Medication adherence in the curricula of future European physicians, pharmacists and nurses - a cross-sectional survey.
Por:
Gottlieb, H, Seghers, L, Leiva-Fernandez, F, Ghiciuc, CM, Hafez, G, Herdeiro, MT, Petrovic, AT, Novais, T, Schneider, MP, Dima AL, Ekenberg, M and Wettermark, B
Publicada:
5 mar 2025
Ahead of Print:
5 mar 2025
Resumen:
AIM: Many patients are not taking their medicines. It has substantial negative medical and economic consequences for patients and healthcare systems but there is limited knowledge on how medication adherence is integrated in medical education. This study seeks to investigate to what extent students in medicine, pharmacy and nursing in Europe are taught about medication adherence. METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey was distributed to 731 persons teaching relevant courses across 142 European universities between February and June 2024. The survey addressed definitions of adherence and The ABC Taxonomy; methods to support adherence, methods to identify and monitor non-adherence; consequences and outcomes of non-adherence, and methods applied in teaching. They were also asked to provide links to their curricula. Responses from quantitative questions were analyzed descriptively. Word frequency and qualitative thematic analysis was used for the curricula inventory and analysis of free-text answers, respectively. RESULTS: In total, 212 participants from 114 universities in 34 countries completed the survey. Respondents agreed to similar level on the need to enhance medication adherence teaching, with 72% in pharmacy, 71% medical, and 59% agreement in nursing education. The most taught topic across educations was the clinical impact of non-adherence, according to 89% in pharmacy, 84% medical, and 76% in nursing education. The ABC Taxonomy was taught in more than half of all pharmacy (73%), nursing (60%) and medical education (52%). In the qualitative analysis of free text-answers respondents emphasized the value of early, mixed method teaching. They reported a lack of guidance in teaching medication adherence, causing inconsistency in the educational quality and depth. Time constraints were highlighted as a significant challenge, while interprofessional collaboration and use of medication adherence technologies were seen as opportunities, though not widely implemented in teaching. The curricula inventory showed a substantial variance in how medication adherence content was described. CONCLUSION: There is a lack of consistent teaching on medication adherence in Europe, underlining the necessity to establish a unified curriculum incorporating the ABC taxonomy, and to include a more patient-centred approach to support medication adherence.
Filiaciones:
Uppsala Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharm, Box 580, S-75123 Uppsala, Sweden
Katholieke Univ Leuven, Dept Pharmaceut & Pharmacol Sci, Leuven, Belgium
Univ Malaga, Malaga Biomed Res Inst IBIMA Plataforma BIONAND, Andalusian
Hlth Serv, Malaga, Spain
Grigore T Popa Univ Med & Pharm, Dept Pharmacol Clin Pharmacol &
Algesiol, Clin Pharmacol & Algesiol, Iasi, Romania
Altinbas Univ, Fac Pharm, Dept Pharmacol, Istanbul, Turkiye
Univ Aveiro, Inst Biomed iBiMED, Dept Med Sci, Aveiro, Portugal
Univ Novi Sad, Fac Med, Dept Pharmacol Toxicol & Clin Pharmacol, Novi
Sad, Serbia
Univ Hosp Lyon, Hosp Civils Lyon, Charpennes Hosp, Pharmaceut Unit,Dept
Pharm, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
Hosp Civils Lyon, Lyon Inst Aging, F-69000 Lyon, France
Univ Lyon 1, Res Healthcare Performance RESHAPE, INSERM U1290, F-69000
Lyon, France
Univ Geneva, Sch Pharmaceut Sci, Geneva, Switzerland
Univ Geneva, Inst Pharmaceut Sci Western Switzerland, Geneva,
Switzerland
Autonomous Univ Barcelona, Avedis Donabedian Res Inst, C Provenca 293,
Barcelona, Spain
Inst Recerca Sant Joan Deu, Hlth Technol Assessment Primary Care &
Mental Hlt, Santa Rosa 39-57, Esplugas de Llobregat 08950, Spain
Consortium Ctr Invest Biomed Red Epidemiol & Publ, Madrid, Spain
Vilnius Univ, Inst Biomed Sci, Fac Med, Pharm Ctr, Vilnius, Lithuania
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