Use of a general level framework to facilitate performance improvement in hospital pharmacists in Singapore

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Rutter, Victoria ^a   Wong, Camilla ^a   Coombes, Ian ^b   Cardiff, Lynda ^c   Duggan, Catherine ^d   Yee, Mei Ling ^a   Lim, Kiat Wee ^a   Bates, Ian ^e  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^d ROYAL PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competency; General Level Framework; Hospital pharmacy; Pharmacist; Professional development; Singapore

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENERAL LEVEL FRAMEWORK; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ASSESSMENT; COMPETENCY; GENERAL LEVEL FRAMEWORK; HOSPITAL PHARMACY; PHARMACIST; PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SINGAPORE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PHARMACISTS; PHARMACY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85046982572     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe766107     Document Type: Article

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