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A Systematic Review of The Outcomes of Mentorship on Pharmacist Training & Education:

Renovating the Past, Creating the Future

Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy et al.

15-16 APRIL 2018

King Faisal Specialist Hospital

Introduction of FADIC Poster in King Faisal Specialist Hospital:

  • Pharmacy training and education is continuously developing.
  • Mentorship is defined by Institute of Medicine (IOM) as an advisor, career advisor, skills consultant, and role model.
  • Ideally, mentors provide support, challenge, and vision to their mentees. The process of mentoring is as much about learning as it is about educating and sharing knowledge.
  • Mentorship was one of recommendations by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and Accreditation Council for Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE).

Methods:

  • A systematic search of PubMed electronic database was conducted from 2000–2017, with relevant keywords (Mentor OR mentorship) AND (Pharmacy education OR pharmacy practice OR pharmacy training).
  • Studies were included if they involved mentorship process in pharmacy training and education.

Objectives:

  • To study the role and outcomes associated with application of mentorship in pharmacy training and education.

Results:

  • In this systematic review, our search retrieved 180 unique citations.
  • Following the abstract and full-text screening, eight cross-sectional studies with a total of 662 pharmacy graduates were included in this study.
  • In the terms of gender, there were 315 (47.58%) males. Of the included participants, there were 36 (5.4%) Masters, 58 (8.75%) PharmD, 22 (3.3%) Baccalaureate, 60 (10%) Assistant Professor, and 20 (3%) PhD.

Endpoints:

  • Enhanced interactions of students with mentor.
  • Development and team working for pharmacist’s profession.
  • Positive finding and guide academic leaders on how to train and evaluate mentors.
  • Improve students’ perceptions and confidence in mentoring.
  • Increased productivity and job satisfaction for both junior and senior academicians.
  • Valuable opportunity to interact and support mentees.
  • Grow and foster a lifelong learning relationship, and Participate in reflection.

 Conclusion:

  • This study demonstrated that mentoring programs are effective, promising, and can be used as an adjunct to enhance pharmacist confidence, scientific, and professional efficiency.
  • Outcomes of mentorship can be either on organizational level, on mentees’ level, and on mentor’s level.
  • Thus, applying mentorship will be expected to have a significant, and impressive results.
  • Moreover, we recommend further follow-up and research for the effectiveness of mentoring programs in all pharmacist professions.

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