Pharmacy Students' Attitudes Toward Pharmaceutical Care in Qatar

Hajj, Maguy Saffouh El

doi:10.5339/qfarf.2011.bmp2

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“…In Al-Arifi`s 16 study, 95.2% felt that pharmaceutical care movement will improve the patients` health, 94.9% thought that the practice of pharmaceutical care is valuable, 85% that all pharmacists should perform pharmaceutical care, whereas, about two third (64.5%) thought that students should perform pharmaceutical care during their clerkship, were reported by pharmacy students (n=214). According to El Hajj 27 our results suggest that the inclusion of a separate course on pharmaceutical care in the curriculum did not appear to be essential to nurture the students' positive attitudes. Our study data suggest that participants, who had more practical experience hade more positive attitudes toward pharmaceutical care.…”

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“…In Qatar, research results have also revealed pharmacy students' positive attitudes toward pharmaceutical care. 27 All respondents agreed that the pharmacist's primary responsibility is to prevent and resolve medication therapy problems. Most respondents believed that pharmaceutical care provision is professionally rewarding and that all pharmacists should provide pharmaceutical care (93% and 91% of respondents, respectively).…”

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Assessment of Attitudes of Cuban University Pharmacy Students Toward Pharmaceutical Care

Sánchez¹,

Sol²

2016

IJPER

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Objective: To describe the attitude of Cuban pharmacy students toward pharmaceutical care. Methods: This study is a descriptive approach to the standard Pharmaceutical Care Attitudes Survey among professional fourth year pharmacy students in Cuba. To assess the students' attitudes towards pharmaceutical care, a five-point Likert Scale (rating from 1 = strongly disagree to 5 = strongly agree) was utilized to measure the extent to which the students agreed on 13 statements related to pharmaceutical care. Sociodemographic characteristics including age, country of origin, current professional year, marital status, and pharmacy training experience. The survey tool was distributed to 42 students. High level of confidentiality and anonymity was maintained throughout the study period. Descriptive statistics on the sample characteristics and questionnaire items including means, standard deviations, and frequency distributions were computed. The reliability of the survey was assessed by calculating the Cronbach's alpha. Results: A total of 30 students returned the survey. The main age was 21 years old, 82 percent were female, 70 percent were single (never married), and 5 percent had some pharmacy related work experience. Of the respondents, 90% agreed or strongly agreed that all pharmacists and pharmacy students should perform pharmaceutical care. About 80% strongly agreed that providing pharmaceutical care takes too much time and effort. The Cronbach's alpha reached 0.87. Conclusions: Pharmacy students in the study indicated positive attitudes toward pharmaceutical care. Positive attitude ratings were associated with the pharmaceutical care teaching at the university and the teacher role, according to their experiences in this practice.

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Assessment of Attitudes of Cuban University Pharmacy Students Toward Pharmaceutical Care

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Sol²

2016

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“…A study in Qatar investigating pharmacy students' perceptions to pharmaceutical care, where they work closely with healthcare professionals and patients, demonstrated that senior students who have completed more internships may have noted the mismatch between the theory and the practice. (El Hajj, Hammad, & Afifi, 2014). The same could be for IPE hence educators should inform students that on entering the practice they may need to be 'agents of change' to promote and advance collaborative working (Rotz, Dueñas, Grover, Headly, & Parvanta, 2015).…”

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“…Initiatives include, but are not limited to, offering continuing professional development sessions on interprofessional communication and collaboration to pharmacists, preceptors and other healthcare professionals (El Hajj et al, 2014).…”

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Perspectives of pharmacy students in Qatar toward interprofessional education and collaborative practice: a mixed methods study

