Table 1 Literature review related to the pharmacy in Lebanon
From: Pharmacy education and workforce: strategic recommendations based on expert consensus in Lebanon
Field | Sub-domain | References |
|---|---|---|
Initial education | Core competencies initial suggestion | [48] |
Core competencies framework validation | [49] | |
Core competencies assessment | [50] | |
Preceptors’ skills and competencies framework | [51] | |
Specialized competencies suggestion | [52] | |
Interprofessional education experience and suggestions | ||
Computer literacy scale validation among pharmacists | [56] | |
Continuing education (CE) | Continuing education assessment | [57] |
Continuing education preference | ||
Continuing education value and motivation | [60] | |
Job market and workforce situation | Workforce oversupply and future projections | [10] |
Mismatch between education and labor market | [61] | |
Governance solutions for workforce problems | [62] | |
Pharmacy specialties recognition (credentialing) | [63] | |
Early career training in Lebanon and benchmarking towards the FIP Global Competency Framework | [64] | |
Empathy towards patients among pharmacists | [65] | |
Quality of life of pharmacists | [66] | |
Burnout among community pharmacists | ||
Financial situation analysis of pharmacists | [69] | |
Community pharmacists’ readiness for COVID-19 | [70] | |
Physical Health of pharmacists | [71] | |
Unapproved suggested laws and decisions | Legal documents suggestions by the Lebanese Order of Pharmacists: Clinical pharmacy law; Numerus clausus law, Pharmacy education prolongation, credentials recognition and Early career training | [72] |
Licensure assessment improvement (colloquium) | [72] | |
Experiential education organization | [73] | |
Ready-to-apply educational project | Standards for pharmacy education accreditation & Guidance for pharmacy programs accreditation | [74] |
Practice | Good Pharmacy Practice standards suggestion | [75] |
Good Pharmacy Practice assessment | [76] | |
Medication safety assessment | ||
Electronic patient profile suggestion | [80] | |
Pharmacist–physician collaborative care | [81] | |
Societal perspective of pharmacy | [82] | |
Primary health care and community pharmacy | [83] | |
Primary care vision for pharmacists | [84] | |
Seeking care from pharmacists | [85] | |
Research | Researcher pharmacists’ competencies | [86] |
Role of a professional organization in research | [87] |