title: [Hospital pharmacy residency in France in 2014: to a recognition of the specialization?].
abstract: The current format of French residency in hospital pharmacy was created in 1983 and is a 4-year specialized training. So far, training has not been recognized as a prerequisite for hospital pharmacy practice. Since 2011, pharmacy residents and hospital pharmacists representative structures have lobbied for that recognition and the government has worked in that direction. The ideology of the concept was validated after a period of probation and the regulatory procedure began late 2012. Two key elements were initially identified as obstacles: first the European legislation on recognition of professional qualifications and then the fear that there might not be enough hospital pharmacists trained in order to complete the care missions in hospital pharmacies in France. The European legislation has now been amended in order to recognize professional qualifications and a demographic analysis of hospital pharmacists leads to the conclusion that these items are no longer obstacles. In 2014, hospital pharmacy residency, through the Specialized Studies degree, should be recognized as a prerequisite for hospital pharmacy practice.
authors.affiliation: Fédération nationale des syndicats d'internes en pharmacie et biologie médicale, 5, rue Frédérick-Lemaître, 75020 Paris cedex, France; Service de pharmacie, centre hospitalier Manchester, 45, avenue de Manchester, 08011 Charleville-Mézières, France. Electronic address: florianslimano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Slimano
authors.affiliation: Fédération nationale des syndicats d'internes en pharmacie et biologie médicale, 5, rue Frédérick-Lemaître, 75020 Paris cedex, France; Service de pharmacie, hôpital Edouard-Herriot, hospices civiles de Lyon, 5, place d'Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gervais
authors.affiliation: Fédération nationale des syndicats d'internes en pharmacie et biologie médicale, 5, rue Frédérick-Lemaître, 75020 Paris cedex, France; Pôle pharmacie, Logipharma, centre hospitalier de Toulouse, 293, chemin de Tucaut, 31270 Cugnaux, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Massé
authors.affiliation: Fédération nationale des syndicats d'internes en pharmacie et biologie médicale, 5, rue Frédérick-Lemaître, 75020 Paris cedex, France; Service de pharmacie, centre hospitalier Guillaume-Régnier, 108, avenue du Général-Leclerc, 35703 Rennes cedex 7, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Langrée
mesh_terms: D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005062:European Union; D005602:France; D007885:Legislation, Pharmacy; D010595:Pharmacists; D064172:Pharmacy Residencies; D010607:Pharmacy Service, Hospital; D011364:Professional Practice; D013038:Specialization; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Hospital pharmacy; Internat; Pharmacie hospitalière; Qualification; Recognition; Reconnaissance; Residency; Specialization; Spécialisation