Community pharmacists’ knowledge and perceptions on risk management plans in the Southern Region of Portugal

Maria Duarte, Paula Ferreira, M. A. Soares, A. Martins, A. Cavaco
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Abstract A Risk Management Plan (RMP) is a detailed description of the activities and interventions designed to identify, characterize, prevent, or minimize risks relating to medicine’s use. The objective of this article is to assess RMP-related knowledge of community pharmacists and explore the reasons behind any potential issues with its use. This study has two focus points: (1) A cross-sectional survey within a sample of pharmacies in the area covered by the South Pharmacovigilance Center; and (2) a focus group (FG) with key-informants, in order to increase the explanatory scope of quantitative results. In total, 41.6% of the participants in the study knew what a risk management plan was, but 50% rated their knowledge as poor. According to focus group participants, this lack of knowledge seems to be related to three main factors: (i) this subject not being addressed during graduation training; (ii) professionals’ attitude; and (iii) lack of communication among different stakeholders. It is recommended that there is enhanced academic training in risk management. There is an important call for attitudinal change interventions and further investigation in monitoring RMP use and impact. A closer articulation between the regulator, the pharmaceutical society, associations, and industry is needed to promote and boost this topic among community pharmacists.
葡萄牙南部地区社区药剂师对风险管理计划的认识和看法
风险管理计划(RMP)是对活动和干预措施的详细描述,旨在识别、表征、预防或最小化与药物使用相关的风险。本文的目的是评估社区药剂师的rmp相关知识,并探讨其使用的任何潜在问题背后的原因。本研究有两个重点:(1)在南方药物警戒中心覆盖的区域内对药店样本进行横断面调查;(2)与关键线人组成焦点小组(FG),以增加定量结果的解释范围。总的来说,41.6%的研究参与者知道什么是风险管理计划,但50%的人认为他们的知识很差。根据焦点小组参与者的说法,这种知识的缺乏似乎与三个主要因素有关:(i)在毕业培训期间没有讨论这个问题;(二)专业人员的态度;(三)不同利益相关者之间缺乏沟通。建议加强风险管理方面的学术培训。有一个重要的呼吁,态度改变干预措施和进一步调查监测RMP的使用和影响。监管机构、药学会、协会和行业之间需要更紧密的联系,以促进和推动社区药剂师的这一主题。
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