Pharmaceutical Care, Specialisation and Certification

Canadian physiotherapists' views on certification, specialisation, extended role practice, and entry-level training in rheumatology

BACKGROUND Since the last decade there has been a gradual change of boundaries of health professions in providing arthritis care. In Canada, some facilities have begun to adopt new arthritis care models, some of which involve physiotherapists (PT) working in extended roles. However, little is known about PTs' interests in these new roles. The primary objective of this survey was to determine th...

Clinical role or service specialisation and quality of care.

Persistent Knowledge Specialisation and Intra- Industry Heterogeneity: an Analysis of the Spanish Pharmaceutical Industry

2 'Persistent knowledge specialisation and intra-industry heterogeneity: an analysis of the Spanish pharmaceutical industry'

Pharmaceutical care in Brazil’s primary health care

OBJECTIVE To characterize the activities of clinical nature developed by pharmacists in basic health units and their participation in educational activities aiming at health promotion. METHODS This article is part of the Pesquisa Nacional sobre Acesso, Utilização e Promoção do Uso Racional de Medicamentos - Serviços, 2015 (PNAUM - National Survey on Access, Use and Promotion of Rational Use o...

Developing the Care in Pharmaceutical Care

The purpose of this study was to assess the level of caring ability of a sample of pharmacy students and assess the relationship between selected predictor variables and pharmacy students' caring ability. Caring was viewed as the ability to assume responsibility for the protection and welfare of another without being perfunctory or begrudging. Questionnaires, including the Caring Ability Invent...