Piloting the Describing and Evaluating community Pharmacy practice to Improve patients' Care and Treatment tool

Abstract

Objective To pilot the Describing and Evaluating community Pharmacy practice to Improve patients' Care and Treatment (DEPICT) tool to determine its utility in collecting data about Australian community pharmacist activities and patient-related encounters. Methods DEPICT tool was developed and tested. Two pharmacy students recruited study patients and collected data in four urban pharmacies. Key findings Fourteen pharmacists completed 189 DEPICT forms. Pharmacists' evaluations indicated overall high levels of satisfaction and provided valuable recommendations for improvement. Conclusions Pharmacists' feedback will be incorporated into future iterations of DEPICT that will include electronic collection of regional data in urban and rural settings.