Prospects for professional development and official growth of officers-pharmacies

Introduction. The modern multi-level system of higher education, as well as the necessary requirements for advanced training and retraining, do not always take into account the peculiarities of training, building a trajectory for professional development and promotion of pharmacist officers, taking into account the specifics of the tasks they solve in the course of service and combat activities. Objective. To analyze the prospects for professional development and assess the possibilities for promotion of pharmacist officers, taking into account trends in domestic pharmaceutical education and the current staffing needs of the medical service of the RF Armed Forces. Material and methods. The research materials were legislative and regulatory legal acts of the Russian Federation, regulatory legal acts of federal executive authorities, including the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in the field of healthcare and education. In the course of the research, content analysis, historical, structural-logical and system analysis were used Results. The main areas of training of military pharmaceutical personnel are presented, depending on the levels of higher education, as well as the features of advanced training and retraining. The article describes the requirements for the level of education of pharmacist officers in accordance with their official designation in relation to accepted professional standards, as well as the procedure for their admission to practical activities within the framework of the mandatory accreditation procedure and inclusion in the system of continuous medical (pharmaceutical) education (continuous professional development). The main problematic issues related to the implementation of professional standards in the performance of the functional duties of pharmacist officers in the military and hospital levels of the medical service of the Armed Forces have been identified and analyzed. The discrepancy between the nomenclature of officer pharmaceutical positions and the nomenclature of positions adopted in civil health care is shown. Conclusion. The need for an integrated approach to the training of pharmaceutical specialists for civil and military healthcare, harmonization of accreditation procedures for compliance with the functional and service-combat duties performed, as well as ensuring career growth and compliance with positions held on the basis of uniform qualification requirements and participation in the system of continuous professional development was emphasized.