Pharmacy interns on the ward—a pilot study

Abstract

This pilot study represents a landmark for the implementation of clinical pharmacy in daily practice especially on medical wards in Germany. Working in wards offers interns a possibility to extend their knowledge and skills. The project demonstrates that pharmacy interns can play an important role in drug safety in hospital wards. The acceptance by physicians and nurses is high. The majority of them requested the continuation of the project.

Multidisciplinary views towards the clinical pharmacist: a hospital palliative cancer care team perspective in Malta

“…It is important that the pharmacist involved is experienced in palliative care to help with urgent queries within an adequate timeframe. These study outcomes are consistent with both qualitative and quantitative studies in the literature that describe a positive attitude by nurses towards pharmacists . This is contrary to a published qualitative study where nurses were resistant to collaboration with pharmacists …”

Introduction of pharmaceutical expertise in a palliative care team in Sweden

“…Nurses having a negative attitude toward collaboration with pharmacists have been described previously [16]. On the contrary, reports have also been published describing a high acceptance of pharmacy interns and positive attitude towards pharmacists, by nurses [17,18]. In one study, the attitudes of nurses and pharmacists toward interprofessional relations improved after pharmaceutical services were decentralised [19].…”

Development of a classification system for drug-related problems in the hospital setting (APS-Doc) and assessment of the inter-rater reliability

“…First, all DRPs defined in the classification systems PI‐Doc and Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe version 5.01 (PCNE) (2, 6), which are relevant in the hospital setting, were included. Then, relevant DRPs identified in other projects in a hospital setting (10, 11) as well as DRPs from the daily work on the ward (non‐surgical and surgical wards) were collected by the clinical pharmacist, and a short description of each DRP was written. The main domains as well as the subcategories were discussed among clinical pharmacists ( n = 2), researchers ( n = 2) with experience in clinical pharmacy and pharmacy interns ( n = 2) to make sure that the assignment of each DRP to its category was correct.…”

“…2,[6][7][8][9] Results from several projects in Germany investigating interventions by clinical pharmacists on the ward have shown that certain DRPs are missing in the current classification systems and new subcategories need to be defined. 10,11 To evaluate DRPs including medication errors in different settings and to document the efficacy of strategies for the reduction in and prevention of DRPs, a well-constructed, validated and practical classification system for DRPs in clinical practice is necessary. The classification system should be applicable by both clinical pharmacists and pharmacy interns.…”