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Nursing & Health Sciences Research Journal

Abstract

Introduction: Baptist Hospital of Miami (BHM) is transitioning to an academic medical center by starting medical residency training in July 2025. As healthcare systems expand, pharmacists must ensure safe medication dispensing and provide real-time clinical decision support. To support this transition, a structured internal medicine pharmacotherapy curriculum was developed to refresh clinical knowledge and enhance confidence among experienced clinical pharmacists.

Methods: A single-site, Institutional Review Board-exempt, quality improvement project was conducted at BHM. Inclusion criteria included Clinical Pharmacists 2s (primarily decentralized pharmacists with ≥ 1 year of pharmacy experience at BHM) who completed a structured pharmacotherapy curriculum from January 2025 to February 2025. The curriculum included eight 30-minute presentations, delivered in four one-hour blocks. Participants were assessed using subjective (a 15-item self reported comfort level survey, with a Likert scale ranging from 1 [least confident] to 10 [most confident]) and objective (8 post-curriculum competency assessments consisting of 1-3 questions each) measures.

Results: After the curriculum, pharmacists reported an average increase of 2.8 points in comfort level, calculated as the mean change across all participants and survey items. Forty percent of respondents rated their confidence at the maximum score of 10. The average clinical competency score was 89%, with 82% (18/22) achieving a score of ≥ 80%. Notably, 27% (6/22) of pharmacists achieved a perfect score of 100%.

Discussion: The structured pharmacotherapy curriculum improved the clinical confidence and competency of participating pharmacists. These results highlight the value of proactive, targeted educational initiatives in transitioning pharmacy staff to academic clinical environments.

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