Interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Kuwait: attitudes and perceptions of health sciences students.

Interprofessional education (IPE) prepares health students to become collaboration-ready healthcare professionals. Assessing students' baseline attitudes toward IPE and collaborative practice is essential to inform development of IPE curricula. Kuwait University Health Sciences Center (HSC) is early in its IPE journey but is planning to join the broader global movement toward IPE.

Competency-based education in pharmacy: A review of its development, applications, and challenges.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: There has been a resurgence of interest in the application of competency-based education (CBE) in health care professionals' education in recent years, including the pharmacy profession. This model strives to prepare a competent pharmacy workforce to help meet societal needs for effective, safe, and economical health care services. The aim of this narrative review is to provide an overview of the applications of CBE in the education and training of pharmacists, the process for constructing a competency-based pharmacy curriculum, and the potential advantages and challenges associated with its implementation.

Interprofessional education and collaborative practice in Kuwait: attitudes and barriers from faculty.

Interprofessional education (IPE) has been adopted in many educational systems to prepare students in the health professions for team-based practice, but its implementation is still limited in many countries. In preparation for the introduction of IPE within Kuwait University Health Sciences Center, a cross-sectional survey was conducted to explore the attitudes of faculty members (academic staff/academic support staff) toward collaborative practice and IPE, their training needs, and perceived barriers to implementing IPE. Two hundred and ten individuals completed the survey (60% response rate).

Use of a Modified Delphi Process to Define the Leadership Characteristics Expected of Pharmacy Faculty Members.

To reach a consensus on a working definition for leadership and identify expectations for leadership among all pharmacy faculty members. A modified Delphi process was employed to establish consensus among experienced department and division chairs regarding the definition and expectations of faculty leadership to guide faculty evaluation and development. From the AACP faculty roster, 280 department and division chairs were surveyed to identify participants with at least five years of experience in their roles and willingness to participate.