Linked to EAHP statements:

Section 1: Introductory Statement and Governance
Section 6: Education and Research

ACPE UAN: 0475-0000-17-003-L04-P. A knowledge based activity.

Abstract

The pace of change challenges healthcare systems in so far as ensuring practitioners have the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide care.

Competency-based approaches to training, staff development and assessment are increasingly viewed as a central strategy for improving the effectiveness of those who provide care. International competency-based frameworks can also provide a pathway for mutual recognition of qualifications across countries.

The identification and application of competencies required for an effective job performance has become a complex and sophisticated endeavour. Experience with this approach has become more commonplace in business and industry.

This presentation will describe the potential benefits and risks of a competency-based approach to hospital pharmacy advanced practice.

A quality approach to the ongoing management of such a framework will also be considered. The keynote will illustrate the progress of competence-based approaches in Europe where barriers to mutual recognition of education and training systems still exist for many professions including hospital pharmacy.

Learning objectives

After the keynote, the participant should be able to:

• have an increased awareness of the competencies required of a hospital pharmacist;
• understand the potential for development of a European recognition of the title ' hospital pharmacist';
• recognise the importance of quality assurance of post graduate education.

Keywords: Competency, Mutual recognition, hospital pharmacist

* No conflict of interest has been declared.