The first nationwide implementation of pharmaceutical care practices through a continuing professional development approach for community pharmacists

Apikoglu, Sule; Selçuk, Aysu; Ozcan, Vildan; Balta, Ecehan; Turker, Meltem; Albayrak, Ozge Durak; Uney, Arman

doi:10.1007/s11096-022-01413-8

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“…Continuing education to community pharmacists proved efficient in improving pharmaceutical services, especially, in the management of chronic illnesses. 29 To the best of authors knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study to assess students' knowledge of DDIs in Jordan, in which its results highlights the need for both inclusion of an elective DDI course in addition to train students to use online DDI checking tools, especially, that previous studies confirmed improvement in DDIs knowledge following educational sessions. 30,31 Limitation to this study could be the long-time needed to fill out the questionnaire which made students' sometimes hesitant to take part in the study, in addition to the drop out being encountered (4.38%, n= 411).…”

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Cross-Sectional Assessment of Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perception of Drug-Drug Interactions with Over the Counter Products

Abutaima,

Abufarha,

Thiab

et al. 2024

PHARMPRACT

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Background: Self-medication with over-the-counter products has dramatically increased following coronavirus disease of 2019 pandemic. For safe public use of these products, Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy students are expected to have proper knowledge and perception towards these products dispensing and associated interactions. Objectives: A cross-sectional survey was developed to assess Pharmacy and Doctor of Pharmacy students' knowledge and perception towards drug interactions of over the counter products. Methods: Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and statistically analyzed. Descriptive statistics (frequency) were analyzed for participants' demographics. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to determine the association between over the counter products and relevant interactions with medications to treat chronic illnesses. A P value < 0.05 was used to determine statistical significance. Results: Responses were 411 and only 389 were included. 76.6% were studying Bachelor of Pharmacy and 86.1% were on a regular study program. Recipients of Pharmacy training were 65.3% and 62.0% of participants studied over the counter course. Orphenadrine muscle relaxant was the mostly identified over the counter product (n= 339, 87.1%). Majority of students (n= 345, 88.7%) consider that OTC products help improving conditions being dispensed for. Bridging students and those who studied over the counter course showed significant knowledge in drug interactions compared to regular-program students and those who did not complete the course (P= 0.004, P< 0.001, respectively). Of the 389 respondents, 79.9% and 79.2% considered hydrochlorothiazide and metformin as over the counter products, respectively, compared to 54.0% for amoxicillin. Conclusion: College of Pharmacy students showed moderate knowledge towards drug interactions of over the counter products. This warrant the necessity to shed the light on inclusion of drug interactions Pharmacy curriculum and to include reliable applications to help in checking drug interactions before dispensing and to emphasize on distinguishing in between prescription and non-prescription medications.

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Cross-Sectional Assessment of Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perception of Drug-Drug Interactions with Over the Counter Products

Abutaima,

Abufarha,

Thiab

et al. 2024

PHARMPRACT

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“…Research topic #1 is COPD, which is second only to the #0 cluster theme. Latest research by the Turkish Pharmacists Association shows that community pharmacists trained in pharmacy services, asthma, COPD, diabetes and hypertension can improve the health status of patients through the provision of pharmaceutical care,44 which provides direction for continuing education of pharmacists. Other studies have found that patients with moderate to severe COPD who do not adhere to treatment have a higher mortality rate, pointing out that such patients should strengthen monitoring and optimise drug treatment adherence strategies 45.…”

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Global research trends and hotspots in pharmaceutical care: a bibliometric analysis and visualisation using CiteSpace and VOSviewer

Zhang

Yao

et al. 2023

Eur J Hosp Pharm

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ObjectivePharmaceutical care is closely related to the outcome and prognosis of disease treatment. This study analyses the research status, hotspots, frontiers and development trends of pharmaceutical care from the perspective of bibliometrics.MethodsRelated literature on pharmaceutical care published in the Web of Science Core Collection database was collected and knowledge maps were drawn by science information visualisation software Citespace 6.1 .R3 and VOSviewer 1.6.17.0.ResultsA total of 3289 institutions from 105 countries/regions published 2906 papers in 669 academic journals, which were cited 50 027 times. The top three countries/regions by the number of publications are the USA, UK and Brazil. The top three institutions are Utrecht University and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, and University College London in the UK. The top three journals are American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. The top three authors are Hersberger KE, Bouvy ML and Hughes CM. The most co-cited is Hepler CD, and the most co-cited influential is Strand LM. COVID-19 pandemic, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pharmacy practice are the most cutting edge topics in the field of research in pharmaceutical care. Pharmaceutical service and clinical pharmacy are research hotspots in pharmaceutical care.ConclusionIn the past 10 years, papers in the field of pharmaceutical care have shown a significant growth trend and scholars have become increasingly interested in research on related content in the field of pharmaceutical care. Our research results are of great significance for improving the connotation construction of pharmaceutical care and improving patient satisfaction and prognosis, and can also be used as an important reference for relevant scholars to select scientific research topics for subsequent research. The objective basis for relevant government departments is to modify and formulate health policies or measures.

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“…The role of pharmacy professionals in community drug retail outlets includes dispensing medications, provision of pharmaceutical care services, and other health promotion services to improve a patient's health outcomes and quality of life. [32][33][34] For proper pharmaceutical dispensing practices, community drug retail outlets should have all appropriate materials, equipment, and other resources to facilitate quick and proper dispensing of medicines and proper storage to keep medicines in optimum condition. The dispensers and owners of the establishment must always guarantee proper dispensing of all medications to their clients and ensure that there will not be any health risks associated with equipment's/materials and sources of information.…”

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Assessment of Pharmaceutical Service Quality Provided in Community Drug Retail Outlets in Selected Towns, South West Ethiopia

Demissie¹,

Buno²,

Paulos³

2022

IPRP

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Background: Inappropriate pharmaceutical services may result in unsafe, ineffective, and poor-quality treatment. This practice ultimately will lead to prolonged illness, suffering and damage to the patient and an increase in the cost of treatment. This study aims to assess the activities of pharmacy professionals and the pharmaceutical service quality given in community drug retail outlets of selected towns, Southern Ethiopia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on all drug retail outlets working in Adola, Bule Hora, Dilla, and Yabelo towns, southern Ethiopia from October 1 to November 30, 2021, by interview through self-structured questionnaires and participant observations of the dispensing process. Results: A total of 46 (100%) dispensers participated. Out of which 18 (39.13%) respondents were from Dilla town, 11 (23.91%) were from Adola, 8 (17.39%) were from Bule Hora and 9 (19.57%) were from Yabelo town. Standard Reference Books 21 (45.7%) and Internet 20 (43.5%) were used as drug information sources by pharmacy professionals to get the latest facts about medicines. The leading causes of a dispensing error were incomplete prescription (54.34%) and illegible prescription (30.43%) from the prescriber. The errors were managed by communicating with patients (23, 50%), and prescribers (18, 39.13%). There was a high frequency of dispensing prescription drugs without prescription paper. Conclusion:The study revealed that less than half of the respondents use standard reference books and the internet as their drug information sources. Incomplete prescriptions from the prescribers were found to be the leading cause of dispensing errors. Dispensing of prescription drugs without receiving an order from a prescriber remains a common problem. Therefore, extensive work from regulatory authorities and pharmacy professionals is required to improve the quality of pharmaceutical services provided in drug retail outlets.

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The first nationwide implementation of pharmaceutical care practices through a continuing professional development approach for community pharmacists

Cited by 7 publications

References 30 publications

Cross-Sectional Assessment of Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perception of Drug-Drug Interactions with Over the Counter Products

Cross-Sectional Assessment of Pharmacy Students’ Knowledge and Perception of Drug-Drug Interactions with Over the Counter Products

Global research trends and hotspots in pharmaceutical care: a bibliometric analysis and visualisation using CiteSpace and VOSviewer

Assessment of Pharmaceutical Service Quality Provided in Community Drug Retail Outlets in Selected Towns, South West Ethiopia

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