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Developing an In-House Comprehensive Medication Review Training Program for Clinical Pharmacists in a Finnish Hospital Pharmacy

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  • Kirsi Kvarnström

    (HUS Pharmacy, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
    HUS Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
    Clinical Pharmacy Group, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Ilona Niittynen

    (HUS Pharmacy, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
    Clinical Pharmacy Group, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Sonja Kallio

    (The Association of Finnish Pharmacies, 00510 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Carita Lindén-Lahti

    (HUS Pharmacy, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
    Clinical Pharmacy Group, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Marja Airaksinen

    (Clinical Pharmacy Group, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland)

  • Lotta Schepel

    (HUS Pharmacy, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland
    Clinical Pharmacy Group, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
    Quality and Patient Safety, Shared Group Services, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00029 Helsinki, Finland)

Abstract

Long-term continuing education programs have been a key factor in shifting toward more patient-centered clinical pharmacy services. This narrative review aims to describe the development of Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) Pharmacy’s in-house Comprehensive Medication Review Training Program (CMRTP) and how it has impacted clinical pharmacy services in HUS. The CMRTP was developed during the years 2017–2020. The program focuses on developing the special skills and competencies needed in comprehensive medication reviews (CMRs), including interprofessional collaboration and pharmacotherapeutic knowledge. The program consists of two modules: (I) Pharmacist-Led Medication Reconciliation, and (II) CMR. The CMRTP includes teaching sessions, self-learning assignments, medication reconciliations, medication review cases, CMRs, a written final report, and a self-assessment of competence development. The one-year-long program is coordinated by a clinical teacher. The program is continuously developed based on the latest guidelines in evidence-based medicine and international benchmarking in cooperation with the University of Helsinki. With the CMRTP, we have adopted a more patient-centered role for our clinical pharmacists and remarkably expanded the services. This program may be benchmarked in other countries where the local education system does not cover clinical pharmacy competence well enough and in hospitals where the clinical pharmacy services are not yet very patient-oriented.

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  • Kirsi Kvarnström & Ilona Niittynen & Sonja Kallio & Carita Lindén-Lahti & Marja Airaksinen & Lotta Schepel, 2023. "Developing an In-House Comprehensive Medication Review Training Program for Clinical Pharmacists in a Finnish Hospital Pharmacy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(12), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:12:p:6158-:d:1173074
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    1. Taina Oravainen & Marja Airaksinen & Kaija Hannula & Kirsi Kvarnström, 2021. "How Physicians Renew Electronic Prescriptions in Primary Care: Therapeutic Decision or Technical Task?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(20), pages 1-14, October.
    2. Aleksi Westerholm & Katja Leiman & Annika Kiiski & Marika Pohjanoksa-Mäntylä & Anita Mistry & Marja Airaksinen, 2023. "Developing Medication Review Competency in Undergraduate Pharmacy Training: A Self-Assessment by Third-Year Students," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(6), pages 1-13, March.
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    1. Susan B. Shermock & Kenneth M. Shermock & Lotta L. Schepel, 2023. "Closed-Loop Medication Management with an Electronic Health Record System in U.S. and Finnish Hospitals," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(17), pages 1-14, August.

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