PMID- 38401840
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20240314
IS  - 1544-3450 (Electronic)
IS  - 1086-5802 (Linking)
DP  - 2024 Feb 23
TI  - Development and implementation of an in-hospital pharmacist emergency response 
      simulation training curriculum.
PG  - 102053
LID - S1544-3191(24)00072-4 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102053 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Medical simulation is an effective educational tool used to increase 
      confidence, improve knowledge, and refine skills when responding to high-acuity 
      situations. Despite established roles of the pharmacist on the hospital code 
      team, most institutions lack formalized pharmacist training for code team 
      responses. OBJECTIVE: This pre-post analysis aimed to evaluate the impact of a 
      didactic and simulation-based code response training for pharmacists on 
      self-perceived improvement and preparedness when responding to in-hospital 
      medical emergencies. METHODS: An emergency response curriculum (ERC) was 
      developed for pharmacists and pharmacy residents at our institution. The 
      curriculum, led by 4 lead clinical pharmacy specialists, included a 60-minute 
      didactic code competency lecture followed by 2 medical emergency simulations and 
      a debrief after each scenario. After completion of the simulation portion of the 
      ERC, participants were given a survey to complete that assessed their confidence 
      using a 5-point Likert scale (1 = very unconfident to 5 = very confident) in 
      completing the course objectives before and after the ERC. RESULTS: Seventy-two 
      pharmacists completed the ERC and 60 completed the postcourse survey. Of those 
      who completed the postcourse survey, 70% were pharmacy residents. Using a 5-point 
      Likert scale (1 = very unconfident to 5 = very confident), median participant 
      confidence rose from 3 (interquartile range [IQR] 2-4) before the session to 4 
      (IQR 3-5) after the session (P < 0.001). Of the participants, 95% believed the 
      ERC training should be required annually or multiple times a year and 100% of 
      respondents felt the ERC training was beneficial. CONCLUSION: Development of a 
      pharmacist ERC including didactic and simulation-based learning improved the 
      confidence and preparedness of pharmacists when participating as members of the 
      hospital code team. Future studies should continue to evaluate pharmacist 
      training and curriculum development in code team responses.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2024 American Pharmacists Association(R). Published by Elsevier Inc. 
      All rights reserved.
FAU - Marino, Kaylee
AU  - Marino K
FAU - Crowley, Kaitlin E
AU  - Crowley KE
FAU - Ware, Lydia
AU  - Ware L
FAU - Lupi, Kenneth
AU  - Lupi K
FAU - Alblooshi, Afaf Sulaiman
AU  - Alblooshi AS
FAU - Alradini, Faten Abdullah
AU  - Alradini FA
FAU - Eyre, Andrew
AU  - Eyre A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20240223
PL  - United States
TA  - J Am Pharm Assoc (2003)
JT  - Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA
JID - 101176252
SB  - IM
COIS- Disclosure The authors declare no relevant conflicts of interest or financial 
      relationships.
EDAT- 2024/02/25 00:42
MHDA- 2024/02/25 00:42
CRDT- 2024/02/24 19:18
PHST- 2023/11/19 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2024/02/17 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2024/02/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2024/02/25 00:42 [pubmed]
PHST- 2024/02/25 00:42 [medline]
PHST- 2024/02/24 19:18 [entrez]
AID - S1544-3191(24)00072-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102053 [doi]
PST - aheadofprint
SO  - J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2024 Feb 23:102053. doi: 10.1016/j.japh.2024.102053.