NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Identifying Gaps in Communication Skills between Pharmacy Curricula and Pharmacy Practice
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sean Sawicki; Stacey Brandt Maravent – Health Education Journal, 2024
Background: Students are required to complete a minimum of 150 hours, respectively, in both community and health system introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) rotations as part of a PharmD programme completion in the USA. The goal is to introduce students to medication use processes; patient and provider communication; interprofessional…
Descriptors: Pharmaceutical Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Health Services, Communication Skills
The Importance of Supportive Relationships with General Practitioners, Hospitals and Pharmacists for Mothers Who 'Give Medicines' to Children with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Doyle, Carmel – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
A purposeful sample of 15 mothers of children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities participated in this hermeneutic phenomenological study through interviews and completion of a diary. The aim of the study was to explore mothers' lived experience of 'giving medicines' to children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities.…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Mothers, Drug Therapy, Children
Patient-Focused Medicines Information: General Practitioners' and Pharmacists' Views on Websites and Leaflets
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Young, Amber; Tordoff, June; Leitch, Sharon; Smith, Alesha – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objectives: To determine how often general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists recommend patients obtain information about their medicines via websites and to explore factors that might improve the delivery of written information about medicines to patients. Design: Cross-sectional surveys. Setting: GPs and community pharmacists in New Zealand…
Descriptors: Patients, Drug Therapy, Printed Materials, Web Sites
'Our Surgeons Want This to Be Short and Simple': Practices of In-Hospital Medication Review as Coordinated Sociomaterial Actions
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Reichenpfader, Ursula; Wickström, Anette; Abrandt Dahlgren, Madeleine; Nilsen, Per; Carlfjord, Siw – Studies in Continuing Education, 2018
Medication review, a systematic assessment of a patient's medicines by a health care professional, is intended to prevent medication-related harms. A critical element of medication review concerns whether medication review is conducted in a coordinated way. This article draws from a case example of implementing medication review in two surgical…
Descriptors: Patients, Drug Therapy, Health Personnel, Case Studies
Adult Learners' Perceptions of Self-Directed Learning and Digital Technology Usage in Continuing Professional Education: An Update for the Digital Age
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Curran, Vernon; Gustafson, Diana L.; Simmons, Karla; Lannon, Heather; Wang, Chenfang; Garmsiri, Mahyar; Fleet, Lisa; Wetsch, Lyle – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2019
Mandatory continuing professional education is accepted across many professions as a re-credentialing mechanism to maintain professional competency. Self-directed learning is a widely recognized type of learning to meet mandatory continuing professional education requirements. The nature and characteristics of self-directed learning has been…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Independent Study, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Evaluation of the Use of Nutrition Support Products in Taekwondo Athletes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Seyhan, Sinan – Journal of Education and Learning, 2018
The purpose of this study was to determine the use of nutrition support products by male and female athletes who are involved in taekwondo and their level of knowledge in this respect. The sample group was formed with male and female (n=300) athletes who are actively involved in taekwondo. 300 of the collected questionnaires, which were determined…
Descriptors: Athletes, Physical Activities, Nutrition, Gender Differences
Do Health Professionals Tell Patients What They Want to Know about Their Medicines?
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Young, Amber; Tordoff, June; Leitch, Sharon; Smith, Alesha – Health Education Journal, 2018
Background: Discussing medicines with patients is the responsibility of prescribers and pharmacists. However, it is not well known whether patients are given the information they want or whether information provision continues when medicines are taken long-term. Objective: To determine how often general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists provide…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Drug Therapy, Access to Information, Information Dissemination