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e10 Abstracts / Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 8 (2012) e1–e66
4. Share the experiences of participants into their
practice
5. Conclude the general pharmacist’s roles both in
conventional and emerging activities
SOCIAL PHARMACY WORKSHOP 4: NEW ANDEMERGING ROLES AND RESEARCH
Perceived Barriers to Social Pharmacy ResearchW. Winit-Watjana1, 1Department of Pharmacy, Health
and Well-being, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of
Sunderland, UK
Introduction: Social pharmacy (SP), which is widely
known as “social and administrative pharmacy” (SAP),
has been established in Scandinavian countries and the
US over the past 40 years. The concepts of SP have also
been widely adopted by pharmacy researchers in many
countries. In the UK and some commonwealth coun-
tries, SP may however be subsumed within the term
“pharmacy practice”. According to research journals
and meetings, SP issues in recent years include health-
care reforms, patients and drug safety, pharmacoeco-
nomics and quality of life, public health and information
technology in pharmacy. Although numerous SP crucial
issues have been addressed, there are still some barriers,
together with facilitators, to SP research in terms of
research design, data analysis, funding, costing, ethical
approval and lack of research teams. It is of paramount
importance for researchers to be aware of these barriers
and solutions to the problems so that they can create
more quality SP research and develop collaborative
research in the future.
Aims of the Workshop: This workshop is aimed to
present Top 10 current issues in SP and perceived
barriers to SP research, and to investigate actual barriers
perceived by international audience.
Learning Objectives: Participants should be able to
explain Top 10 current issues in SP and elaborate the
perceived barriers to SP research.
Description of Workshop Activities: The workshop will
last approximately two hours. It will start with a 40-
minute PowerPoint presentation followed by 10 minutes
of questions and answers. This introductory session will
provide participants with a big picture of SP and
research, i.e. SP concepts, Top 10 current issues in SP
and some barriers to SP research. Then all participants
will be asked to complete a self-administered question-
naire for 15 minutes. After that, they will be split into
several focus groups to discuss their barriers to SP
research for 45 minutes. The last 15 minutes will be spent
on the wrap-up summary.
Additional information: A self-completed questionnaire
needs to be provided for all workshop participants. For
the focus group session, a flipchart per group is
required.
How to Improve Dose Administration Aids for AgedCare FacilitiesJ.F.M. Gilmartin1, S.Y. Hussainy1, J.L. Marriott1,1Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Monash University,
Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Introduction: Our previous research found that 11.6% of
3,959 audited dose administration aids (DAAs) from
49 Australian residential aged care facilities (RACFs)
suffered from incidents. The DAAs included blister packs
and sachets supplied by pharmacies and used formedicine
administration. The top five incident types included:
unsuitable for packing according to pharmaceutical
packing guidelines; addition of a medicine; incorrect
quantity packed and missing or damaged medicines.
This workshop is designed to educate participants on
these incidents and their potential contributing factors.
Additionally, participants will be asked to evaluate and
modify simulated quality improvement initiatives de-
signed to increase the accuracy of and appropriateness
of DAA packing.
Aims of the Workshop: This workshop is aimed to gain
a greater understanding of the problems associated with
DAA preparation and supply to RACFs, to increase
awareness of factors that may hinder or facilitate
accurate and appropriate DAApreparation, and to equip
participants with the knowledge and skills to develop
quality improvement initiatives in their local setting that
are targeted at DAA preparation and supply.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this workshop,
participants should be able to:
1. Outline the common types of incidents that may oc-
cur in DAAs and explain why they may occur
2. Outline possible quality improvement strategies to
prevent DAA incidents from occurring and explain
their benefits to pharmacy and RACFs
3. Evaluate simulated quality improvement initiatives
and suggest methods to overcome barriers to
implementation
Description of Workshop Activities: Participants will:
1. Be informed of DAA incidents that may occur (as
identified through auditing activities) and contribut-
ing factors to incidents (as identified through stake-
holder focus groups) (30 minute PowerPoint)
2. Be presented with simulated quality improvement
initiatives designed to encourage communication
and improve relationships between members of the
aged care health team, as well as assist in incident
notification and checking processes. (15 minute
PowerPoint)
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