Hospital and Community Pharmacists' Attitudes Towards Clinical Pharmacy
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https://doi.org/10.4212/cjhp.v46i6.2560Keywords:
clinical pharmacy, drug consulting, patient counselling, conseils au patient, consultation sur les médicaments, pharmacie cliniqueAbstract
ABSTRACT
This longitudinal study compared the attitudes of the Class of 1983 at the University of Toronto toward clinical pharmacy seven years after graduation with those they expressed at the point of graduation in 1983. Over three quarters of the original class responded by indicating agreement or disagreement with statements (on a 5-point scale) about clinical pharmacy in 1983 and 1989. While there was little difference between those who became hospital pharmacists versus those who became community pharmacists at the point of graduation, seven years later, the hospital pharmacists were significantly more favourable than their colleagues toward drug consulting aspects of clinical pharmacy. The community pharmacists were significantly more favourable than their colleagues toward patient counselling aspects of clinical pharmacy. It is concluded that the work setting has influenced these different preferences for how the ideal of clinical pharmacy is interpreted. We offer a possible explanation for the consistently positive, if divergent, orientations towards the ideal of clinical pharmacy.
RÉSUMÉ
Cette étude longitudinale compare le point de vue des diplômés de 1983 de l’Université de Toronto sur la pharmacie clinique à l’obtention de leur diplôme et sept ans plus tard. Les trois quarts des membres originaux du groupe ont indiqué dans quelle mesure ils étaient d’accord ou non (échelle de 5 points) ave certaines déclarations sur la pharmacie clinique en 1983, puis en 1989. Bien qu’on note peu de différence entre ceux qui ont choisi la pharmacie hospitalière plutôt que la profession de pharmacien communautaire à l’obtention de leur diplôme, sept ans plus tard, les pharmaciens d’hôpitaux penchaient sensiblement plus vers l’aspect «consultation sur les médicaments» de la pharmacie clinique, tandis que leurs collègues des pharmacies communautaires favorisaient davantage l’aspect «conseils au patient». On en conclu que le milieu de travail exerce une influence sur les préférences quant à la manière dont l’idéal de la pharmacie clinique est interprété. Nous proposons une explication à des orientations positives aussi cohérentes, quoique divergentes, de l’idéal de la pharmacie clinique.Downloads
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