EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PALIATIVE CARE DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE

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https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.3.12389

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pharmaceutical workers, pharmaceutical education, palliative care

Abstract

The aim of the work. Determining the current areas of implementation in the educational process of the organization and provision of palliative care by analyzing the current level of knowledge and skills of pharmaceutical workers in this segment of health.

Materials and Methods. The study, aimed at determining the level of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in organizing and providing palliative care to patients, involved 387 respondents - pharmaceutical workers with professional education of different educational levels. The sociological research method, mathematical and statistical methods of data processing are used in the work. In order to visualize the results, graphical methods of analysis were used.

Results and Discussion. According to the average results of the survey of pharmaceutical specialists on the organization and provision of palliative care, it was found that 67% of respondents showed an average level of awareness; 34% of respondents had a high level of knowledge; 21% of respondents have a low level of knowledge, respectively. A detailed analysis of the respondents' answers allowed us to determine that pharmaceutical specialists have certain aspects of palliative care. Respondents demonstrated an adequate level of knowledge in the basic needs of palliative care patients and components of pharmaceutical services in the provision of palliative care. There are also a number of issues in which pharmaceutical professionals lack knowledge. In particular, knowledge of the provisions of the main legislative acts on the regulation of the circulation and use of drugs in palliative care, the list of diseases that require palliative care, etc. The dependence of the level of knowledge of the respondents on the organization of palliative care on the acquired educational level of pharmaceutical education has not been established.

Conclusions. The article substantiates the expediency of introducing educational and scientific measures to increase the effectiveness of palliative care in Ukraine, taking into account global trends in health care and areas of domestic palliative care.

Author Biographies

A. A. Kotvitska, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

DSc (Pharmacy), Professor , Rector

I. V. Kubarieva , National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD (Pharmacy), Associate Professor, Associate Professor of the Department of Social Pharmacy

M. S. Beketova, National University of Pharmacy of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

PhD-student, Department of Social Pharmacy

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2021-12-03

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Kotvitska, A. A., Kubarieva , I. V., & Beketova, M. S. (2021). EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF PALIATIVE CARE DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE. Pharmaceutical Review Farmacevtičnij časopis, (3), 64–73. https://doi.org/10.11603/2312-0967.2021.3.12389

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No. 3 (2021)

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Pharmaceutical education

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