Actual problems of professional and personal development of qualified persons responsible for quality of medicinal products for human use


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Abstract

The aim of the study is to investigate topical problems of the professional and personal development of qualified persons responsible for quality of medicinal products for human use.

Materials and methods. In the period from April 6 to May 10, 2020, an online survey of leading employees in the field of quality assurance of Russian manufacturers was conducted. 176 people took part in the survey; the return of questionnaires was about 17.9%.

Results. From the standpoint of D. Super’s theory of professional development, the largest number of respondents was at the maintenance stage, holding their achieved positions (53.2%). All respondents, regardless of age, were motivated for professional development. Most often qualified persons had chemical engineering (27.3%) and pharmaceutical education (22.2%). Most of them had a working experience in 1–2 divisions of the enterprise, and combined the functions of qualified persons with managerial positions (74.5% and 71.9%, respectively). The majority of the qualified persons (86.4%) indicated the sufficiency of the available knowledge and the lack of knowledge on certain issues. Knowledge and skills in the quality risk management, specific GMP issues and statistical methods (59.0%, 49.2 and 44.2%, respectively); communication and interpersonal skills and, in particular, stress management, emotion management and the art of negotiation (49.4%, 41.3% and 40.9%, respectively), were most popular. About 36% of respondents notified the need for the digital economy competencies, while only 5.1% notified the presence of an electronic batch production record at the enterprise. Finally, only half of the respondents (50.5%) had a formal training plan for qualified persons.

Conclusion. This pilot study revealed the need for the revision of the Exemplary Additional Professional Training Program for Qualified Persons and the professional standard, the urgent need for the regulatory body to develop a scheme and principles for the continuous professional development of qualified persons, and showed the direction of further research in this area.

About the authors

Zhanna I. Aladysheva

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Author for correspondence.
Email: aladysheva_zh_i@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2441-3542

Candidate of Sciences (Mediine), Associate Professor

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

Natalya V. Pyatigorskaya

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Email: pyatigorskaya_n_v@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4901-4625

Doctor of Sciences (Pharmacy), Professor, Head of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

Vasily V. Belyaev

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Email: belyaev_v_v_1@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3011-9390

idate of Sciences (Pharmacy), Associate Professor of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

Natalya S. Nikolenko

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Email: nikolenko_n_s@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5567-8570

Senior Lecturer of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

Ekaterina I. Nesterkina

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Email: catherinenesterkina@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4102-4394

Assistant of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

Sofya A. Loseva

I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University

Email: loseva_s_a@staff.sechenov.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2294-4566

Assistant of the Department of Industrial Pharmacy

Russian Federation, Bld. 2, 8, Trubetskaya St., Moscow, 119991

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2. Figure 1 – General characteristics of qualified persons who took part in the survey. Note: a) distribution of respondents by enterprise size; b) dosage forms produced by the enterprises where the respondents work

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3. Figure 2 – Distribution of respondents by vocational education

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4. Figure 3 – Use of knowledge of compulsory subjects in qualified persons’ practical activities

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5. Figure 4 – Qualified persons’ need for training in various professional competencies (hard skills)

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6. Figure 5 – Qualified persons’ need for training in various universal competencies (soft skills)

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7. Figurer 6 – Topics not presented in qualified persons’ external and internal training programmes in 2018–2021. Note: according to reports on professional activities in Term 1, 2021

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