Defining the Role of the Pharmacy Technician and Identifying Their Future Role in Medicines Optimisation.

ABSTRACT: Traditionally, pharmacy technicians have worked alongside pharmacists in community and hospital pharmacy. Changes within pharmacy provide opportunity for role expansion and with no apparent career pathway, there is a need to define the current pharmacy technician role and role in medicines optimisation. To capture the current roles of pharmacy technicians and identify how their future role will contribute to medicines optimisation. Following ethical approval and piloting, an online survey to ascertain pharmacy technicians' views about their roles was undertaken. Recruitment took place in collaboration with the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK. Data were exported to SPSS, data screened and descriptive statistics produced. Free text responses were analysed and tasks collated into categ

SUBMITTER: Boughen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5622352 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature