Investigation on status and needs of pharmacy intravenous admixture service (PIVAS) personnel training: A qualitative focus group interview study

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the status and the needs of personnel training in pharmacy intravenous admixture service (PIVAS) and provide a reference for the comprehensive training of pharmacists in PIVAS in China. A total of 21 pharmacists from PIVAS of West China Hospital, Sichuan University and West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University were selected by purposive sampling to conduct 3 rounds of focus group interviews, and the Colaizzi phenomenological method was used for qualitative analysis. The personnel training in PIVAS is mainly on practical skills for daily work but rarely on comprehensive quality, adopting centralized lectures and regular assessment while lacking in individualized training. The needs of staff focus on career development, which was settled through improving comprehensive ability in training, especially scientific research ability, for solving problems in daily work and obtaining corresponding outputs. PIVAS personnel training should pay more attention to comprehensive quality and scientific research ability, and establish an individualized, refined, and specialized training system to meet the needs of talent development and improve the quality of pharmacy services.