THE FEATURES OF THE ROLE, INNOVATIONS, OCCUPATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL PERFECTION VISTAS OF PHARMACISTS’ PROFESSION IN THE SCOPE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHARMACEUTICAL CARE DIRECTION IN GEORGIA

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to analyze the features of the role, innovations, occupational and educational perfection vistas of pharmacists’ profession in the scope of the development of pharmaceutical care direction in Georgia. The study was a quantitative investigation and analysis of the role, innovations, occupational and educational perfection vistas of pharmacists’ profession in the scope of the development of pharmaceutical care direction in Georgia, by using questionnaires. Were conducted a survey study. The in-depth interview method of the respondents was used in the study. The 7 types of approved questionnaires were used (Respondents were randomly selected): Questionnaire for chief pharmacists: 410 chief pharmacists participated in the study. Questionnaire for patients: 1506 patients participated in the study. Questionnaire for the employed pharmacy faculty-student: 222 employed pharmacy faculty students participated in the study. Questionnaire for health-care specialists: 307 public health specialists participated in the study. Questionnaire for pharmacist specialist, 810 pharmacist specialists participated in the study. Were used methods of systematic, sociological (surveying, questioning), comparative, mathematical-statistical, graphical analysis. The data were processed and analyzed with the SPSS program. Were conducted descriptive statistics and regression analyses to detect an association between variables. Statistical analysis was done in SPSS version 11.0. A Chi-square test was applied to estimate the statistical significance and differences. We defined p< 0.05 as significant for all analyses. According the study results, Government should make the certification of higher pharmaceutical education pharmacists. That is very essential for pharmacist’s professional perfection, for successful higher pharmaceutical education, for pharmacist self-realization, for pharmacist’s career advancement, for to exist pharmaceutical continuous professional education, for pharmacist professional growth, for pharmacist job gratification, for pharmacist career satisfaction, for pharmacists much higher status between health care specialists. Pharmacist certification is essential for pharmacists economic (material) welfare, for allows pharmacists to realize fully the received knowledge from higher education institution in work by the full extent, for to have private pharmaceutical activity, for pharmacists vocational development, for correspondence of pharmacist qualification to work, for further improvement perspective for pharmacists' professional promotion, for possibility to career enhancement strategy, for to realized by the full extent pharmacist professional capabilities, skills and habits, for occupational growth, for pharmacists professional satisfaction, for career enhancement perspective, for satisfaction of income (salary). Therefore, pharmacists’ certification should start immediately and pharmacist vocation should become regulated health profession like family doctors. The pharmacist should possess deep and steady knowledge in pharmacology, pharmacotherapy, toxicology, pharmaceutical care, clinical pharmacy, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, basics of medicine and other pre-clinical and clinical subjects. Such knowledge can be obtained only from higher pharmaceutical education institutions. Therefore, pharmacist working on pharmacist position must have exclusively the higher pharmaceutical education, to provide higher quality pharmaceutical care services.