Pharmacists' lack of profession-hood: Professional identity formation and its implications for practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the internalized, psychological sense of being a professional may provide important insight into understanding pharmacists' behaviours and attitudes in practice.

Methods

It is difficult to directly or quantitatively measure an internalized psychological state such as profession-hood. An indirect method was selected in which pharmacists who were themselves patients or caregivers were identified and invited to discuss their experiences, as a vehicle for better understanding how they relied upon personal and professional identities during high-stress, impactful times.

Results

A total of 17 community pharmacists from southern Ontario participated in this study. Regardless of demographic background, participants reported little reliance on professi

SUBMITTER: Gregory P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6610506 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature