Article ; Online: Pharmacists ascribing value of technician certification using an organizational behavior framework.
2020 Volume 77, Issue 6, Page(s) 457–465
Abstract: Purpose: To gather rich details about the value of technician certification from diverse groups of pharmacists of various practice settings and levels of experience.: Methods: Focus groups of pharmacists were conducted using a semistructured ... ...
| Abstract | Purpose: To gather rich details about the value of technician certification from diverse groups of pharmacists of various practice settings and levels of experience. Methods: Focus groups of pharmacists were conducted using a semistructured interview guide in 4 states (California, Idaho, Tennessee, and Washington) varying in pharmacy technician scope of practice, regulation, and education and/or training environment. Participant pharmacists came from health-system, clinic, and community pharmacy environments. The focus groups took the unique approach of an organizational behavior perspective to contextualize technician readiness for practice change and employer fit. The sessions were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Rapid-based qualitative analysis was used to code the data, with summary templates completed by 2 of the researchers for each of the 4 sessions. Results: There were a total of 33 focus group participants, including 13 male and 20 female pharmacists ranging in age from 27 to 68 years. The 4 major themes yielded by the data were (1) impact of certification, (2) context of certification, (3) organizational culture considerations, and (4) future credentialing. Certification was deemed to have a greater impact on technician maturation, professional socialization, and career commitment than on actual job skills, even while job knowledge was also deemed to be enhanced. In fact, the certification process was also deemed beneficial in that it meshes with on-the-job training. Participants indicated preferences for technician certification examinations to incorporate more content in "soft skills" and also for development of more specialty and/or differentiated certification products. Conclusion: Pharmacists from 4 states saw value in certification but agreed that certification is but one component of readying technicians for future practice. Suggestions for furthering the value of certification were shared. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Adult ; Aged ; California ; Certification ; Female ; Focus Groups ; Humans ; Idaho ; Interviews as Topic ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Models, Organizational ; Organizational Culture ; Pharmacies ; Pharmacists ; Pharmacy Technicians/standards ; Tennessee ; Washington | |||||
| Language | English | |||||
| Publishing date | 2020-01-22 | |||||
| Publishing country | England | |||||
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't | |||||
| ZDB-ID | 1224627-x | |||||
| ISSN | 1535-2900 ; 1079-2082 | |||||
| ISSN (online) | 1535-2900 | |||||
| ISSN | 1079-2082 | |||||
| DOI | 10.1093/ajhp/zxz342 | |||||
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| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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