Manyama Tebogo L, Tshitake Rendani M, Moloto Noko B
Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Mankweng, South Africa.
Health SA. 2020 Aug 26;25:1357. doi: 10.4102/hsag.v25i0.1357. eCollection 2020.
Pharmacists are often marginalised from participating fully in a Multidisciplinary Team (MDT). Pharmacists can contribute in the renal MDT by minimising drug-related problems and optimising therapy.
The study aimed to explore the current role of pharmacists in renal care at a tertiary hospital in South Africa, and to recommend strategies to improve their participation in the renal MDT.
An exploratory descriptive qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews. The participants were selected using purposive sampling. The audiotaped interviews were transcribed exactly as spoken and analysed using thematic content analysis.
Three themes emerged from the analysis: pharmacist's current scope of practice within the renal MDT, potential future roles of pharmacists, and perceived barriers to participation of pharmacists within the renal MDT. Furthermore, participants provided recommendations to increase pharmacist's participation in the renal MDT: that is standardisation of practice, skills development of both pharmacist and pharmacist assistants and recognition of pharmacist services in the wards.
The role of pharmacists at Pietersburg Hospital is the official name of the hospital is confined to stock management and dispensing. Efforts should be made to improve the participation of pharmacists in the MDTs with the intention to standardise the practice of pharmacists in the wards, equip both pharmacists and pharmacist assistants with the necessary skills and recognise pharmacist's services in the wards.
药剂师常常被边缘化，无法充分参与多学科团队（MDT）。药剂师可通过减少药物相关问题并优化治疗方案，在肾脏疾病多学科团队中发挥作用。
本研究旨在探讨南非一家三级医院药剂师在肾脏护理中的当前作用，并推荐提高他们参与肾脏疾病多学科团队的策略。
采用半结构化访谈进行探索性描述性定性研究。采用目的抽样法选取参与者。录音访谈按照原话逐字转录，并使用主题内容分析法进行分析。
分析得出三个主题：药剂师在肾脏疾病多学科团队中的当前业务范围、药剂师未来可能扮演的角色以及药剂师参与肾脏疾病多学科团队所面临的阻碍。此外，参与者提出了提高药剂师参与肾脏疾病多学科团队的建议：即业务标准化、药剂师和药剂师助理的技能发展以及在病房认可药剂师的服务。
彼得斯堡医院（这是该医院的正式名称）药剂师的作用仅限于库存管理和配药。应努力提高药剂师在多学科团队中的参与度，旨在使病房药剂师的业务标准化，让药剂师和药剂师助理具备必要技能，并在病房认可药剂师的服务。
