How cultural competence is conceptualised, developed and delivered in pharmacy education : a systematic review

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BACKGROUND: It is important to have a pharmacy workforce that is culturally competent to recognise a patient's health beliefs to improve medication adherence and reduce poor treatment outcomes.

AIM: This systematic review aimed to identify, critically appraise and summarise how cultural competency is conceptualised, developed and embedded in pre-qualification pharmacy education.

METHOD: Medline, Scopus, PsychInfo, Web of Knowledge, CINAHL, and Embase databases were searched for relevant papers published in English between January 2012 and December 2021, following PRISMA guidelines. Data from included papers were thematically analysed. Educational quality of papers was appraised using the GREET criteria. This systematic review was registered on PROSPERO, CRD42021295875.

RESULTS: The review included 47 papers (46 studies) with 18 papers meeting ≥ 9 points on the GREET criteria thus considered of good educational quality. Forty papers focused on educational interventions implemented to pharmacy students only, the remaining included students from different health disciplines. Half of the educational interventions focused on cultural competence in general. Most educational interventions lasted over a week and 21 were compulsory. Cultural competence conceptualisation varied; a focus on knowledge about different cultures or on culturally competent behaviours or a continuum with knowledge at one end and behaviour at the other.

CONCLUSION: There is variation in how cultural competence is embedded in pharmacy programmes, which could be a reflection of the differences in how educators conceptualised cultural competence. Further research is needed to develop a unified understanding of the meaning of cultural competence and how it can be embedded in pharmacy education.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

International journal of clinical pharmacy - 46(2024), 1 vom: 03. Feb., Seite 40-55

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jarrar, Rawand [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Rosemary [VerfasserIn]
Richardson, Charlotte Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Naqvi, Atta Abbas [VerfasserIn]
Rathbone, Adam Pattison [VerfasserIn]
Lau, Wing Man [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cultural awareness
Cultural competence
Cultural sensitivity
Journal Article
Pharmacist
Pharmacy
Pharmacy education
Review
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 01.02.2024

Date Revised 03.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11096-023-01644-3

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362519595