Editorial: The challenging roles of pharmacists in hospital and community pharmacy practice in Nigeria

Does the clinical clerkship course improve students' attitudes towards pharmaceutical care?

“…Pharmaceutical care is an evidence‐based practice that ensures rationality in drug therapy of diseases and prevention of drug‐related problems [1] . Various impediments have been identified for its slow integration into developing health systems such as Nigeria's [2] . The pharmaceutical educational system has been particularly identified to be a good means of projecting the concept to younger pharmacists.…”

Pharmacy in Nigeria

“…14 Significant patient-oriented services are still not provided by Nigerian pharmacists. 15 Fewer than 20% of a sample of 119 practicing Nigerian pharmacists polled in 2002 reported applying most of the 52 proposed practice guidelines from the first round of discussion of the Delphi pharmaceutical care expert panel in their settings. 5,15 Patient-oriented hospital pharmacy practice in Nigeria has not developed because of poor staffing, weak infrastructure, unwillingness of the pharmacists to alter their duties, resistance of physicians, inadequate pharmacist training, and lack of selfconfidence.…”

“…15 Fewer than 20% of a sample of 119 practicing Nigerian pharmacists polled in 2002 reported applying most of the 52 proposed practice guidelines from the first round of discussion of the Delphi pharmaceutical care expert panel in their settings. 5,15 Patient-oriented hospital pharmacy practice in Nigeria has not developed because of poor staffing, weak infrastructure, unwillingness of the pharmacists to alter their duties, resistance of physicians, inadequate pharmacist training, and lack of selfconfidence. 15 Some physicians believe that delivery of patient-oriented pharmaceutical services is an encroachment into their territory and thus put up stiff resistance, especially on hospital wards.…”

“…5,15 Patient-oriented hospital pharmacy practice in Nigeria has not developed because of poor staffing, weak infrastructure, unwillingness of the pharmacists to alter their duties, resistance of physicians, inadequate pharmacist training, and lack of selfconfidence. 15 Some physicians believe that delivery of patient-oriented pharmaceutical services is an encroachment into their territory and thus put up stiff resistance, especially on hospital wards. 15 The major functions of hospital pharmacies in Nigeria include dispensing, compounding, drug procurement, and (in teaching hospitals) provision of drug information.…”

“…15 Some physicians believe that delivery of patient-oriented pharmaceutical services is an encroachment into their territory and thus put up stiff resistance, especially on hospital wards. 15 The major functions of hospital pharmacies in Nigeria include dispensing, compounding, drug procurement, and (in teaching hospitals) provision of drug information. Intravenous admixture programs, automated dispensing programs, automated devices to support i.v.…”