Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.
Front Public Health. 2021 Dec 20;9:778863. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.778863. eCollection 2021.
The study aimed to understand the role and the core values of pharmacists and the professional expectations of medical staff for pharmacists in treating COVID-19 patients from the perspectives of the frontline medical staff. The findings help to understand and provide a reference for the career growth path of future pharmacists. A phenomenological method was used to conduct in-depth interviews with frontline medical staff working in isolation wards during COVID-19. The interview data were analyzed, and the themes were extracted. Pharmacists played a positive role in ensuring the supply of non-routinely stocked drugs, including traditional Chinese medicine preventative preparations, providing drug information and medication consultation for complex patients, and identifying adverse drug reactions. However, at present, the integration of pharmacists and nurses is poor with inadequate communication, and the pharmaceutical care activities provided to physicians were still not comprehensive. The level of pharmaceutical care provided by pharmacists needs to be further strengthened. Frontline medical teams generally have high professional expectations for pharmacists, including expecting pharmacists to become drug therapy experts. They expect pharmacists to fully participate in clinical decision-making, especially playing a central role in managing drug interactions, contraindications, and other clinical uses of drugs.
本研究旨在从一线医护人员的角度了解药剂师的角色和核心价值观，以及医护人员对药剂师在治疗 COVID-19 患者方面的专业期望。研究结果有助于了解和为未来药剂师的职业发展路径提供参考。采用现象学方法，对 COVID-19 期间在隔离病房工作的一线医护人员进行深入访谈。对访谈数据进行分析，提取主题。药剂师在确保常规储备药物（包括中药预防制剂）的供应、为复杂患者提供药物信息和用药咨询以及识别药物不良反应方面发挥了积极作用。然而，目前药剂师与护士的整合较差，沟通不足，向医生提供的药学服务活动还不够全面。药剂师提供的药学服务水平有待进一步加强。一线医疗团队对药剂师的专业期望普遍较高，包括希望药剂师成为药物治疗专家。他们期望药剂师全面参与临床决策，特别是在管理药物相互作用、禁忌和其他药物临床应用方面发挥核心作用。
