Prothoma Masudur

• Mpharm Pharmacy
• A qualitative study exploring community pharmacists’ experiences of interventions that support quality medication use

Community pharmacists support patients’ medication use in a number of different ways; however, little is known about how pharmacists identify which intervention to recommend when patients are struggling to use their medicines as prescribed. Currently there is limited evidence to document what interventions are held in stock to support patients or how pharmacists and their staff deal with problems relating to intervention delivery.  The project will answer the following four questions:

 What products, services or interventions do community pharmacists offer to support medicines use?

-What are community pharmacists’ attitudes towards these products, services or interventions?

-What are community pharmacists’ attitudes towards innovative digital health technology?

-How do community pharmacists identify which products, services and interventions to recommend to their patients?

 Data from this research will provide insight into the thoughts, opinions and views of pharmacists into one of the major aspects of pharmacy practice.

 Funding source: Newcastle University

 Supervisor: Dr Adam Pattison Rathbone