Physicians' perceptions, attitudes and expectations regarding the role of hospital-based pharmacists in the West Bank, Palestine

Khdour, Maher; Alayasa, Kawther S.; Al-Shahed, Qusai N; Hawwa, Ahmed F.

doi:10.1111/j.2042-7174.2012.00246.x

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“…The level of agreement in general appeared to be a function of the professionals’ year of experience, which is in line with a report that came out from West Virginia [ 8 ]. The present study also revealed that majority of the respondents had a positive attitude towards the changing role of pharmacists in their health care setting, which is concordant with a report from China [ 10 ], but discordant with that of Palestine [ 17 ]. According to the latter report, physicians in Palestine were more likely to accept traditional pharmacy services than newer clinical services.…”

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Attitude and satisfaction of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in Ethiopia: A post-deployment survey

Bilal

Tilahun

Beedemariam

et al. 2016

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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BackgroundClinical pharmacy service has evolved steadily over the past few decades and is contributing to the ‘patient care journey’ at all stages. The service improves safety and effectiveness of medicines, thereby avoiding medication errors. As part of this global shift in pharmacy education and practice, Ethiopian Universities revamped the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum and the first graduates came out in July 2013. These graduates were immediately deployed in public hospital settings, with the ultimate aim of providing clinical pharmacy services. As such an initiative is new to the Ethiopian pharmacy sector, there is a need to do assessment of the health care providers’ perception and satisfaction towards the service.MethodsA cross-sectional survey using self-administered questionnaire was conducted in six regions and one-city administration of the country. Physicians, Health officers and Nurses working along with the new pharmacy graduates formed the study population. A total of 650 healthcare professionals participated in the study. Data were entered, cleaned and analyzed using appropriate statistical tools.ResultsMajority of the health care providers agreed that clinical pharmacy service could have a significant contribution to the patient care. A large proportion of them (70–90 %) had a positive attitude, although there appeared to be some differences across professions. About 50 % of the professionals were of the opinion that patient care should be left to the health care providers and pharmacists should concentrate on drug products. In addition, the same proportion of respondents said that the setup in their respective hospital was appropriate for provision of clinical pharmacy service. Multivariable analysis indicated that attitude of the health care providers was significantly associated with year of experience.ConclusionsA large proportion of the health care providers had positive attitude towards the service, although the extent of the service was below their expectation. Hence, efforts should be in place to organize continuous professional training for pharmacists and awareness creation forums for other healthcare professionals.

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Attitude and satisfaction of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in Ethiopia: A post-deployment survey

Bilal

Tilahun

Beedemariam

et al. 2016

J of Pharm Policy and Pract

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“…However, physicians consider pharmacists as knowledgeable drug-therapy experts, and they are positively receptive to several clinical services provided by the pharmacist with some reservations. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Studies have proved that a better collaboration between healthcare providers and pharmacists has led to safer, more effective and less costly drug therapies. [8][9][10] In 2011, a study conducted by Zidane et al 10 in our institute, which aimed to investigate the physicians' perceptions and expectations from their experiences with the pharmacists at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the largest governmental healthcare organization in Qatar, found that physicians were comfortable working with pharmacists and had high expectations of pharmacists in performing their duties.…”

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Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services at a tertiary cancer centre in Qatar

Omar

Elazzazy

Abdallah

et al. 2019

J Oncol Pharm Pract

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Background Clinical pharmacy services started in 2009 at the National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Qatar. Clinical pharmacy services was established to provide comprehensive prescription of drug management and support, and consulting services to build clinically efficient and cost-effective pharmacy program. Aim To determine perceptions and expectations of healthcare providers toward the clinical pharmacy services at the National Center for Cancer Care and Research. Methods A cross-sectional survey of healthcare providers was conducted from January to May 2018. A self-administered electronic/paper survey containing four domains assessing healthcare providers’ perceptions and expectations towards clinical pharmacy services, perceived barriers to clinical pharmacist role and suggested area for improvement was sent to 375 healthcare providers including physicians, operational pharmacists, nurses and dietitians. Results The response rate was 112/375. Most of the healthcare providers (74%) perceived the increasing interest in clinical pharmacy services. Also, they expected (1) providing consultations regarding appropriate medication choices (82%); (2) providing information about medication availability and shortages (82%); (3) assisting in the prescribing of cost-effective drugs by providing pharmacogenomics information routinely (75%) and (4) Participating actively in research activities (74%). Overall, healthcare providers have a high level of trust in the clinical pharmacists’ abilities ( P < 0.01). Nurses were less appreciative ( P < 0.002) of the positive role of clinical pharmacists in direct patient care as compared to both physicians and pharmacists (64.2%, 90% and 95.7%, respectively). Conclusion This study revealed a positive attitude towards the role of clinical pharmacists by healthcare providers at National Center for Cancer Care and Research. However, there is an area of improvement by empowering with privilege and staffing, elevating the awareness and expansion in the ambulatory care settings.

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“…Since pharmacists are in the ideal position to provide patients with evidence-based information about their conventional and herbal remedies [6,7], they are continuously challenged in terms of the knowledge they possess regarding the use, contraindications, safety, efficacy, drug-herb interactions and adverse effects of herbal medicines. Ensuring updated knowledge with respect to the correct use of herbal medicine from a pharmacist's perspective will, therefore, they are more queries from patients about herbal products than ever before [8].…”

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Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards herbal remedies in West Bank, Palestine

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Background: There is an increasing trend towards consumption of complementary and alternative herbal products in many parts of the world. Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the knowledge and attitudes among pharmacists in West Bank, Palestine towards the use of herbs. Methods: Self-administered questionnaire was designed as the study instrument and distributed among 350 qualified pharmacists working in government and private pharmacies in West Bank, Palestine. Results: The response rate was 82.9% (290/350). The mean age of the pharmacists was 32.9 (SD=6.5) years. The majority of the pharmacist 238 (82.1%) worked in the community pharmacies and their experience in practice ranged from 1 to 26 years. Product package instructions and product representative were the most consulted by the pharmacists (128; 44.2% and 73; 25.2% respectively). General health tonic preparations were the most widely dispensed drugs (142; 48.9%), followed by cough preparations (55; 19.0%) and slimming agents (64; 22.1%). The Majority of pharmacists (195; 67.2%) believed herbal remedies were effective; however, about fifty percent of the pharmacists had concern about their safety. The knowledge of respondents about the indications of herbal medicine was good, but their awareness of interactions, contraindications and adverse effects was inadequate. The majority of Pharmacists (255; 87.9%) believed that herbal product should undergo increased regulation and (215; 74.9%) believed that information available about herbal and natural product isn't adequate.

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Physicians' perceptions, attitudes and expectations regarding the role of hospital-based pharmacists in the West Bank, Palestine

Cited by 23 publications

References 15 publications

Attitude and satisfaction of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in Ethiopia: A post-deployment survey

Attitude and satisfaction of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services in Ethiopia: A post-deployment survey

Perceptions and expectations of health care providers towards clinical pharmacy services at a tertiary cancer centre in Qatar

Pharmacists’ knowledge, attitudes and practices towards herbal remedies in West Bank, Palestine

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