, BComm(Hons), BSc(Pharm), ACPR, was, at the time of writing, a Pharmacy Practice Resident with Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services. He is now a Clinical Pharmacist with Vancouver General Hospital, Lower Mainland Pharmacy Services, Vancouver, British Columbia.
, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP, is an Associate Professor with the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia.
, BPharm(Hons), MSc, was, at the time of writing, a Master of Science student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia. She has since graduated and is now a Doctor of Philosophy student in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of British Columbia.
Countries are grappling with a rapidly worsening upsurge in the opioid-related overdose deaths, misuse and abuse. There is a dearth of data in Pakistan regarding the practices and competencies of phar...
A cross-sectional study, conducted across Punjab, Pakistan....
The study deployed a validated survey to evaluate the competencies and practices of the community and hospital pharmacists....
504 community pharmacists and 279 hospital pharmacists participated in the survey with an overall response rate of 85.5%. Almost half of the respondents 'never' or 'sometimes' made clinical notes in a...
Both community and hospital pharmacists hold significant positions and potential to contribute meaningfully to the mitigation of harms and risks associated with opioids. Nevertheless, this study under...
The objectives of this study were to describe the implementation of a microaggression and gender inclusive communication (MGIC) module in a required course in a Doctor of Pharmacy curriculum; and to e...
Students participated in MGIC module, which included training on microaggressions, and terminology related to gender. The module implementation was evaluated through a pre and post training knowledge ...
A total of 106 students completed the module, 105 completed presurvey and knowledge assessment, and 92 completed the postsurvey and knowledge assessment. Results demonstrated a statistically significa...
The MGIC module was effective in increasing to evaluate the impact on student pharmacist knowledge, comfort, and confidence using gender inclusive communication and addressing microaggressions. Reflec...
With the pharmacist role extending internationally to include health promotion and harm reduction, pharmacists are well-suited to adopt a frontline role within suicide prevention efforts. To maximise ...
This study aimed to evaluate the impact of an online Advanced Suicide Prevention Training for Pharmacists and explore how participant feedback may direct training improvements....
One hundred and fifty pharmacists in Tasmania, Australia, completed the training. Of these, 109 participants completed surveys pre-, post- and 6-months post-training to evaluate changes in suicide pre...
Significant improvements were observed in suicide prevention attitudes (F(2, 20) = 4.12, p = 0.032, partial η...
Training is an effective means of improving pharmacists' suicide prevention knowledge, confidence, and attitudes. While personal barriers to suicide prevention improved, contextual and social barriers...
Arterial hypertension is the most important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In some countries, pharmacists' patient-centered approach has become a common practice, a...
Professionalism is fundamental to the existence of professions. In pharmacy, interest in this theme improved with events that examined the resocialization of pharmacists in care. With this, evaluating...
To meet the objective, a cross-sectional study was conducted between March 2022 and August 2023. Data were collected using the Brazilian version of the "Modification of Hall's Professionalism Scale fo...
600 pharmacists participated in this study. The majority (69%) was female and carried out their professional activities in community pharmacies (50%). Professionalism scores ranged between 14 and 29 p...
The data obtained indicate that pharmacists working in outpatient clinics had higher professionalism scores compared to others. This corroborates the worldwide trend experienced by pharmacy in recent ...
Against a backdrop of deteriorating access to healthcare, 95 % of French people see pharmacists as "easy-to-reach" healthcare professionals. As part of this drive to simplify the care process, they ar...
Vaccines against diseases such as herpes zoster, pneumococcus and influenza are broadly recommended for older adults, but uptake is frequently low....
Part of the reason may be that access to adult vaccination can be problematic, particularly for minorities and other under-served populations. Potential barriers include complex procedures, limited re...
The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated rapid expansion of the infrastructure to deliver adult vaccination, and triggered the use of facilities including pharmacies, schools, faith-based organizations, com...
Although many such initiatives were temporary, they demonstrated the principle of effective expansion of adult vaccination and education to a range of new providers and settings. Of these, pharmacist ...
This review discusses results from attempts to expand and simplify the adult vaccination process, potentially allowing vaccination to be initiated by the recipient and completed in a single visit. The...
Taiwan's unique health behaviour, such as extensive exposure to Chinese Herbal Medicine (CHM), has introduced a risk of inadvertent doping among competing athletes. Pharmacy professionals have an impe...
A cross-sectional online questionnaire survey consisting of five domains, namely demographic characteristics, source of prohibited substances, identification of prohibited substances, understanding of...
Respondents (65% female, aged 41.9 ± 11.4 years, with 68% having a Bachelor's degree) reported a moderate anti-doping knowledge score of 37.2 ± 4.9, ranging from 21 to 48 (out of 51). Fifteen per cent...
This study highlights the heterogeneity of anti-doping knowledge among pharmacy professionals and provides practical relevance in organising future educational topics and research-based activities....
Rare diseases are chronic conditions, generally incurable, progressive and disabling, which may result in early death. Access to therapeutic products, both medicines and appropriate medical devices, i...
The searches will be conducted according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses reporting guideline for protocols. Three electronic databases will be consulted. Stud...
Primary data will not be collected in this study and formal ethical approval is not required. The findings of this study will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presenta...
Pharmacists have a contribution to make in improving optimising medication use for people on antipsychotic medication. The rates of prescribing antipsychotics have increased in England with an 18% ris...
