Perception of the Community Pharmacist

ISBN-13: 9783844324655 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 212 str.

Tabone Francesca;Azzopardi Lilian M;Serracino-Inglott Anthony

Opis

Pharmacists professional roles have evolved throughout the years, with these changes resulting in a focus on collaborative pharmacist-patient professional relationships. The study was envisaged to determine pharmacists perception regarding community pharmacy services and to determine the perceptions of the general public with regard to the community pharmacist and the current pharmacy service. Community pharmacist and general public questionnaires were updated and psychometrically evaluated through reliability and validity testing. The questionnaires were distributed amongst pharmacists and consumers. The data collected provides insight on issues relating to pharmacy services such as consultation areas, patient medication records, continuing professional development and implementation of pharmacist prescribing.

O autorze

The authors are members of the Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta. Francesca Tabone graduated in pharmacy in 2011 and is reading for an MPharm at the University of Malta. Professor Lilian M. Azzopardi is Head of Department. Anthony Serracino-Inglott is professor of pharmacy.