Abstract
What is the Sauce to Building the Palliative Care Pharmacist Pipeline
Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.67(5), pp.e732-e732
05/2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.221
Abstract
1. Utilizing evidence from this study, participants will self-report their ability to describe factors that impact pharmacy learners’ intention and success in specializing in hospice or palliative care.
2. Utilizing evidence from this study, participants will self-reflect on their role and contributions in training pharmacists in the specialties of hospice and palliative care.
This mixed-methods phenomenological study explores how palliative care and pain management (PCPM) residency-trained pharmacists’ specialty interest(s) evolved and explores their variable training experiences across PGY2 PCPM residency programs. Findings from this study may help teams 1) optimize training experiences for pharmacy students and residents and 2) align recruitment and retention goals when hiring PGY2 PCPM-trained pharmacists.
In contrast to hospice and palliative care (HAPC) fellowships for physicians, postgraduate year 2 (PGY2) pharmacy residency training combines these specialties with pain management. Residency programs accredited by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists increased from 17 to 30 since 2018 and may offer vastly different experiences within current accreditation standards.
Explore 1) how residents’ interest in HAPC evolved and 2) residents’ experiences across Palliative Care and Pain Management (PCPM) PGY2 residency programs.
This IRB-approved mixed methods study included pharmacists who completed a PCPM PGY2 residency between June 2018 to June 2022. Consented participants completed a pre-interview survey that assessed characteristics of their program followed by a 30-minute semi-structured virtual interview. Interview transcripts were coded by two researchers. Codes were reconciled and themes were identified in meetings with three researchers.
Twenty-three pharmacists completed the pre-interview survey and eighteen pharmacists completed interviews. 43% of respondents completed residency training at an academic medical center while 30% completed residency within a Veterans Affairs healthcare system. 52% of participants spent ≤ 9 weeks on inpatient palliative care. 64% spent ≤ 7 weeks in outpatient palliative care. 57% spent ≤ 7 weeks in hospice care. Five themes were identified as crucial factors in shaping HAPC career pathways for residency-trained pharmacists: 1) exposure to specialties of HAPC, 3) scaffolding support for resident growth and development in HAPC, 2) influential experiences in professional identify formation, 4) culture of interprofessional education and training, and 5) practice model culture.
Exposure to HAPC before and during PGY2 PCPM residencies shapes residents’ career trajectories in these specialties. Within identified themes, resident experiences were variable across training programs. These findings may help HAPC teams align recruitment and retention goals when hiring PGY2 PCPM-trained pharmacists.
Interdisciplinary Teamwork / Professionalism / Workforce / Career Development
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- What is the Sauce to Building the Palliative Care Pharmacist Pipeline
- Creators
- Kashelle Lockman - University of IowaKari Starbeck - Johns Hopkins HospitalDelayne Glassgow - University of Iowa College of PharmacyHoyt DeVolder - Allegheny Health NetworkPaul Choeun - University of Iowa College of PharmacyMichelle Schmidt - Iowa City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System
- Resource Type
- Abstract
- Publication Details
- Journal of pain and symptom management, Vol.67(5), pp.e732-e732
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2024.02.221
- ISSN
- 0885-3924
- eISSN
- 1873-6513
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2024
- Academic Unit
- Pharmacy Practice and Science; Internal Medicine; Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
- Record Identifier
- 9984618503402771
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