Bates, Ian;
Patel, Devang;
Chan, Amy Hai Yan;
Rutter, Victoria;
Bader, Lina;
Meilianti, Sherly;
Udoh, Arit;
(2022)
A comparative analysis of pharmaceutical workforce development needs across the commonwealth.
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.07.010.
(In press).
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Abstract
Background Increasing demographic healthcare challenges, such as increased life expectancy coupled with increased use of medicines for complex morbidities, point to the need for globally applicable transformative policies in health workforce development. The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has established a set of 21 Global Development Goals (FIP DGs) to strengthen pharmacy workforce and benchmark professional developmental needs. Objective This study aimed to identify policy directions and factors affecting pharmacy workforce development across the Commonwealth, and to examine country progress made towards implementing workforce oriented FIP DGs. Methods The study involved a literature review and a global survey of commonwealth countries professional leadership bodies. The literature database search included PubMed/Medline, CINAHL, Scopus and PsychINFO databases as well as the websites of the respective national pharmacy organisations of Commonwealth countries. A global survey was also conducted to assess country-level alignment with the workforce component of FIP DGs. Results Thirty-one articles representing 21 Commonwealth countries were included in the literature overview. The development needs identified were workforce shortages and inequitable distribution across practice areas and geographical regions, low workforce supply capacity, workforce feminisation, lack of professional recognition, limited training opportunities, low job satisfaction, high workload and attrition. The survey showed disparities in country-level progress and alignment with the FIP DGs. High-income countries in the survey sample reported alignment with most of the FIP DGs, while the low-income countries reported alignment with fewer DGs. More than two-thirds of the countries showed alignment with the FIP DGs related to academic capacity, early career training, quality assurance and advancing integrated services. About half reported alignment with the FIP DGs related to competency and leadership development, respectively, while only a third aligned with the equity and equality DG. Conclusion This study identified realistic pharmacy workforce developmental needs across a range of Commonwealth countries. Addressing these needs through appropriate policy interventions will be essential for increasing the pharmacy workforce capacity and assuring the delivery of high-quality pharmaceutical care and medicines expertise in these countries.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A comparative analysis of pharmaceutical workforce development needs across the commonwealth |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.07.010 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.07.010 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Commonwealth pharmacy, Continuing professional development (CPD), International pharmaceutical federation (FIP), Needs assessment, Pharmacy workforce development |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > UCL School of Pharmacy UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154132 |
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