| Title |
The impact of a pilot continuing professional development module on hospital pharmacists’ preparedness to provide contemporary advice on the clinical use of vancomycin
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| Published in |
SpringerPlus, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40064-016-1966-2 |
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| Authors |
Cameron J. Phillips, Alice J. Wisdom, Vaughn S. Eaton, Richard J. Woodman, Ross A. McKinnon |
| Abstract |
Revised international clinical guidelines for the antibiotic vancomycin have changed the advice pharmacists need to provide to medical and nursing colleagues. (1) To determine the self-reported confidence of hospital pharmacists to provide contemporary advice on vancomycin and (2) to evaluate hospital pharmacists' knowledge to provide contemporary advice on vancomycin following a pilot continuing professional development (CPD) module. The study was a prospective two-phase design in an Australian teaching hospital. Phase one: a survey of pharmacist self-reported confidence to eight questions on providing contemporary advice on vancomycin. Responses were recorded using a Likert scales. Phase two: The provision of a pilot online CPD module on vancomycin containing knowledge-based assessment based on a clinical vignette. Likert scales recorded self-reported confidence were reported as median and interquartile range (IQR). Knowledge assessment was reported using descriptive statistics. The main outcome measure were the self-reported confidence, and knowledge of pharmacists regarding provision of contemporary advice on clinical vancomycin use. Response rates for surveys; confidence n = 35 (72.9 %) and knowledge n = 31 (58.5 %). Phase one: confidence was highest regarding vancomycin dosing and monitoring with 71.4-81.6 % of respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing that they were confident in these domains. Respondents agreeing or strongly agreeing were least confident regarding intravenous administration and infusion related reactions, 57.1 and 45.7 % respectively. Respondents who provided advice on vancomycin >10 times in the prior 12 months reported significantly higher confidence in; therapeutic range 1 (IQR 1-2) versus 2 (IQR 1-3) p = 0.02; amending dosage based on therapeutic drug monitoring results 2 (IQR 1-3) versus 3 (IQR 2-3) p = <0.001, and providing general advice to prescribers on vancomycin 2 (IQR 1-3) versus 2 (IQR 2-4) p = <0.009. Knowledge questions were answered correctly post CPD by >75 % of pharmacists. Pharmacists' self-reported confidence to managing vancomycin was variable but generally high. Knowledge scores were consistently high after pharmacists completed a pilot CPD module on vancomycin. These data provides impetus for a randomised controlled study across multiple sites to determine the extent to which pharmacist knowledge on vancomycin can be attributed to completion of an online CPD. |
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| Australia | 1 | 100% |
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| Student > Master | 8 | 25% |
| Researcher | 3 | 9% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
| Lecturer > Senior Lecturer | 2 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 10 | 31% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 22% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 9% |
| Engineering | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 13 | 41% |
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