Fiona Arundell, Athena Sheehan, Kath Peters
Strategies used by midwives to enhance knowledge and skill development in midwifery students: an appreciative inquiry study
BMC nursing
patients developing complex healthcare medicine needs imperative pharmacy professionals enhance knowledge skills enable advanced level pharmaceutical practice improving service provision supporting patient care uk royal pharmaceutical society rps urging employers incorporate protected time within working week facilitate development currently protected development time pdt well established within pharmacy profession little qualitative data available utility explore pharmacy professionals primary care currently utilise planned protected development time perception onetoone semistructured interviews conducted february march 2023 via microsoft teams pharmacists pharmacy technicians pts pharmacy support workers psws working large health board area scotland established pdt since august 2021 interview recordings transcribed verbatim analysed using inductive thematic framework approach interviews conducted 13 participants 12 female 6 pharmacists 5 pts 2 psws five core themes derived data logistics competing priorities methods development inequalities benefits participants utility pdt variable focused selfdevelopment improve clinical knowledge however supporting development others often taking precedence disparities utility inequity protection service delivery highlighted participants befitted pdt reporting selfassessed improvement confidence competence experience participants pdt typically perceived positive including supporting development improving wellbeing however fostered inequalities needs addressing educational input required provide direction development across four pillars professional practice clinical practice leadership education research promoting advanced practice research required assess impact pdt health outcomes local population