Competencies for the provision of comprehensive medication management services in an experiential learning project

PLoS One. 2017 Sep 26;12(9):e0185415. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0185415. eCollection 2017.

Abstract

Objective: To understand students' and tutors' perceptions of the development of clinical competencies for the delivery of comprehensive medication management services in an experiential learning project linked to a Brazilian school of pharmacy.

Methods: An autoethnographic qualitative study was carried out based on participant observation, focus groups and individual interviews with students and tutors involved in an experiential learning project.

Results: The study revealed the development of competencies related to the philosophy of practice, the pharmacotherapy workup of drug therapy and interprofessional relationships.

Conclusions: The experiential learning project contributed to the professional development of pharmacy students in pharmaceutical care practice, pointing to its potential benefits for incorporation into professional pharmacy curricula.

MeSH terms

  • Brazil
  • Clinical Competence
  • Decision Making
  • Drug Prescriptions*
  • Education, Pharmacy / organization & administration
  • Humans
  • Problem-Based Learning*

Grants and funding

The doctoral scholarship of the main researcher (SAMM) was funded by the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Under-Graduate Education (http://www.capes.gov.br/). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.