Improving community pharmacists' clinical knowledge to detect and resolve drug-related problems in Croatia: a before/after survey study investigating the efficacy of an educational intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to increase the knowledge level of community pharmacists in Croatia to identify and resolve drug-related problems (DRPs).

Design

Before/after survey study.

Setting

University of Split School of Medicine.

Participants

115 community pharmacists from all over the Croatia.

Interventions

An interactive 3-day clinical pharmacy workshop with the goal of increasing the knowledge level of community pharmacists in Croatia to identify and resolve DRPs in routine practice. Teaching methods were based on interactive clinical case solving.

Outcome measure

Change of the community pharmacists' knowledge based on preworkshop and postworkshop evaluation. A survey-based clinical knowledge measurement tool was used in order to eva

SUBMITTER: Zekan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265009 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature