Publication: Opinion and knowledge towards pharmaceutical care of the pharmacists participated in clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care continuing education program
Abstract
Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye deki serbest eczacıların farmasötik bakım uygulamalarına bakis acilarını degerlendirmektir. Türkiye Eczacıları Birliği Akademisi tarafından 2003 ila 2005 yılları arasında düzenlenen klinik eczacılık ve farmasötik bakım sürekli eğitim programı na katılan serbest eczacılara (n=385) anket uygulanmistır. Eczacıların çogu (%97.3) farmasötik bakım hizmetlerini vermek istediklerini ve %83.5i bu hizmetin eczacının bir görevi olduğunu düşündüklerini belirtmişlerdir. Katılımcılar farmasötik bakım hizmetleri için en büyük engellerin ilaç ve hastalık durumu ile ilgili bilgilerin eksikliği, farmasötik bakım hizmetini nasıl sağlayacakları konusundaki teknik bilgi eksikligi, klinisyenlerle iletişim eksikliği ve devlet iş yükü olduğunu sıralamışlardır. Çalışmamız eczacıların farmasötik bakım hizmeti vermek istediklerini ve çoğunun klinik bilgi eksikliğini bu hizmeti sağlamakta önemli bir engel olarak düsündüklerini göstermistir.
The aim of this study is to assess Turkish community pharmacists' points of view about pharmaceutical care practice in Turkey. A self-administered questionnaire was conducted to community pharmacists who attended clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care continuing education programs organized by Turkish Pharmacists Association Academy (n=385) between 2003 and 2005. Majority of the pharmacists (86.8%) were willing to provide pharmaceutical care services and 78.9% considered these services as pharmacists duty. Participants listed the major barriers to conduct pharmaceutical care practice as follows: lack of knowledge of drugs and disease states; lack of technical knowledge of how to provide pharmaceutical care practice; lack of communication with physicians and stationary workload . Our study indicated that pharmacists were willing to provide pharmaceutical care services and most of them considered lack of clinical knowledge as the major obstruct for providing the services.
The aim of this study is to assess Turkish community pharmacists' points of view about pharmaceutical care practice in Turkey. A self-administered questionnaire was conducted to community pharmacists who attended clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care continuing education programs organized by Turkish Pharmacists Association Academy (n=385) between 2003 and 2005. Majority of the pharmacists (86.8%) were willing to provide pharmaceutical care services and 78.9% considered these services as pharmacists duty. Participants listed the major barriers to conduct pharmaceutical care practice as follows: lack of knowledge of drugs and disease states; lack of technical knowledge of how to provide pharmaceutical care practice; lack of communication with physicians and stationary workload . Our study indicated that pharmacists were willing to provide pharmaceutical care services and most of them considered lack of clinical knowledge as the major obstruct for providing the services.