Conduct stakeholder analysis before implementing a national competency framework¶

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Description¶

The article argues that developing a competency framework alone does not change practice, and that countries must study how frameworks fit existing national healthcare structures and education. It states "countries need to invest in stakeholder analysis studies to identify how competency frameworks can be implemented into existing national healthcare structures and education", and the conclusion adds that views from stakeholder groups are imperative to facilitate successful implementation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Engagement of national governments, competent authorities and professional bodies
• Obtaining views from stakeholder groups including patients, medical and pharmaceutical organisations, and government and non-government organisations

Constraints¶

• In Austria, traditional hierarchical healthcare structures and pharmacists' association with logistics, procurement and production roles curtail scope for role expansion

Target Learners¶

• hospital pharmacists
• healthcare policy makers and professional bodies

Target Learning Goals¶

• successful implementation of competency frameworks into national healthcare and education structures

Related Strategies¶

• Adapt an existing European or global competency framework to national needs rather than developing one de novo
• Develop an evidence-based framework of five policy recommendations, with implementation proposals, to inform a statutory primary-secondary transitions strategy in England
• Getting-started sequence: build authentic partnerships, assess intervention-context fit, then budget for continuous revision
• Engineer purpose-built solutions using fit-to-context analysis and a Heilmeier Catechism-style question set

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Stoll J. T., Böhmdorfer-McNair B., Jeske M., Weidmann A. E. (2024). Development and validation of a national clinical pharmacy competency framework for hospital pharmacists in Austria: a multi-method study. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01781-3