Establish a Standardized Training in Ambulatory Care Pharmacy for Pediatric Based on Medication Safety Officer

OBJECTIVE  To establish a standardized training in ambulatory care pharmacy for pediatric according to the risk factors in pediatric based on medication safety management.

METHODS  To analysis the literature to build the basic framework of standardized training in ambulatory care pharmacy, to collect risk factors in drug dispensing of ambulatory care for pediatric, using questionnaire survey to investigate the risk factors in drug dispensing of ambulatory care for pediatric in pilot and other pediatric hospitals, to identify the risk factors that can be reduced through standardized training, to develop a model of standardized training in ambulatory care pharmacy for pediatric, then design expert questionnaire, using Delphi method to conduct two rounds of expert consultation.

RESULTS  Recovery rates of two rounds questionnaires were 100. 00% and 86.96%. Authority coefficients of two rounds were 0.89 and 0.90. The values of the intraclass correlation coefficient of two rounds were more than 0.9. The items of the standardized training has 4 levels with 5 in first level, 25 in second level, 43 in third level and 13 in fourth level.

CONCLUSION  The standardized training based on medication safety management in ambulatory care pharmacy for pediatric is authoritative, scientific, practical and targeted to the risk factors in drug dispensing of ambulatory care for pediatric, as a management tool of medication safety officer(MSO), it can reduce the impact of pharmacist factors on the risk of drug dispensing in ambulatory care for pediatric and ensure the safety of children's medication.