Digital pharmacists: the new wave in pharmacy practice and education

Pharmacists now face the biggest challenges in the history of the profession: the use of digital technologies in pharmacy practice and education and the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019. Worldwide, pharmaceutical care and pharmacy education via digital technologies have significantly increased a...

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Published in:International journal of clinical pharmacy 2022-06, Vol.44 (3), p.775-780
Main Authors: Silva, Rafaella de Oliveira Santos, de Araújo, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto, dos Santos Menezes, Pedro Wlisses, Neves, Eugênio Rodrigo Zimmer, de Lyra, Divaldo Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognitive ability
Commentary
Coronavirus infections
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Digital literacy
Education
Evidence-based medicine
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Methods
Pharmacists
Pharmacy
Training
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Summary:Pharmacists now face the biggest challenges in the history of the profession: the use of digital technologies in pharmacy practice and education and the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019. Worldwide, pharmaceutical care and pharmacy education via digital technologies have significantly increased and will be incorporated into patient care and the teaching–learning process, respectively. Thus, in this new era of pharmacy practice and education, curricula should promote the development of specific competencies for the cognitive, conscious, and effective use of digital tools. This requires the training of “disruptive” educators, who are capable of using teaching–learning methods adapted to the digital environment and educational processes suitable for stimulating the use of effective disruptive technologies. This commentary argues that the pharmacy profession can no longer wait for the slow integration of digital technologies into pharmacy practice and education.
ISSN:2210-7703
2210-7711
DOI:10.1007/s11096-021-01365-5