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Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan
OBJECTIVE: The principal aim of this study was to explore the self-perception of clinical pharmacists of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan, how they think doctors perceive their impact, exploring the obstacles that clinical pharmacists are facing, and identifying what clinical phar...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843964 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.192459 |
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author | Salim, Anas Mustafa Ahmed Elhada, Arwa Hassan Ahmed Elgizoli, Bashir |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The principal aim of this study was to explore the self-perception of clinical pharmacists of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan, how they think doctors perceive their impact, exploring the obstacles that clinical pharmacists are facing, and identifying what clinical pharmacists recommend for a better clinical pharmacy practice in Sudan. METHODS: This was an exploratory cross-sectional study that employed a qualitative method. Individual, in-depth interviews were conducted with a convenient sample of 26 clinical pharmacists working in 14 governmental hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan, in March 2016. Each interview was recorded, transcribed, and coded into themes. Thematic analysis was carried out. FINDINGS: The study revealed different themes regarding clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare. The majority believed that they made an improvement in healthcare but not to the level they aspire to. Participants expressed that junior doctors and nurses had a better acceptance of clinical pharmacists' interventions compared to senior doctors. The main obstacles that clinical pharmacists were facing were their limited number, lack of support from health authorities, lack of training and educational program, lack of job descriptions, lack of specific area in patient files for clinical pharmacist intervention, and low salaries. Most participants showed dissatisfaction with the syllabus of the master of clinical pharmacy they studied. CONCLUSION: The study revealed that clinical pharmacists were looking for a better contribution in healthcare in Sudan. This can be achieved by solving the problems identified in this study. |
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spelling | pubmed-50844852016-11-14 Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan Salim, Anas Mustafa Ahmed Elhada, Arwa Hassan Ahmed Elgizoli, Bashir J Res Pharm Pract Clinical Study OBJECTIVE: The principal aim of this study was to explore the self-perception of clinical pharmacists of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan, how they think doctors perceive their impact, exploring the obstacles that clinical pharmacists are facing, and identifying what clinical pharmacists recommend for a better clinical pharmacy practice in Sudan. METHODS: This was an exploratory cross-sectional study that employed a qualitative method. Individual, in-depth interviews were conducted with a convenient sample of 26 clinical pharmacists working in 14 governmental hospitals in Khartoum State, Sudan, in March 2016. Each interview was recorded, transcribed, and coded into themes. Thematic analysis was carried out. FINDINGS: The study revealed different themes regarding clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare. The majority believed that they made an improvement in healthcare but not to the level they aspire to. Participants expressed that junior doctors and nurses had a better acceptance of clinical pharmacists' interventions compared to senior doctors. The main obstacles that clinical pharmacists were facing were their limited number, lack of support from health authorities, lack of training and educational program, lack of job descriptions, lack of specific area in patient files for clinical pharmacist intervention, and low salaries. Most participants showed dissatisfaction with the syllabus of the master of clinical pharmacy they studied. CONCLUSION: The study revealed that clinical pharmacists were looking for a better contribution in healthcare in Sudan. This can be achieved by solving the problems identified in this study. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5084485/ /pubmed/27843964 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.192459 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of Research in Pharmacy Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Clinical Study Salim, Anas Mustafa Ahmed Elhada, Arwa Hassan Ahmed Elgizoli, Bashir Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title | Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title_full | Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title_fullStr | Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title_short | Exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in Khartoum State, Sudan |
title_sort | exploring clinical pharmacists' perception of their impact on healthcare in khartoum state, sudan |
topic | Clinical Study |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084485/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27843964 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2279-042X.192459 |
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