New tools for culturally appropriate training, to develop competency in Pacific Island Countries in pharmaceutical healthcare service delivery

...........................................................................................................................................ii Form B.............................................................................................................................................. iii Certificate of authorship of thesis ................................................................................................... iii Table of contents ............................................................................................................................. iv List of tables ...................................................................................................................................... v List of figures .................................................................................................................................. vii Glossary of terms and abbreviations ............................................................................................. viii Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................................... xii Editor acknowledgment ................................................................................................................ xiii Personal prelude ............................................................................................................................ xiv Section I – Introduction Chapter 1 – An overview of need and approach ............................................................................. 2 Section II – Literature review and methods Chapter 2 – Knowledge framework ............................................................................................... 16 Chapter 3 – Methodological framework ....................................................................................... 57 Section III – Published papers Chapter 4 – Cultural and learning principles to apply to pharmacy education in Pacific Island Countries (PAR Cycle 1) ................................................................................................................. 87 Chapter 5 – Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea as pharmacy services case studies (PAR Cycle 2) . 98 Chapter 6 – Pharmacy competency frameworks for Pacific Island Countries (PAR Cycle 3) ...... 124 Chapter 7 – Assessment of exisiting training materials used for EMSM in PICs (PAR Cycle 4) ... 137 Chapter 8 – The development and trial of a new pedagogical method for EMSM competency development for primary healthcare personnel in PICs (PAR Cycle 5) ....................................... 147 Section IV – Synopsis Chapter 9 – Synopsis ................................................................................................................... 169 References ................................................................................................................................... 193 Section V – Appendices Appendix 1 – Ethics approvals ..................................................................................................... 208 Appendix 2 – Invited speaker presentations, papers, posters and training manuals ................. 214 Appendix 3 – Competency frameworks for PICs ......................................................................... 220 Appendix 4 – Visual record of country visits ............................................................................... 234 Appendix 5 – Publications that form the basis for this thesis (Separate volume) ...................... 238