The influence of non-clinical pharmacists' understanding of and attitudes towards pharmaceutical care on their willingness to serve as clinical pharmacists in China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The shortage of clinical pharmacists is severe in China, and transferring non-clinical pharmacists into clinical pharmacists serves as a feasible solution to this problem. In China, a one-year training programme is available for non-clinical pharmacists, and those who have finished the programme are certificated as clinical pharmacists. However, not all non-clinical pharmacists are willing to serve as clinical pharmacists, and their willingness to serve as clinical pharmacists may be related to their attitudes towards pharmaceutical care. This study aims to test whether non-clinical pharmacists' attitudes towards pharmaceutical care is positively correlated with their willingness to serve as clinical pharmacists.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted in s

SUBMITTER: Wan C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9004027 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature