Community pharmacist and primary care physician collaboration: The missing connection in pharmaceutical care

Mazhar, Faizan; Ahmed, Yousif Hummaida; Haider, Nafis; Ghamdi, Faris Al

doi:10.1016/j.jtumed.2016.06.008

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“…Another study by Katoue et al 5 Meanwhile, as part of their professional culture, physicians are trained to be independent and individually responsible for their decisions and actions 15,16 . According to the existing tradition, physicians take total responsibility for patient outcomes and are still reluctant to involve other practitioners in the clinical decision-making process 17 .…”

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Medical and Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Towards Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration in Indonesia: A Case Study Approach

2021

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Learning process evaluation of Interprofessional Education (IPE) was crucial to determine the implementation process’s success. The evaluation can be done by researching student attitudes in IPE activities. Research on students' attitudes in medical education and pharmacy study programs is expected to be a guideline for the IPE curriculum drafting team at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung, Semarang, to develop future IPE learning activities. The study design was observational analytic with a cross-sectional method involving all medical and pharmacy students of the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Islam Sultan Agung who had participated in a Small Group Discussion with TB management and met the inclusion criteria. Data collection was carried out in August 2020 using an online google form questionnaire. Data obtained through the Scale of Attitudes Toward Psychic-Pharmacist Collaboration questionnaire contains 16 questions tested for validity and reliability. Questions were answered using a 4-point Likert Scale. The statistical test analysis results on the total score of the collaboration attitude scale using the Mann Whitney Test was a p-value of 0.000. The median total score of medical and pharmacy students was 47.00 and 56.00, respectively. The p-value indicates a significant difference between the total scores of medical and pharmacy students. Based on the analysis results, the study shows significant differences in collaboration attitudes. Medical education students fall into the "moderate" category and pharmacy students in the "high" category. The pharmacy students have a more positive collaboration attitude than medical education students toward future collaborative relationships.

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Medical and Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Towards Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration in Indonesia: A Case Study Approach

2021

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“…These private pharmacies serves as community pharmacies with a rate of one pharmacy for 3912 persons (Ministry of health, 2016). However, the role of community pharmacists was and is still limited to dispensing and counselling of medications with absence of other clinical services (Alanazi et al, 2016, Mazhar et al, 2017, Al-jedai et al, 2016). These pharmacies can be utilized efficiently by having pharmacists with practice-based training who will provide more patient-centered services such as optimization of drug therapy that yields a better quality of care, which could potentially reduce the load in primary care clinics and the long-term health care costs (Al-jedai et al, 2016, Sadek et al, 2016).…”

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Pharmacy students’ satisfaction with Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) at community pharmacy: The case of Saudi Arabia

Almetwazi

Alhammad

Alturki

et al. 2020

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

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ObjectiveTo assess pharmacy students’ satisfaction with introductory pharmacy practice experiences (IPPE) at community pharmacy and the impact of the training on their future career.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire was made available to 74 male pharmacy students who completed 4 weeks community pharmacy IPPE. The questionnaire consists of 24 questions that were organized into 5 domains with a scale of six options were used to answer each question.ResultsA total of 43 students completed the survey (58%). Most of them evaluated their training experience as either as good (41.86%) or excellent (41.86%). One third of students (34.88%) were very satisfied about the clarity of the community pharmacy IPPE goals and objectives given prior to the training period. About half of students (51.6%) received a good direction and feedback from their preceptors. Regarding the contact with the patient or guardian, (39.53%) of the students chose neutral while (25.58%) of the students were very satisfied. The learning environment was satisfactory for (32.56%) of students. Regarding skills domain, students strongly agreed that their skills were improved; Communication skills as reported by (48.84%) of students, documentation skills as reported by (34.88%) of students, and clinical skills as reported by (34.88%) of students.ConclusionSurveyed male students were in general satisfied with their training experience at community pharmacy. Providing an orientation to the community pharmacy preceptors and granted electronic access of necessary information to the students might increase their satisfaction.

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“…Evidence where physician-pharmacist collaboration in clinical settings has shown to improve public health outcomes [38]. However, there is a lack of social and professional acceptance of community pharmacists among physicians in SA [50]. Such factors affect the overall pharmaceutical care process.…”

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Public perspectives towards extended community pharmacies services in Saudi Arabia: an online cross-sectional study

Alghamdi

Petzold

Ewis

et al. 2022

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Background In many developed countries, the scope of community pharmacy services has extended to deliver more advanced applications. Unlike the traditional practice focusing on pharmaceutical sales, extended community pharmacy services (ECPSs) are patient-centred, typically offered by specialised healthcare centres, which improve public health, reduce pressure imposed on healthcare professionals and rationalise the health system expenditure. However, several studies have revealed that community pharmacies (CPs) provide only marginalised services. Therefore, a public review is crucial for effectively utilising such healthcare-complementary professional services. This study explores CPs utilisation among the Saudi public in terms of knowledge, attitudes, and barriers towards ECPSs. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional web-based survey of a non-probability sample was conducted between October and December 2021. Numerical and graphical descriptive statistics were employed with an additional analytical assessment using binary logistic regression for the association between characteristics of participants and barriers to utilising ECPSs. Results A total of 563 subjects participated, of which about 33% considered CPs the first place to visit if they have medication concerns. Most were unfamiliar with medication therapy management and health screening services (77%%, and 68%, respectively). Pharmacy clinics for receiving private counselling and electronic patients’ medical records were unknown facilities to them (79% and 63%, respectively). A substantial portion considered the lack of privacy (58%) and inadequate communication with the community pharmacists (56%) as key barriers. The logistic regression analysis revealed that the underdeveloped infrastructure of CPs was significantly associated with almost all factors. Privacy issues concerned females, highly educated and high-income individuals, and those with health insurance. In addition, low socio-economic status, subjects with special needs or chronic diseases, non-health insured and smokers were less likely to utilise the ECPSs due to economic reasons. Conclusions The most public was under-utilised services and facilities. Positive attitudes were associated with public concerns regarding their privacy and the cost of services. In line with the Saudi vision 2030, supporting CPs and increasing public awareness towards ECPSs will have significant public health implications.

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Community pharmacist and primary care physician collaboration: The missing connection in pharmaceutical care

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Medical and Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Towards Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration in Indonesia: A Case Study Approach

Medical and Pharmacy Students’ Attitudes Towards Physician-Pharmacist Collaboration in Indonesia: A Case Study Approach

Pharmacy students’ satisfaction with Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) at community pharmacy: The case of Saudi Arabia

Public perspectives towards extended community pharmacies services in Saudi Arabia: an online cross-sectional study

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