and patient-centred care.en_US
dc.identifier.citationvan Huyssteen, M. et al. (2020). Continuous professional development for public sector pharmacists in South Africa: A case study of mapping competencies in a pharmacists’ preceptor programme. Pharmacy , 8(2), 96. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8020096en_US
dc.identifier.issn2226-4787
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/pharmacy8020096
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/7480
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMPDIen_US
dc.subjectHealthcare practitionersen_US
dc.subjectPharmacy educationen_US
dc.subjectPharmacy practiceen_US
dc.subjectContinuous professional development (CPD)en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titleContinuous professional development for public sector pharmacists in South Africa: A case study of mapping competencies in a pharmacists’ preceptor programmeen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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