OBJECTIVE To describe medication therapy management (MTM) pharmacists' encounters with patients' medication experiences, to examine the utility of the medication experience in practice, and to explore the value of the medication experience in patient education and counseling on medications. METHODS A focus group of 10 MTM pharmacists, and 1 pharmacist's 9-month practice diary were analyzed to...

BACKGROUND Community pharmacists play a significant role in patient health care in Saudi Arabia and are directly responsible for medication-related counseling. Aim To assess Saudi Adults satisfaction with community pharmacy services and the secondary objective is obtaining an insight of their needs in patient counseling service. METHODS This cross-sectional survey was conducted via a question...

Open since 1995, NTIHC is a drop-in center that offers free reproductive health services to youth, including diagnosis and treatment of STIs, family planning, pregnancy testing and counseling, and antenatal and postnatal care. In 2002, NTIHC began offering VCT two days per week and expanded its facility to provide waiting and counseling space for youth seeking VCT. AIC provided initial technica...

OBJECTIVE Most medical faculties in Germany are still lacking differentiated counseling programmes for specific target groups. The purpose of the present study was to determine the quality of life and integration of students with migration backgrounds and their interests in counseling programmes. METHODS Data was collected at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Germany. Partici...

BACKGROUND Family medicine preceptorships are underused opportunities for learning smoking cessation counseling skills. To prepare students for their future roles in preventing health problems in patients who use tobacco, we implemented a patient-centered instructional module within the elective Texas Statewide Family Practice Preceptorship Program. METHODS Seventy-eight preclinical medical s...

OBJECTIVES Practice nurses in general practices suboptimally adhere to smoking cessation guidelines. Since the effectiveness of their smoking cessation support is greatest when full adherence to these guidelines is achieved, interventions need to be developed to improve practice nurses' guideline adherence, for example, by tailoring their content to adherence determinants. However, the sociocog...