@article{Nash_Chalmers_Brown_Jackson_Peterson_2015, title={An international review of the use of competency standards in undergraduate pharmacy education}, volume={15}, url={https://pharmacyeducation.fip.org/pharmacyeducation/article/view/324}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span>Background: Pharmacists are self-regulating health professionals. There is currently international attention on pharmacy education, competency standards, advanced level frameworks and integrated pharmacy programmes. </span></p><p><span>Aims: To review the programme-wide use of competency standards within undergraduate pharmacy curricula internationally. </span></p><p><span>Methods: A systematic review of the literature was undertaken between 2000-2013. An iterative process using constant comparative analysis was utilised to theme the final 19 papers. These papers were then characterised based on their programme level use of competency standards. </span></p><p><span>Results: Of 948 articles identified, 19 were included. Competency standards were used multiple ways in pharmacy programmes including curriculum design, mapping and were reflected in assessment. </span></p><p><span>Conclusion: Across the globe the profession’s competency standards (CS) have been utilised to design, develop and review pharmacy curricular. Use of CS to inform outcome-based education (OBE) in pharmacy programmes provides a quality assurance mechanism and may enhance the accountability and flexibility of the profession for its public. </span></p></div></div></div></div>}, journal={Pharmacy Education}, author={Nash, Rose E and Chalmers, Leanne and Brown, Natalie and Jackson, Shane and Peterson, Gregory}, year={2015}, month={Jun.} }