A STUDY BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT OF KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE IN BOTH COMMUNITY PHARMACIST AND CLINICAL PHARMACIST
P. Surekha*, G. Manoj, E. Nagavardhan, B. Satya Nanda, J. Devi Priya and G. Ramesh
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The role of the today’s pharmacists needs to be expanded include pharmaceutical care concepts, making the pharmacist into a healthcare professional rather than a shopkeeper in a commercial enterprise.[1] Effective therapy with prescribed medicines requires a collaborative process that includes physicians and pharmacists. Possible errors about the medication can be detected and reduced by pharmacists? interventions.[3] Materials and Methods: it is a Knowledge attitude practice, prospective questionnaire study. This study was conducted in 100 community pharmacies randomly for a period of 6 months .samples were taken according to the inclusive and exclusive criteria. A Questionnaire was prepared and used for the study. Conclusion: GPP (good pharmacy practice) is not well practiced worldwide. The current practice of pharmacy needs an improvement. Physicians were willing to collaborate with clinical pharmacists in monitoring drug therapy and improving patient care by identifying medication errors. However, Year of service and level of education were not significant predictors of physicians’ knowledge and attitude towards the service.
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