Can a mock medication-taking learning activity enable pharmacy students to experience the range of barriers and facilitators to medication adherence? An analysis informed by the Theoretical Domains Framework and COM-B model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pharmacy professionals are well-placed to provide medication adherence support to patients. The Capability, Opportunity, Motivation-Behaviour (COM-B) and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF) are two complementary models previously applied to medication-taking behaviour. Understanding the patient-specific barriers and facilitators to adherence using psychological frameworks from the early stages of pharmacy education enables the design and delivery of effective interventions.

Objectives

To examine whether a novel 'mock medicine' learning activity enabled students to experience the range of barriers and facilitators to medication adherence using the COM-B and TDF.

Methods

A mock medicine activity was conducted with students at pharmacy schools in three univers

SUBMITTER: Mantzourani E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10772815 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature