AdPha Training Programs – application for Core Accreditation

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Core Accreditation is the accreditation of the site at which all AdPha Training Programs will be undertaken. It establishes the criteria a hospital pharmacy department must meet to become an AdPha-accredited Training Program Site. A pharmacy department must demonstrate that the physical, departmental and cultural attributes of the department are aligned with AdPha’s standards with respect to staff development and education.

Core accreditation is required for a site to run Resident and/or Registrar Training Programs.

The SHPA accreditation standards for pharmacy Residency Programs 2020 provide detail of the standards which underpin the Training Programs and should be referred to when completing this application.

Your responses and documents submitted as part of this application will be what AdPha use to consider your site(s) suitability to run an AdPha Training Program. The application is comprehensive and requires documents to be uploaded (download a preview of the questions in PDF form).

By completing this application, you consent to:

the information provided in the application being used to determine your accreditation as an AdPha Training Program Site
your site being listed and named by the AdPha as an applicant or approved site in AdPha communications, which may appear in both online and offline media.

Details of person completing the form

By completing this application, you acknowledge that you have the authority of the Director of Pharmacy of the Residency Program site to submit this application. The Director of Pharmacy may be contacted to confirm this authority.

First Name:(Required)

Last Name:(Required)

Preferred title:

Workplace (name of hospital/health service):(Required)

Position:

Phone

Email address:(Required)

Are you an AdPha member?:(Required)

Yes

Member number:(Required)

Residency Program Details

OPTION A: For single-site hospitals – provide the name of the hospital to be accredited as a Training Program Site:

OPTION B: For health services with more than one hospital (select the relevant option below):

I am applying to accredit individual hospitals as Training Program Sites. Other hospitals and locations within the health service are considered Rotation Sites.

I am applying to accredit the entire health service as a single Training Program Site. The Program Lead will retain effective control of the development and training needs across the network.

If option B: list names of hospitals OR the health service for accreditation:

Director of Pharmacy:(Required)

Title:

Describe the process the pharmacy management team uses to ensure the currency of Pharmacy Board registration of its staff members (1.1):

Describe the hospital setting (1.2):

Include information such as: number of patient beds in your hospital, the pharmacy services offered and high-level patient demographics. Be sure to describe any unique characteristics or affiliations of your department that may offer a ‘local flavour’ to the residency program. Example 1: The Good Patient Care hospital is a public principal referral hospital in metropolitan Brisbane, Queensland of approximately 700 beds. It forms the main centre across the Good Patient Care network of three hospitals. The hospital has one of Australia’s busiest emergency and trauma centres, the second largest Intensive Care Unit in Australia and is home to multiple state-wide services. The hospital houses Queensland’s only heart and lung transplant service, the Queensland Adults Burn Service and the Queensland Melanoma Service. Patients come to Good Patient Care hospital for speciality services like comprehensive cancer care, respiratory medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular services and in patient and community psychiatry care. Example 2: Far Out Rural Referral hospital is a public acute group C hospital (AIDH peer group classification) located in rural South Australia. It offers a broad range of services, including general medical, surgical, and obstetric services across 150 beds. It also has an emergency service. The hospital supplies outreach services and visiting health clinics for three aboriginal communities in the region. It has a strong connection to community and is supported by active local fundraising. The hospital has won quality awards for its transitional care and community liaison.

Describe the makeup of your Residency Leadership Group (2.1):

The Residency Leadership Group is a group of staff who provide consultation, guidance and oversight of a training program or programs. The Group should include relevant Program Leads, senior pharmacy staff, preceptors and (in future) former Training Program candidates. It may also include non-pharmacist staff e.g. a medical or nursing representative experienced in clinical education. Staff titles are sufficient rather than staff member names for this application.

Teaching & interdisciplinary involvement

Provide an outline of the in-house educational programs (e.g. pharmacy CE, journal club) over the last 6-12 months (upload education calendar) (2.2):

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Max. file size: 5 MB, Max. files: 5.

Who manages/coordinates the educational programs in the department (include name and title):

Provide an outline of your hospital pharmacy department's overall participation in key hospital committees and working groups (2.3):

Examples could include membership/participation on committees such as medication safety committees, clinical review committees, hospital research or ethics committees. Consider including any commendations arising from NSQHS Standards accreditation.

Provide examples of your staff commitment to the betterment of the profession and hospital pharmacy practice through active involvement in professional committees, research, AdPha or other external advisory groups (2.4):

Make specific comments of those staff who might be key Training Program staff.

Describe the ward-based peer-learning training opportunities for pharmacy staff (e.g. ward teaching sessions, case-based discussions) (3.1, 5.3):

Describe your existing commitment to student education and training:

Describe any additional links with universities (in addition to taking students):

Describe the opportunities available to staff to provide or participate in interdisciplinary activities (nursing, medical, allied health) (3.2, 3.5):

Examples could include ward meetings, ward rounds, in-service education, medical staff and students, nursing staff, patient and community education e.g. cardiac rehabilitation classes. Make specific comments on how often clinical pharmacists and future Training Program candidates would participate in these activities.

Staff

What clinical educator resources are available in the department? (3.6):

Describe your existing orientation process for pharmacist staff rotating to a new area (4.2):

For example, is an orientation manual provided? Are there defined learning objectives for the rotation? Is a ‘shadowing’ program offered (where the new pharmacist may shadow a more experienced staff member)? Do you plan to change this process for your Training Program candidates?

Describe the workspace that you intend to allocate to Training Program candidates (4.3):

e.g. Is there a dedicated work area available in the pharmacy department e.g. hot desk arrangement/allocated desk? Is there a computer available to allow literature review and other clinical/research work?

What clinical resources will be available to Training Program candidates?:

e.g. Online/hard copy texts and references

What existing programs/arrangements do you have to support staff? (4.4):

e.g. Employee assistance program, psychological support, clinical educator for learning and development needs, buddy program for new staff.

Professional Development

Outline the types of performance evaluation tools and assessment you currently utilise in your hospital pharmacy department e.g. ClinCAT, mini-PAT, mini-CEX, 360 feedback (5.1):

Describe how these tools are used, including by who and when, as part of an overall professional development plan for staff:

How often do staff performance appraisals occur? (5.2):

Provide evidence/examples of performance evaluation documentation (de-identified):

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Accepted file types: pdf, doc, docx, Max. file size: 5 MB.

Training Program candidates will be required to complete ClinCATs as part of the program. Do you have a ClinCAT evaluator on staff? (5.4):

Yes

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