Construction of Core Competency Evaluation Standards for Clinical Pharmacists by Delphi Method / 中国药房

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE： To set up a standard for evaluating core competency of clinical pharmacists， and to provide reference for competency training and evaluation of clinical pharmacists. METHODS： By Delphi method， the first-level and second-level indicators were summarized and sorted out in three dimensions as research ability， professional ability and comprehensive ability that clinical pharmacists should possess. The second-level indicators were designed as questionnaire items， so as to consult their importance according to Likert 5 grade scoring method. During Jun.-Oct. 2017， 35 experts were selected for the first round of questionnaire consultation， and then the corresponding items were deleted， merged and added. Then the second round of questionnaire consultation was conducted. SPSS 20.0 software was used to input the data of the questionnaire and establish the database， and the experts’ enthusiasm degree， the  authority degree and opinion coordination degree were analyzed statistically. RESULTS： The positive coefficients of expert consultation in the first and second rounds of questionnaire consultation were 100％ and 92.9％； the authority degrees of experts were 0.878 6 and 0.901 9； the coordination coefficients of experts were 0.298 and 0.681， respectively. The evaluation standard for core competency of clinical pharmacists was established finally， involving 16 first-level indicators and 41 second-level indicators. The dimension of research ability contained 5 first-level indexes and 8 second-level indexes （3 “extremely important” indexes in latter ones）； the dimension of professional ability contained 5 first-level indexes and 21 second-level indexes （9 “extremely important” indexes in latter ones）； the dimension of comprehensive ability included 6 first-level indexes and 12 second-level indexes （4 “extremely important” indexes in latter ones）. CONCLUSIONS： The most important core competence of clinical pharmacists is professional competence， and the most important responsibility orientation and work assessment focus is to participate in clinical treatment of patients. Clinical pharmacists should pay attention to communication with medical staff and patients， and establish the concept of lifelong learning. The experts in this consultation and research are highly motivated and authoritative， and have good coordination of opinions. The core competence evaluation criteria can provide a basis for the training and evaluation of clinical pharmacists.