Naslov
Clinical pharmacy summer school improves the ability of community pharmacists to detect drug-related problems (DRP)

Autori
Bukić, Josipa ; Zekan, Lovre ; Meštrović, Arijana ; Šešelja Perišin, Ana ; Leskur, Dario ; Modun, Darko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of abstracts. 8th Croatian Congress of Pharmacology with International Participation / - , 2016

Skup
8th Croatian Congress of Pharmacology with International Participation

Mjesto i datum
Split, Hrvatska, 15.09.2016. - 18.09.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
drug related problems ; clinical pharmacy ; summer school ; community pharmacist

Sažetak
Introduction: Drug-related problems (DRPs) are undesirable events experienced by the patient thought to be due to drug therapy. They are associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Community pharmacists are in great position to detect and prevent or resolve drug-related problems. Materials and methods: Williams et al. (1) describe a well-designed and validated survey-based clinical knowledge measurement tool which can be used to assess the ability of pharmacists to detect DRPs. The same survey-based clinical knowledge measurement tool was used to screen the clinical knowledge of the community pharmacists before and after the three-day Clinical Pharmacy Summer School, which took place in University of Split School of Medicine, 28-90 August, 2015. There was a total of 88 participating pharmacists in this study. Results: Mean survey score of community pharmacists at the beginning of the Summer School was 42.9 (95% CI 41.1-44.6). The same pharmacists had significantly higher (p < 0.01) mean score after the Summer School, which was 49.1 (95% CI 47.4-50.8). Conclusions: Clinical Pharmacy Summer School seems to significantly improve the ability of community pharmacists to detect drug-related problems. If there is a lack of clinical knowledge, educational interventions could be useful to improve pharmacist's abilities in the practice. References: Williams M, et al. A clinical knowledge measurement tool to assess the ability of community pharmacists to detect drug-related problems. Int J Pharm Pract. 2012 ; 20(4):238-248

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Farmacija

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