A comparative study of the perceptions of healthcare providers, public and patient on some professional services of pharmacists in a hospital
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Applied Medical Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
Abstract: Pharmacist offer many professional services to healthcare providers and patients like interpretation of prescription orders and dispensing of drugs and advocacy for rational use of drug. There are only a few references are available on the literature on the professional responsibility and the competence of pharmacist to discharge his responsibilities. Hence the study was design to determine the perception of healthcare providers, public and patient regarding professional services currently being rendered by a pharmacist in a hospital. A validated, self administered questionnaire was provided to a group of randomly selected stakeholders. The questionnaire comprised a set of 10 statements against which the respondents were asked to indicate the level of agreement using 3 point Likert scale. 1= agree, 2=neutral, 3=disagree. In addition those responders who were ignorant could select “do not know” option. The result indicates that out of all the categories clinicians least agreed and patients most agreed that pharmacist is contributing his professional services effectively in hospital. The results of this study can be used to develop suitable interventions to create greater awareness amongst healthcare providers, patient and public on the professional role of pharmacist to improve patient outcome.
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Shruti Upadhyay, M. Mathur, D. K. Gupta, P. Mathur
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