Development of a self-assessment tool to evaluate the readiness of pharmacy departments for internship training in China: a two-phase study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Internships in the pharmacy departments of training hospitals represent a crucial stage in the professional development of pharmacy students. However, the quality of internship training varies significantly across training hospitals in China, and there is a lack of standardized readiness evaluation tools. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a self-assessment tool to evaluate the preparedness of training hospitals for providing internship training.

Methods

This study employed an exploratory mixed-methods approach and was conducted in two phases. In the first phase, during 2021, focus groups were conducted with 16 interns from three tertiary hospitals in Henan Province. In 2022, 14 preceptors from tertiary hospitals in various provinces were intervie

SUBMITTER: Huang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468217 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature