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- Title
Reasons for Low Regulatory Body Discipline Rates for Canadian Hospital Pharmacists.
- Authors
Fung, Ariane; Foong-Reichert, Ai-Leng; Houle, Sherilyn K. D.; Grindrod, Kelly A.
- Abstract
Background: Past research on disciplinary action by pharmacist regulatory bodies has shown that most cases concern community pharmacists, with few occurring in a hospital setting. Objective: To investigate how discipline-related issues involving pharmacists are dealt with by hospital pharmacy departments in Canada. Methods: Hospital pharmacy directors and managers from small, medium, and large hospitals across Canada were invited to participate in semi-structured telephone interviews. The interview questions focused on the discipline process in participants' organizations, the situations when reporting to the regulatory body is deemed to be warranted, possible penalties, and recommendations for improving the regulatory body or organizational discipline process. Results: Ten participants, from British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador, agreed to be interviewed. Five key themes emerged as contributing to lower rates of hospital pharmacist discipline cases being escalated to the regulatory college level: robust organizational discipline processes independent from the regulatory college, a practice environment promoting competence, union representation, preference for a remedial approach to discipline, and lack of clarity about when to report to the regulatory authority. Conclusions: This study identified a number of reasons why discipline of hospital pharmacists by a regulatory body may be less prevalent than discipline relating to community pharmacists. The main reasons may be lack of clarity about when to report a case to the regulator and a lack of transparency, given that many cases are handled internally within hospitals. Environmental supports for competence and employee protections (e.g., through a union) may also reduce discipline cases.
- Subjects
CANADA; PROFESSIONS -- Law &; legislation; LABOR discipline laws; HOSPITALS; RESEARCH methodology; INTERVIEWING; HOSPITAL pharmacies; QUALITATIVE research; PROFESSIONAL competence; JUDGMENT sampling; CORPORATE culture
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy / Journal Canadien de la Pharmacie Hospitalière, 2022, Vol 75, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
0008-4123
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4212/cjhp.v75i2.3123