College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
PLoS One. 2021 Feb 16;16(2):e0246934. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246934. eCollection 2021.
Pharmaceutical care (PC) practice is still limited in the United Arab Emirates. It is crucial to understand pharmacy students' attitudes and their perceived barriers towards PC provision, to evaluate the effectiveness of theoretical and practical curricula in creating positive attitudes toward PC. This study aims to assess attitudes of final year undergraduate pharmacy students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the barriers perceived by them to practice PC. A cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted in February and March, 2020, involving colleges in UAE offering undergraduate pharmacy programs and having students in their final year. Participants filled a questionnaire covering attitudes' items, based on the Pharmaceutical Care Attitudes Survey (PCAS), and several perceived barriers. A stratified sample of 193 students participated from six universities, 85% were females, 92.2% and 64.8% completed or engaged in community and hospital pharmacy training respectively, at the time of the study. Attitudes' items receiving the highest agreement were PC will improve patient health (95.3%), all pharmacists should perform PC (93.3%) and PC would benefit pharmacists (92.7%). However, 44.6% agreed PC is not worth the additional workload. Females showed higher attitudes' total scores, median (IQR): 55 (51-58) and 52 (49-55.5) for females and males respectively, P = 0.032. Having incomplete courses was also associated with lower scores, median (IQR): 55 (51-58) and 52 (48.5-55.5) for "No" and "Yes" respectively, P = 0.048. Poor image of the pharmacist's role and lack of private counseling area or inappropriate pharmacy layout were the most perceived barriers, with around 78% agreement. In conclusion, final year undergraduate pharmacy students in the UAE have positive attitudes towards pharmaceutical care. The current curricula may be satisfactory in fostering positive attitudes among students. Poor image of the pharmacist's role and lack of counseling area or inappropriate pharmacy layout were the main barriers identified, among other barriers.
药剂学专业在阿拉伯联合酋长国（阿联酋）的实践仍然有限。了解药学专业学生对提供药物治疗管理的态度和他们认为的障碍，对于评估理论和实践课程在培养对药物治疗管理的积极态度方面的有效性至关重要。本研究旨在评估阿联酋药学专业最后一年的本科生的态度，以及他们认为的提供药物治疗管理的障碍。这是一项基于横断面调查的研究，于 2020 年 2 月至 3 月进行，涉及阿联酋提供药学本科课程的学院和处于最后一年的学生。参与者填写了一份基于药物治疗管理态度调查（PCAS）的态度项目和几个感知障碍的问卷。从六所大学中抽取了 193 名学生进行分层抽样，其中 85%为女性，92.2%和 64.8%分别在社区和医院药房接受或参与了培训。得分最高的态度项目包括药物治疗管理将改善患者健康（95.3%）、所有药师都应该提供药物治疗管理（93.3%）和药物治疗管理将使药师受益（92.7%）。然而，44.6%的人认为药物治疗管理不值得增加工作量。女性的总态度评分较高，中位数（IQR）分别为 55（51-58）和 52（49-55.5），P = 0.032。未完成课程也与较低的分数相关，中位数（IQR）分别为 55（51-58）和 52（48.5-55.5），P = 0.048。药剂师角色形象不佳和缺乏私人咨询区或不合适的药房布局是最常见的障碍，有 78%的人表示认同。总之，阿联酋药学专业的最后一年本科生对药物治疗管理持积极态度。目前的课程可能在培养学生的积极态度方面是令人满意的。药剂师角色形象不佳、缺乏咨询区或不合适的药房布局以及其他障碍是主要障碍。
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