Browsing by Subject "professionalism"

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    Connecting Professional Orientation to Professional Community
    (2015-10) Barron, Andrew
    This study measured teacher professional orientation with a new instrument and investigated connections among teacher professional orientations and professional community. The data collected in a survey of teachers (n=185) from one U.S. school district indicated five factors of teacher professional orientation: agency, authority (local), authority (state), autonomy, and deep knowledge. The data further indicated significant links between professional community and teacher professional orientation. In particular, responses indicating robust professional community connected significantly with responses indicating teacher agency.
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    Inviting Scholarship in Leadership in Pharmacy
    (University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 2010) Sorensen, Todd D.; Traynor, Andrew P.; Janke, Kristin K.
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    Perceptions of Evaluator Competencies in Public Health
    (2016-05) Larson, Michelle
    Abstract Public health is a profession that typically provides services through government and is complex, expensive, and often political. The public health profession usually consists of professionals, such as nurses and health educators. Evaluation is a component of public health services and is often conducted to demonstrate the value of a program’s services. The evaluation field exists as its own practice that also has professionals, competencies, and ethics. Evaluation in public health may be conducted by public health staff or may be contracted to another party. It is important that evaluations of public health programs be conducted with rigor and expertise because of the potential impact to society and the magnitude of costs if they are not. The purpose of this study was to find out what public health professionals think are the most important competencies for those who conduct evaluations for public health programs. The methodology of qualitative inquiry included focus groups of public health professionals in Minnesota with oversight of evaluators and evaluation. The methodology of quantitative inquiry consisted of an electronic survey of members of the Minnesota Public Health Association. Results of this study show varying opinions of what is most important in public health evaluator competency traits and that all are important. The results have implications for public health practice and future research of evaluator competencies.
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    Pharmacists’ social authority to transform community pharmacy practice
    (University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 2011) McPherson, Timothy; Fontane, Patrick
    Leaders in the profession of pharmacy have articulated a vision of pharmacists as providers of patient-centered care (PCC) services and the Doctor of Pharmacy was established as the required practice degree to achieve this vision. Pharmacist-provided PCC services have been shown to reduce medication costs and improve patient compliance with therapies. While community pharmacists are capable of, and are ideally placed for, providing PCC services, in fact they devote most of their time to prescription dispensing rather than direct patient care. As professionals, community pharmacists are charged with protecting society by providing expert services to help consumers manage risks associated with drug therapies. Historically pharmacists fulfilled this responsibility by accurately dispensing prescription medications, verifying doses, and allergy checking. This limited view of pharmacy practice is insufficient in light of the modern view of pharmacists as providers of PCC. The consumers’ view of community pharmacy as a profession represents a barrier to transforming the basis of community pharmacy from product distribution to providing PCC services. Community pharmacists are conferred with social authority to dictate the manner in which their professional services are provided. Pharmacists can therefore facilitate the transition to PCC as the primary function of community pharmacy by exercising their social authority to engage consumers in their roles in the new patient-pharmacist relationship. Each pharmacist must decide to provide PCC services. Suggestions for initiating PCC services in community pharmacy are offered.
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    Social Media and Unprofessional Pharmacist Conduct: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Boards of Pharmacy
    (University of Minnesota, College of Pharmacy, 2014) Skelley, Jessica; Hughes, Peter; Elmore, Lindsey
    Purpose: To determine how often boards of pharmacy (BOPs) receive complaints related to licensee’s online behavior, and what types online behaviors may prompt an investigation of a licensee. Methods: A survey (consisting of questions related to BOP’s management of complaints against licensee online behavior and 10 case vignettes) was adapted from a previous survey of United States medical boards. Vignettes encompassed themes such as patient confidentiality, derogatory language, alcohol use, false or misleading product claims, and others. Following institutional review board approval, survey materials were distributed via email by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy to 63 domestic and international boards of pharmacy. Completed surveys were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The proportion of respondents who indicated that the vignette would “very likely” or “likely” result in an investigation was used to determine consensus. Proportions of >75%, 50%-75% and <50% were classified as high, moderate and low consensus, respectively. Results: Fourteen completed surveys (22.2%) were received. Sixty percent of respondents stated that their board has been involved in managing a complaint regarding the online behavior of a licensee, and that disciplinary actions including revocation or suspension of license, letter of reprimand, and monetary fines have been enacted. While 79% of responding BOPs have a policy regarding Internet usage, 36% are unsure whether the policies are sufficient to cover online professionalism. One vignette, where a pharmacist made misleading claims regarding a compounded product, achieved high consensus for likelihood to prompt an investigation. Moderate consensus was achieved for a breach of patient confidentiality, inappropriate alcohol use, and misrepresentation of professional credentials. Conclusion: Boards of pharmacy are widely varied in what types of online behaviors may prompt an investigation. Additional dialogue is needed among pharmacy leaders to determine best practices.