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Development of a template to facilitate reflection among student pharmacists
Reflective practice activities utilizing appropriate tools enhance learning during and after experiential placements. Reflective tools described in the literature, used to support students on traditional placements of a duration of at least two weeks, sit at the unstructured end of a continuum (completely unstructured to just minimal structure). Additionally, non-traditional settings in role-emerging placements are of value as an alternative for experiential education. There were no reflective tools in the literature to provide a means of supporting pharmacy students as novice reflectors in non-traditional settings. (Sourc...
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - December 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Rhian Deslandes, Cherie Lucas, Mary Louise Hughes, Efi Mantzourani Source Type: research

More research on pharmacist-led programmes to improve COPD medication adherence still needed
The article by Abdulsalim et al. on medication adherence in COPD patients was quite interesting.1 The authors demonstrated that a clinical pharmacist-led, counseling-based intervention among COPD patients improved their medication adherence, which was sustainable over time. These findings have important public health implications. as they show that paramedical workers including pharmacists could successfully drive major interventions for improving medication adherence in resource constrained settings with heavy patient load and poor doctor patient ratio. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - December 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Saurav Basu Source Type: research

A reply to Abdulsalim et al
The article by Abdulsalim et al. on medication adherence in COPD patients was quite interesting.1 The authors demonstrated that a clinical pharmacist-led, counseling-based intervention among COPD patients improved their medication adherence, which was sustainable over time. These findings have important public health implications. as they show that paramedical workers including pharmacists could successfully drive major interventions for improving medication adherence in resource constrained settings with heavy patient load and poor doctor patient ratio. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - December 8, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Saurav Basu Source Type: research

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Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 28, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: research

A theoretical framework for the interpretation of pharmacist workforce studies throughout the world: The labor supply curve
Despite geographic, financial, and cultural diversity, publications dealing with the pharmacist workforce throughout the world share common concerns and focus on similar topics. Their findings are presented in the literature in a seemingly unrelated way even though they are connected to one another as parts of a comprehensive theoretical structure. The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical model that relates some of the most salient topics addressed in the international literature on pharmacist workforce. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 28, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Manuel J. Carvajal Source Type: research

Optimising workflow processes in an advanced medication dispensary
The workload measurement of an inpatient hospital dispensary is critical to improve efficiency in the face of limited budgets. This single-centre pilot study used work sampling to observe and identify areas to improve efficiency of dispensing prescribed medications at one tertiary level acute care teaching hospital. Workload sampling was conducted at a 1096-bed hospital in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The dispensary services the entire hospital, 24 h per day, seven days per week. Pharmacists are solely involved in clinical screening. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 27, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Amanda Y. Leong, Mary Pederson Source Type: research

Pharmaceutical interventions in mental health: A review of the literature to support evidence-informed policymaking
Pharmaceutical interventions may have an impact on different treatment aspects, such as therapy adherence, reducing the number of different medications in use and lowering treatment costs. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Nascimento Silva, Marina Guimar ães Lima, Cristina Mariano Ruas Source Type: research

A review of reviews and pharmaceutical interventions in mental health to inform evidence-based health policy
Pharmaceutical interventions may have an impact on different treatment aspects, such as therapy adherence, reducing the number of different medications in use and lowering treatment costs. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Sarah Nascimento Silva, Marina Guimar ães Lima, Cristina Mariano Ruas Source Type: research

Predictors of effective therapeutic relationships between pharmacists and patients with type 2 diabetes: Comparison between Arabic-speaking and Caucasian English-speaking patients
The benefits of pharmacist-led interventions in achieving desired patient outcomes have been well established. Effective patient –pharmacist relationships are required to provide high-quality pharmacy care. Limited information is available about how Arabic-speaking migrants with diabetes, in Australia, perceive patient-pharmacist relationship and how these perspectives differ from the mainstream society (represented by Cauc asian English-speaking people). (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 23, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: H. Alzubaidi, K. Mc Namara, V.L. Versace Source Type: research

Use of pharmacy technicians in elements of medication therapy management delivery: A systematic review
Documented barriers to Medication Therapy Management (MTM) delivery, such as limited time and inefficient workflow may be overcome by utilizing support staff for administrative services. However, it is unknown how pharmacy technicians have been historically utilized to assist pharmacists in MTM-delivery. (Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy)
Source: Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy - November 23, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Stephanie A. Gernant, My-Oanh Nguyen, Sanna Siddiqui, Matthew Schneller Source Type: research