Acta Pharm. 67 (2017) 71-83
Original research paper
Public health care system, quasi-experimental
study: Acceptance and attitude to implicate clinical services
SYED
WASIF GILLANI and MOHI IQBAL MOHAMMAD ABDUL
1 Department of Clinical
& Hospital Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Taibah
University, Al Madinah Al Munawarrah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2 Department of
Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Taibah University,
Al Madinah Al Munawarrah,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Accepted October 25, 2016
Published online October 26,
2016
A six-month longitudinal
intervention arm study with a pre-post cross-sectional questionnaire-based
survey was performed. A 3-phase objective structured clinical examination
(OSCE) design was utilized for evaluation of acceptance and attitude of
pharmacy students towards clinical pharmacy services. The pre-OSCE survey
showed increased disagreement with the role of clinical pharmacists, compared
to a significant positive shift in attitude towards
their services in the healthcare team after 6 months of the trial. Responses
improved for awareness (the current healthcare system could be improved by
involving pharmacists, p < 0.02)
and positive attitude categories (doctors and nurses would be happy to welcome
the services of competent clinical pharmacists as part of their team, p < 0.01) in addition to competency
(pharmacists have sufficient clinical training to advise doctors and nurses, p < 0.01). The predictive model suggested
a strong positive effect on patient interaction, medical information tasks,
clinical decisions on drug-related problems (DRPs), and communication with
healthcare professionals (R2 =
0.41, F = 1.51, p < 0.001).
Keywords: clinical
pharmacy, pharmacy education, clinical training, objectively structured
clinical examination