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Interventions to Expand Community Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice [PDF]

Pharmacy
Background: The role of community pharmacists has evolved beyond the dispensing of medicines. The aim of this scoping review was to describe the interventions that expand the pharmacist’s scope of practice within a community pharmacy setting and assess ...
Zaynah Zureen Ali, Helen Skouteris, Stephanie Pirotta, Safeera Yasmeen Hussainy, Yi Ling Low, Danielle Mazza, Anisa Rojanapenkul Assifi   +6 more
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Factors that influence the scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a thematic analysis [PDF]

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies
Scope of practice has been defined as the activities that an individual health care practitioner is allowed to undertake within a specific profession.
Desmond Wiggins, Aron Downie, Roger Engel, Sandra Grace, Benjamin T. Brown   +4 more
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Learning Needs of Pharmacists for an Evolving Scope of Practice

Pharmacy, 2019
Around the world, changes in scope of practice regulations for pharmacists have been used as a tool to advance practice and promote change. Regulatory change does not automatically trigger practice change; the extent and speed of uptake of new roles and ...
Zubin Austin, Paul Gregory
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Use of research evidence varied in efforts to expand specific pharmacist autonomous prescriptive authority: an evaluation and recommendations to increase research utilization

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2022
Background An expanding body of literature shows that pharmacists’ interventions improve health outcomes and are cost-saving. However, diverse state regulations of pharmacists’ scope of practice create a discrepancy between what pharmacists are trained ...
Akshara Kumar, Amber Bivins Ray, Carrie Blanchard   +2 more
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Expanded practice in rural community pharmacy: a macro-, meso and micro-level perspective

Rural and Remote Health, 2021
Introduction: Expanding community pharmacists' scope of practice, in rural and remote locations has the potential to improve access to health care and health outcomes.
Selina Taylor, Alice Cairns, Beverley Glass   +2 more
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Role Theory: A Framework to Explore Health Professional Perceptions of Expanding Rural Community Pharmacists’ Role

Pharmacy, 2020
Pharmaceutical care is a concept which has moved the pharmacy profession from their primary focus on the product to optimising drug therapy for the individual patient.
Selina Taylor, Alice Cairns, Beverley Glass   +2 more
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Influences on intentions for obstetric practice among family physicians and residents in Canada: an explorative qualitative inquiry

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022
Background Many family medicine residency graduates indicate a desire to provide obstetric care, but a low proportion of family physicians (FPs) provide obstetric care within their practice. This suggests personal preference alone may not account for the
Emily Gard Marshall, Kathleen Horrey, Lauren R. Moritz, Richard Buote, Agnes Grudniewicz, Laurie J. Goldsmith, Ellen Randall, Lori Jones, M Ruth Lavergne   +8 more
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Factors that influence scope of practice of the chiropractic profession in Australia: a scoping review

Chiropractic & Manual Therapies, 2022
Introduction The World Health Organization describes chiropractic as a health profession that treats the musculoskeletal system and the effects of that system on the function of the nervous system and general health.
Desmond Wiggins, Aron Downie, Roger Engel, Benjamin T. Brown   +3 more
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Potential licensing reforms in light of COVID-19

Health Policy Open, 2022
In 2020, COVID-19 threatened to overwhelm healthcare capacity, forcing policymakers to enact temporary waivers of licensing restrictions. Research finds that occupational licensing reduces the supply of professionals in a regulated field, and reduces ...
Edward Timmons, Conor Norris
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Pharmacist Prescriptive Authority: Lessons from Idaho

Pharmacy, 2020
Pharmacist prescriptive authority continues to increase at the state level in the United States. Recently, the Idaho Board of Pharmacy (BOP) finalized regulations that expanded autonomous prescriptive authority in its state to a range of preventative ...
Alex J. Adams
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