Identification of Training Needs and Development of a Work-Integrated Training Program for Aged Care On-Site Pharmacists: Protocol for a Co-Design Study
Tiernan McDonough, Amy Page, Lisa Kalisch Ellett, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Aaron Davis, Ian Gwilt, Jacinta Johnson, Amy Schwartz · 2026
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McDonough and colleagues laid out in 2026 a study to co-design workplace training for pharmacists who now work on-site in Australian aged care homes. Since July 2024 the federal government pays pharmacists to embed in these homes to improve medicine use for frail residents. The role is new worldwide, and its holders work apart from other pharmacists, with few chances to learn from peers.
The project will run focus-group style workshops with pharmacists, other health staff, residents, and families, guided by a consumer advisory group of people with lived experience of aged care. Themes from the workshops will shape a pilot training program, which participants will then test and refine. The authors expect the first co-designed program of its kind, with output data due the following year.
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| CREATOR | Tiernan McDonough, Amy Page, Lisa Kalisch Ellett, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Aaron Davis, Ian Gwilt, Jacinta Johnson, Amy Schwartz |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |