FEATURES OF PHARMACEUTICAL PERSONNEL TRAINING AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL
The article discusses the results of a sociological study of employees of pharmacy organizations located in the northern regions of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The aim of the study was to identify the features of training pharmaceutical personnel at the regional level to enhance their professional competence. The respondents assessed the state of medicines supply in their pharmacies and possible ways to improve it, among which the main one was the need for the staff to constantly improve the level of their professional qualifications. The preferable additional educational forms of personnel training - distance learning and postgraduate professional development courses - have been determined. Participants in the sociological survey identified a set of the most important and significant disciplines for inclusion in the curricula for training and postgraduate professional development of pharmaceutical specialists, and also made a list of necessary professional and personal skills and abilities required to work in the Far North and the Arctic. Revealed the relevance of studying the issues of organizing the resource management of pharmacy organizations and the need to master additional methods that form competence in the rational use of drugs and increasing the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy. The current requirements for a modern specialist with a higher pharmaceutical education are formulated, regardless of the region of residence and professional activity. The design of the study can be adapted for use for other regional specifics.