Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Jan 2022
A participatory research approach in community pharmacy research: The case for video-reflexive ethnography.
Video-reflexive ethnography (VRE) is a qualitative methodology that explores the complex nature of healthcare 'as it really is'. Its collaborative and reflexive process invites stakeholders (e.g. pharmacists and pharmacy support staff) to participate in analysing their everyday work practices as captured on video footage. Through close collaboration with practitioners and attention to their work contexts, VRE may be a useful methodology to engage a time-poor pharmacy workforce in research about themselves, encouraging more practitioner involvement in practice-based research. ⋯ We describe the underlying principles of this innovative methodology, and offer examples of how VRE can be used in pharmacy research. Finally, we offer a reflexive account of how we have adapted the method for use in community pharmacy research, to adapt to physical distancing, without sacrificing its methodological principles. This paper offers not only a new methodology to examine the complexity of pharmacy work, but demonstrates also the responsiveness of VRE itself to complexity, and the potential breadth of future research applications in pharmacy both during and beyond the current pandemic.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Nov 2021
A country-level national needs assessment of the Indonesian pharmacy workforce.
Conducting a systematic country-level workforce needs-assessment is a way to develop coherent strategic and justifiable workforce planning. ⋯ This study prioritises the gaps in developing pharmacists in Indonesia. This process could be used in conducting needs assessment of pharmacy workforce development in other Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs).
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2021
Long-term evaluation of a train-the-trainer workshop for pharmacy faculty using the RE-AIM framework.
Although two thirds of tobacco users express interest in quitting, few pharmacists address tobacco use as part of routine practice. Historically, pharmacy schools provided inadequate tobacco cessation training for students. To address this educational gap, train-the-trainer workshops were conducted between 2003 and 2005 to train pharmacy faculty (n = 191) to teach a shared, national tobacco cessation curriculum at their academic institutions. ⋯ Evidence is provided for long-term reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the Rx for Change shared tobacco cessation training program. Participants perceived that the workshop resulted in long-term, positive effects on their careers as well as their teaching and clinical practice.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Sep 2021
Analysis of drug shortages across two countries during pre-pandemic and pandemic times.
Drug shortages have a negative impact on individual health outcomes for patients and health care systems more broadly. In recent years, regulatory bodies, such as the Therapeutic Good Administration in Australia, have provided information about an increasing number of drug shortages. It is reported that 90% of medicines in Australia are imported; this leaves Australia vulnerable to international drug shortages. It has been suggested that Australia is heavily reliant on the US as its primary source of medicines. ⋯ The Australian pharmaceuticals market is indeed more vulnerable to drug shortages, particularly in the event of a global pandemic such as COVID-19. However, these shortages are not significantly influenced by the US drug market.
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Res Social Adm Pharm · Aug 2021
Provision of clinical pharmacy services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of pharmacists from 16 European countries.
The pharmacy profession has an important role in the frontline healthcare response to COVID-19 across all settings. ⋯ Participants in this multinational qualitative study described a range of service adaptations and adoption of novel roles to prevent and mitigate the public health impact of the pandemic. The study findings may help to inform governments, public health agencies and healthcare systems in harnessing ongoing service provision and adapt to any future interruptions.