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Deploying and Maintaining Standards of New Pharmacy Services Provision in Poland-Introducing the National Pharmacist Competencies Assessment Tool: Pre-Registration Exam–Results of the Pilot Project

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  • Piotr Merks

    (Faculty of Medicine, Collegium Medicum, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, 01-815 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Urszula Religioni

    (Collegium of Business Administration, Warsaw School of Economics, 02-554 Warsaw, Poland
    School of Public Health, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education of Warsaw, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland)

  • Aleksandra Howell

    (Department of Pharmacy, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK)

  • Marvin Munzu

    (Day-Lewis Pharmacy, Huntingdon PE29 3RL, UK)

  • Edwin Panford-Quainoo

    (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool L3 5QA, UK)

  • Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska

    (Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Poznan, Poland)

  • Radosław Jaskólski

    (Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-089 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

  • Beata Kaczmarek

    (Department of Palliative Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-245 Poznan, Poland)

  • Justyna Kaźmierczak

    (Zdrowit sp. z o.o., Pharmacy Chain, ul. Diamentowa 3, 41-940 Piekary Śląskie, Poland)

  • Eliza Blicharska

    (Department of Analytical Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, Chodźki 4a, 20-093 Lublin, Poland)

  • Paweł Olczyk

    (Department of Community Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia, 40-027 Katowice, Poland)

  • Agnieszka Barańska

    (Department of Medical Informatics and Statistics with e-Health Lab, Medical University of Lublin, 20-059 Lublin, Poland)

  • Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk

    (Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 61-701 Poznan, Poland)

  • Jerzy Krysiński

    (Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, 85-089 Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Abstract

Despite the functioning of the Bologna Declaration, the knowledge and skills of graduates educated in different countries may differ significantly. Therefore, this article aims to present the differences in results of the final exam in pharmacy among Polish pharmacy students. This exam was modeled on the British national exam supervised by the General Pharmaceutical Council. The exam was conducted in three cities in Poland, among a total of 175 final-year students (a full sample of those eligible was 451 with 276 refusals (38.58% response rate)). Taking the exam was voluntary and anonymous. The results indicate that none of the Polish students achieved the 70% mark required to pass the Great Britain exam. Significant differences in test results were noticed between cities. Students achieved the best average exam result in Bydgoszcz (46.35%), then in Warsaw (38.81%) and Łódź (38.35%). The pharmaceutical education system in Poland requires complete changes that will prepare future pharmacists for clinical work.

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  • Piotr Merks & Urszula Religioni & Aleksandra Howell & Marvin Munzu & Edwin Panford-Quainoo & Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska & Radosław Jaskólski & Beata Kaczmarek & Justyna Kaźmierczak & Eliza Blicharska, 2022. "Deploying and Maintaining Standards of New Pharmacy Services Provision in Poland-Introducing the National Pharmacist Competencies Assessment Tool: Pre-Registration Exam–Results of the Pilot Project," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-8, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:13:p:7809-:d:847813
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