Characterization of the pharmacological-vigilance training process in a tertiary care hospital

Abstract

Background: the training process in pharmacological vigilance in tertiary health care is necessary in routine clinical practice.
Objective: to characterize the training process in pharmacological vigilance in a tertiary care hospital in Playa municipality, Havana province.
Methods: a qualitative research was carried out from January to December 2019. Theoretical methods were used: analysis-synthesis and induction-deduction and empirical ones: survey in the form of an interview and questionnaire for the initial diagnosis. The parameterization was carried out where a single variable was specified: the training process on hospital pharmacological vigilance for health professionals and technicians, divided into three dimensions: epistemological, procedural and behavioral, and these were broken down into nine indicators. The methodological comparison of sources was carried out with the results obtained. To assess them, the rating scale was used: satisfactory, partially satisfactory and unsatisfactory.
Results: 86.7% of the professionals and technicians to whom the initial diagnosis was applied showed unsatisfactory results, 10.0% were partially satisfactory and only 3.3% were satisfactory; In no analysis was the maximum score obtained (5 points); the methodological comparison of the information obtained made it possible to determine the inventory of problems and the potentialities of the institution to eliminate the lack of knowledge on the subject.
Conclusions: the parameterization made it possible to meet the objective set, the training was characterized as unsatisfactory in most of the sampled, which evidenced the need to develop a strategy on hospital pharmacological vigilance.