School of Pharmacy, University of Charleston, WV 25304, USA.
J Am Pharm Assoc (2003). 2009 Nov-Dec;49(6):797-800. doi: 10.1331/JAPhA.2009.08111.
To (1) investigate physicians' expectations about community pharmacist's roles and physician attitudes toward collaborative agreements with community pharmacists in West Virginia and (2) determine physicians' perceptions of pharmacists providing medication therapy management (MTM) services.
A mail survey was conducted for a random sample of 500 physicians practicing in West Virginia. Survey items measured the physicians' perceptions about the roles of pharmacists, their level of comfort with pharmacists providing certain MTM services, and their attitudes toward a collaborative agreement with pharmacists.
102 responses were received, yielding a response rate of 22.1%; 60% of the physicians had a favorable attitude toward supporting collaborative agreement with pharmacists. Physicians were more comfortable with certain areas of MTM services, such as general drug education and the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit, and they expected pharmacists to identify medication errors and educate the patients about the safe and appropriate use of medications.
Of the physician respondents, 60% reported a favorable attitude toward collaborative practice agreements, but their attitude toward pharmacists' role in collaborative drug therapy management and pharmacists providing MTM services were not that favorable. Participating physicians may not have consistent expectations regarding pharmacists providing patient care.
（1）调查西弗吉尼亚州医生对社区药剂师角色的期望以及医生对与社区药剂师签订合作协议的态度；（2）确定医生对药剂师提供药物治疗管理（MTM）服务的看法。
对西弗吉尼亚州的 500 名执业医生进行了一项随机抽样的邮件调查。调查项目衡量了医生对药剂师角色的看法、对药剂师提供某些 MTM 服务的舒适度以及对与药剂师签订合作协议的态度。
收到 102 份回复，回复率为 22.1%；60%的医生对支持与药剂师签订合作协议持积极态度。医生对某些 MTM 服务领域更有信心，例如一般药物教育和医疗保险处方药福利，他们希望药剂师发现药物错误并教育患者安全合理使用药物。
在接受调查的医生中，60%的人对合作实践协议持积极态度，但他们对药剂师在合作药物治疗管理中的角色和药剂师提供 MTM 服务的态度并不那么积极。参与调查的医生可能对药剂师提供患者护理的期望并不一致。
