Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
Development and initial validation of the Pharmacist Frequency of Interprofessional Collaboration Instrument (FICI-P) in primary care.
Existing validated measures of pharmacist-physician collaboration focus on measuring attitudes toward collaboration and do not measure frequency of collaborative interactions. ⋯ The refined 10-item FICI-P was shown to have good internal consistency, criterion validity, and fit to the Rasch model. The creation of such a tool may allow for the measure of impact in the evaluation of interventions designed to improve interprofessional collaboration between GPs and pharmacists.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
Medication supply and management in rural Queensland: views of key informants in health service provision.
Rural settings challenge health care providers to provide optimal medication services in a manner that is timely and of high quality. Extending the roles of rural health care providers is often necessary to improve access to medication services; however, there appears to be a lack of pharmacy-based involvement and support within the medication system. ⋯ The study provided an overview of key issues with medication supply and management and highlighted the potential for increased pharmacy involvement to improve and support medication services in rural areas. The governance views of these key informants could be used to inform policy and practice related to rural medication services.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
A pilot study assessing the frequency and complexity of methadone tapers for opioid abstinence syndrome in children discharged to home.
Methadone is often prescribed as a taper schedule to prevent/treat opioid abstinence syndrome (OAS) or neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS). ⋯ More than one-third of patients were discharged home on methadone. The median taper duration was 8 days and included a median of 5 adjustments in either the dose or interval. The MTCS demonstrated very good interrater reliability to measure wide variability in the complexity of individual tapers. Future studies should determine the construct validity of the MTCS and the applicability of this tool for further research and clinical application.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2012
U.S. publication trends in social and administrative pharmacy: implications for promotion and tenure.
There is no consensus on the preferred approach to assess journal quality. Procedures previously used include journal acceptance or rejection policies, impact factors, number of subscribers, citation counts, whether the articles were refereed or not, and journals cited in books within the discipline. This study built on the work of previous authors by using a novel approach to assess journal quality in social and administrative pharmacy (SAdP). ⋯ Results of this study can be used as a guide by U.S. SAdP faculty and P&T committees to assess the quality of publications by pharmacy administration faculty with the caveat being that pharmacy versus nonpharmacy journals will be chosen based on the fit of the article with the audience.