"Trying to develop a better workforce": Stakeholders' perspectives of a practice-integrated Australian hospital pharmacist foundation residency program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Practice-integrated education and professional development programs (also known as residencies), have been available to pharmacists in America and the United Kingdom for many years. In 2016, the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia launched Australia's novel Foundation Residency Program to support the development of early-career pharmacists, and has been implemented across many hospitals nationally. This model was adopted by the South Australian (SA) public hospital pharmacy statewide service and was granted full accreditation. The study aimed to explore key stakeholders' expectations and early perceptions of the structure, role and impact of the SA program and in that process, to identify key influencing factors and strategies informing future program planning a

SUBMITTER: Sim YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9212144 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature