Exploring the Responses of Prescribing Pharmacists and Family Physicians to Common Cases of Ambulatory Conditions

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dc.contributor.advisorHecker, Kent
dc.contributor.advisorWarren, Amy
dc.contributor.authorChiang, Vincent
dc.contributor.committeememberTopps, David
dc.contributor.committeememberAnderson, Sarah
dc.contributor.committeememberGuirguis, Lisa
dc.date2022-11
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-13T15:56:43Z
dc.date.available2022-09-13T15:56:43Z
dc.date.issued2022-09
dc.description.abstractChanges in the scope of practice of pharmacists have granted prescribing privileges to pharmacists in various jurisdictions. While seen as a natural progression of the expertise of pharmacy professionals by some, prescribing pharmacists have also been met with a range of cautionary warnings regarding proficiency and appropriateness because of the traditional training of pharmacists. Different models of prescribing pharmacist continue to be considered and implemented particularly regarding the treatment of ambulatory conditions, sometimes referred to as minor illness or ailments. Studies seeking to characterize the parameters of prescribing pharmacists with respect to ambulatory conditions such as clinical reasoning and clinical decision-making have been limited to using qualitative measures as well as focusing on a single prototypical clinical case. The following thesis describes a study which an online survey of multiple clinical cases of common ambulatory conditions was used to quantitatively assess the performance and behaviors of prescribing pharmacists in Alberta, Canada using family physicians as a comparison group. Participants were asked to respond to the clinical cases with diagnostic and therapeutic selections as well as report confidence in both selections. The prescribing pharmacists were hypothesized to demonstrate lower performance and confidence in selections compared to family physician counterparts due to aforementioned differences in training. The findings of the study concluded that were no significant differences in the diagnostic and therapeutic selection scores or in the reported confidence levels between a sample of prescribing pharmacists and family physicians. This research provides some of the first baseline evidence demonstrating the capabilities of prescribing pharmacists in the assessment and treatment of a range of ambulatory conditions. Future studies building on these findings should seek to understand how prescribing pharmacists can be better integrated into the healthcare system, particularly by using the methods of this study as a framework for the assessment of pharmacist in training and in practice.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChiang, V. (2022). Exploring the responses of prescribing pharmacists and family physicians to common cases of ambulatory conditions (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/115205
dc.identifier.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/40224
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisher.facultyCumming School of Medicineen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.en_US
dc.subjectpharmacyen_US
dc.subjectprescribingen_US
dc.subjectambulatory careen_US
dc.subjectsurveyen_US
dc.subjectcomparisonen_US
dc.subjectmedicineen_US
dc.subjectpharmacisten_US
dc.subjectphysicianen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationEducation--Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationMedicine and Surgeryen_US
dc.subject.classificationPharmacyen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Behavioralen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Socialen_US
dc.titleExploring the Responses of Prescribing Pharmacists and Family Physicians to Common Cases of Ambulatory Conditionsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineMedicine – Community Health Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgaryen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)en_US
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrueen_US
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