Pharmacy Technician Efficacies and Workforce Planning: A Consensus Building Study on Expanded Pharmacy Technician Roles

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作者
Sparkmon, Wesley [1 ]
Barnard, Marie [2 ]
Rosenthal, Meagen [2 ]
Desselle, Shane [3 ]
Ballou, Jordan Marie [4 ]
Holmes, Erin [2 ]
机构
[1] Creighton Univ, Dept Pharmaceut Sci, Sch Pharm & Hlth Profess, Omaha, NE 68178 USA
[2] Univ Mississippi, Sch Pharm, Dept Pharm Adm, University, MS 38677 USA
[3] Touro Univ Calif, Coll Pharm, Vallejo, CA 94592 USA
[4] Univ South Carolina, Coll Pharm, Dept Clin Pharm & Outcomes Sci, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
关键词
pharmacy technician; technician scope of practice; pharmacy workforce; TECH-CHECK-TECH; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTIONS; PROGRAM; IMPLEMENTATION; EXPERIENCE; ACCURACY; SAFETY; CARE;
D O I
10.3390/pharmacy11010028
中图分类号
R9 [药学];
学科分类号
1007 ;
摘要
The expansion of pharmacy technician scope of practice in recent years, though remaining somewhat contentious, has afforded multiple opportunities for pharmacy technicians to provide additional assistance within the pharmacy. However, much of the research examining this growth has focused on specific tasks, which were determined by either the researchers themselves or the respective state boards of pharmacy. This study aimed to gain a better understanding of what expanded tasks pharmacists believe technicians should have an increased role in performing. A consensus-building research methodology was used to survey practicing pharmacists to determine which tasks those pharmacists believed technicians should take an increased role in performing. This study used modified Delphi techniques to build consensus among panels of both hospital and community pharmacists regarding 20 setting-specific technician tasks. Results of our study indicated that both hospital and community pharmacists believed technicians should have an increased involvement in performing tasks which are more related to the operations of the pharmacy rather than tasks which are more clinical in nature. This finding illustrates a belief among a segment of pharmacists that expanded roles for technicians should do more to alleviate the managerial and operational burden placed on pharmacists, potentially allowing pharmacists to take on increased clinical roles.
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