Evaluation of Croatian Community Pharmacists' Patient Care Competencies Using the General Level Framework
| Autor: | Maja Ortner Hadžiabdić, Sarah Carter, Živka Staničić, Ian Bates, Iva Mucalo, Arijana Meštrović, Catherine Duggan, Andreia Bruno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Adult
Male Prioritization Future studies Croatia health care facilities manpower and services education Pharmacist Pilot Projects Community Pharmacy Services Pharmacists Patient care Education Young Adult Nursing health services administration Humans Medicine competency pharmacist General Level Framework community pharmacy General Pharmacology Toxicology and Pharmaceutics Medical prescription Research Articles health care economics and organizations Community pharmacies business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged General level Community setting Female Clinical Competence Patient Care Drug Monitoring business |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1553-6467 0002-9459 |
| DOI: | 10.5688/ajpe75236 |
| Popis: | Objectives. To assess Croatian community pharmacists’ patient care competencies using the General Level Framework (GLF). Methods. The competencies of 100 community pharmacists working in 38 community pharmacies were evaluated using an adapted version of the GLF. Results. Pharmacists demonstrated the best performance in the competency areas drug specific issues and provision of drug products ; the poorest performance was in the competency areas evaluation of outcomes and monitoring drug therapy. Pharmacists’ behavior varied the most in the following areas: ensuring that the prescription is legal, prioritization of medication management problems, and identification of drug-drug interactions. Conclusions. Competencies were identified that need to be developed to improve pharmacist interventions in community settings. This study provides the first data on pharmacists’ performance in Croatia and serves as a starting point for future studies and actions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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