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Skill Performance and Clinical Core Competency Level of Clinical Pharmacy Graduates of the University of the Immaculate Conception: Basis for Curricular Enhancement

Ferlien Mae Baula Brieta

 

Abstract:

Professional incompetence has always been a global threat; emerging problems arising in the practice needs immediate response. Specifically, in Clinical Pharmacy incompetence is extensive worldwide. ACCP states that incompetence is rooted down from the inadequate educational background and poor exposure of the students. Consequently, as a respond to the call, the objective of this study was to evaluate skill performance and competency levels of graduates and served as basis for curriculum enhancement. This descriptive study employed comparative analysis of the different competencies provided by the ACCP. It employed pre-validated questionnaire through OSCE. The respondents were the Clinical Pharmacy graduates of the University of the Immaculate Conception. Percentage Equivalent was used to distinguish the respondents’ skill performance and competency level according to the adapted rating scale. One-way ANOVA was used in getting the significant difference between the five clinical core competencies. Post-Hoc Analysis was used to identify the core competency that needs to be addressed for curriculum enhancement. Results revealed that the only competency which demonstrated very good skill performance and with significant difference amongst other competencies was Communication Skill and Documentation. For that reason, it implied that the rest of the core competencies need to be reviewed to achieve the objectives and function as a basis for curriculum enhancement.