El-Awaisi

Hajj

Joseph

et al. 2018

Journal of Interprofessional Care

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In an IPE environment, students are expected to have better understanding of the roles, responsibilities, and contribution of other health care professions to enhance interprofessional working and collaboration with an end result of improving patient-centred and team-based care. Although many studies have investigated students' attitudes, very few employ a mixed methods design and hardly are from Middle Eastern countries. A two-staged sequential explanatory mixed method design was used to comprehensively capture the perspectives of pharmacy students toward IPE and collaborative practice. A quantitative survey was conducted as the first stage of the study, followed by an in-depth discussion of these perspectives through a qualitative phase by conducting two focus groups. For the quantitative surveys, the overall response rate was 102/132 (77%) for pharmacy students in Qatar. This was followed by two focus groups with a total of 27 participants from senior and junior students. In exploring the qualitative data, three main themes were identified in relation to the pharmacy students' perspectives. These were on the pharmacy students' perception on the enablers (professional related benefits, patient-related benefits and current positive influences), barriers (previous IPE experiences, educational related issues and current working practices and processes), and recommendations to implementing IPE and collaborative practice (future IPE and pharmacy profession). Overall, the results demonstrate a strong readiness and positive perception by pharmacy students toward IPE and collaborative practice. This study has highlighted different dimensions in pharmacy students' perceptions. It also provided a useful insight into the readiness of pharmacy students in a Middle Eastern university. Students are seeking more IPE experiences formally incorporated into their curriculum and hence educators should capitalise on these positive and enthusiastic attitudes to identify the most effective means for delivering IPE and inform curricula planning. Collaborative practice-ready graduates will produce better-educated professionals delivering higher quality care.

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“…Reports of pharmacy students' and physicians' attitudes toward clinical pharmacy and interprofessional collaboration have been documented in various countries, but these concepts have yet to be explored in South Africa . In Qatar, pharmacy students reported having an overall positive attitude toward pharmaceutical care but also felt that providing pharmaceutical care takes too much time and effort .…”

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Evaluation of pharmacy students' perceptions of clinical pharmacy in South Africa

Ilcewicz

Coetzee

Taylor

et al. 2020

J Am Coll Clin Pharm

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Introduction The University of the Western Cape (UWC) is integrating clinical, hospital‐based experiential learning into the final year of its pharmacy education. As clinical pharmacy continues to expand in South Africa, students' perceptions of the evolving field are not yet described in the literature. Objectives The purpose of this study was to describe UWC's pharmacy students' perceptions of clinical pharmacy practice as it continues to develop in South Africa. Methods This study was a cross‐sectional, observational study of second, third, and fourth year pharmacy students at UWC. The 18‐item questionnaire was distributed via an online survey tool to participants during the second semester of the 2018 academic year. Results One‐hundred forty nine (52%) students completed the survey. Ninety‐four percent of students had previous experience in a pharmacy setting but only 28.2% had experience observing a clinical pharmacist. UWC students felt that practicing clinical pharmacy is valuable (median 5 ± 0) and did not think it takes too much time and effort (median 2 ± 1), but also believed that there are barriers to its practice (median 4 ± 1). Overall, they did not think they had adequate training in clinical pharmacy (median 3 ± 2) and agreed that further training is required in order to practice clinical pharmacy (median 5 ± 1). Conclusion Pharmacy students at UWC had an overall positive outlook on the practice of clinical pharmacy. Students at UWC School of Pharmacy are exposed to an innovative clinical experiential program that may have influenced their perceptions of clinical pharmacy, but still feel further clinical training beyond their curricula is required to adequately practice clinical pharmacy. Future research should focus on other pharmacy students' and pharmacists' perceived barriers to practicing clinical pharmacy as the field continues to evolve in South Africa.

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Pharmacy Students' Attitudes Toward Pharmaceutical Care in Qatar

Cited by 9 publications

References 18 publications

Assessment of Attitudes of Cuban University Pharmacy Students Toward Pharmaceutical Care

Assessment of Attitudes of Cuban University Pharmacy Students Toward Pharmaceutical Care

Perspectives of pharmacy students in Qatar toward interprofessional education and collaborative practice: a mixed methods study

Evaluation of pharmacy students' perceptions of clinical pharmacy in South Africa

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