The specialized competency framework for community pharmacists (SCF-CP) in Lebanon: validation and evaluation of the revised version

In the absence of similar studies in Lebanon, this study aimed at upgrading and validating the Lebanese specialized competencies framework for community pharmacists (SCF-CP) as a tool to transform community practice and support the professional development and career progression of community pharmac...

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Published in:Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice 2023-06, Vol.16 (1), p.77-77
Main Authors: Sakr, Fouad, Akel, Marwan, Sacre, Hala, Haddad, Chadia, Tawil, Samah, Safwan, Jihan, Hajj, Aline, Zeenny, Rony M, Iskandar, Katia, Salameh, Pascale
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Language:English
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Analysis
Communication
Drug stores
Drugstores
Education
Emergency preparedness
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medicine, Experimental
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
Professional development
Professional ethics
Professionals
Public health
Questionnaires
Social networks
Sociodemographics
Software
Surveys
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Summary:In the absence of similar studies in Lebanon, this study aimed at upgrading and validating the Lebanese specialized competencies framework for community pharmacists (SCF-CP) as a tool to transform community practice and support the professional development and career progression of community pharmacists. Content validity was assessed and improved through a team of experts. After a thorough literature review and utilizing the Delphi technique, six domains were defined in the framework, with their respective competencies and behaviors. A cross-sectional study was then carried out from March to October 2022 using an online questionnaire created on Google Forms. The snowball technique was applied to reach community pharmacists across all the Lebanese governorates. The final sample included 512 community pharmacists. The construct validity of the framework was confirmed by factor analysis. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin measures of sampling adequacy were satisfactory for all models ranging from 0.500 to 0.956 with a significant Bartlett's test of sphericity (P 
ISSN:2052-3211
2052-3211
DOI:10.1186/s40545-023-00585-6