Comparison of pharmacist knowledge, perceptions and training opportunities regarding maternal-fetal medicine in Canada, Qatar and Uganda

Bains, Serena; Kitutu, Freddy Eric; Rahhal, Alaa; Samaha, Rana Abu; Wilby, Kyle John; Rowe, Hilary

doi:10.1177/1715163514552558

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“…This might be because of the lack of continuing pharmacy education or the lack of experience in dispensing to pregnant women. Our result is similar to a study that compared knowledge levels among pharmacist in Qatar, Canada and Uganda (28).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

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Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Rouf¹,

Thomas²,

Elkassem³

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Furthermore, researchers have highlighted the importance of continuing pharmacy educational programmes (22,28,31). As demonstrated in our study, of the pharmacists who had good knowledge, 60% had had more than 40 hours of continuing education in a year.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Rouf¹,

Thomas²,

Elkassem³

et al. 2018

East Mediterr Health J

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“…Gaps in knowledge about treatment of specific conditions in pregnancy and inadequate undergraduate knowledgebase were the most frequently reported barriers [53][54][55]. Additionally, two papers reported inaccessibility and absence of information related to medicines' use during pregnancy as a common problem [55,56].…”

Section: Community Pharmacists' Counselling Of Pregnant Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The study by Hutchinson has shown that "experiential education" (experience gained in practice) contributed to knowledge about OTC medicines counselling in pregnancy [55]. Continuing professional development courses have also been recognized as very important to increase the knowledge base related to this specific issue [53,55].…”

Section: Community Pharmacists' Counselling Of Pregnant Womenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Women’s Beliefs About Medicines and Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Pregnancy: Opportunities for Community Pharmacists

Ceulemans

Lupattelli

Nordeng

et al. 2019

CPD

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BackgroundDuring pregnancy women might weigh benefits of treatment against potential risks to the unborn child. However, non-adherence to necessary treatment can adversely affect both mother and child. To optimize pregnant women's beliefs and medication adherence, community pharmacists are ideally positioned to play an important role in primary care. ObjectiveThis narrative review aimed to summarize the evidence on 1) pregnant women's beliefs, 2) medication adherence in pregnancy, and 3) community pharmacists' counselling during pregnancy. MethodThree search strategies were used in Medline and Embase to find original studies evaluating women's beliefs, medication adherence and community pharmacists' counselling during pregnancy. All original descriptive and analytic epidemiological studies performed in Europe, North America and Australia, written in English and published from 2000 onwards were included. ResultsWe included 14 studies reporting on women's beliefs, 11 studies on medication adherence and 9 on community pharmacists' counselling during pregnancy. Women are more reluctant to use medicines during pregnancy and tend to overestimate the teratogenic risk of medicines. Risk perception varies with type of medicine, level of health literacy, education level and occupation. Furthermore, low medication adherence during pregnancy is common. Finally, limited evidence showed current community pharmacists' counselling is insufficient. Barriers hindering pharmacists are insufficient knowledge and limited access to reliable information. ConclusionConcerns about medication use and non-adherence are widespread among pregnant women. Community pharmacists' counselling during pregnancy is insufficient. Further education, training and research are required to support community pharmacists in fulfilling all the opportunities they have when counselling pregnant women.

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“…Family planning and gynaecology (31 questions; 5 papers). Thirty-one questions in five papers were about contraceptives or medication used in gynaecological procedures [19,[71][72][73][74]. The knowledge questions were about appropriate use of medication for (pre-)eclampsia, neonatal resuscitation, emergency contraceptives (type, dose, indication, side effects and time window for use), and abortifacient medication use and complications.…”

Section: Non-communicable Diseases (38 Questions; 8 Papers)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Healthcare professionals' level of medication knowledge in Africa: a systematic review

Berhe

Taxis

Haaijer‐Ruskamp

et al. 2018

Brit J Clinical Pharma

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AimsUnderstanding how much healthcare professionals (HCPs) know about medication can help in devising strategies to improve rational medication use. This study aimed to synthesize information on the level of medication knowledge of HCPs in Africa.MethodWe performed a systematic literature study in Embase and PubMed. We included original studies quantifying HCPs' medication knowledge, published between 2012 and 2016. We extracted disease focus, country, number and type of HCPs included and all medication‐related knowledge questions and scored the quality of papers. The outcome measure was the percentage of HCPs who correctly answered medication knowledge questions.ResultsWe identified 64 studies from 12 African countries, comprising 13 911 HCPs, mostly nurses/midwifes and physicians. We extracted 306 medication‐related knowledge questions, and only 52% (SD 28) of HCPs correctly answered them. Knowledge questions were mainly about medication prescribed for communicable diseases (70%), followed by non‐communicable diseases (11%), and family planning/gynaecology (10%). Most papers concluded that there was a considerable medication knowledge gap among HCPs.ConclusionWe found a low level of medication knowledge across different disease areas, countries and HCPs. This underlines the continuous need to strengthen the undergraduate and postgraduate education in (clinical) pharmacology and therapeutics in Africa.

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Comparison of pharmacist knowledge, perceptions and training opportunities regarding maternal-fetal medicine in Canada, Qatar and Uganda

Abstract: Pharmacists have differing levels of knowledge in the area of maternal-fetal medicine. Continuing education and degree curricula should be reviewed and developed to fill the knowledge gaps of student pharmacists and practising pharmacists in maternal-fetal medicine.

Cited by 18 publications

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Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Knowledge and practice characteristics of pharmacists in Qatar towards medication use in pregnancy: a cross-sectional survey

Women’s Beliefs About Medicines and Adherence to Pharmacotherapy in Pregnancy: Opportunities for Community Pharmacists

Healthcare professionals' level of medication knowledge in Africa: a systematic review

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