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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Extending Pharmacist Roles in Primary Healthcare to Meet the Needs of Universal Health Coverage in Zimbabwe: A Pharmacist Perspective and Curriculum Evaluation.

Douglas Chiutsi, Fatima Suleman, Velisha Ann Perumal-Pillay

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors.

Douglas ChiutsiDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.
Fatima SulemanDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8559-9168
Velisha Ann Perumal-PillayDiscipline of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X54001, Durban 4000, South Africa.

Funding

African Association for Health Professions Education and ResearchR25TW011217 · FIC · INFECTIOUS DISEASES INSTITUTE · PI ADEJUMO, PRISCA, NACHEGA, JEAN BISIMWA · 2018 to 2023
$3.9M
Developing Research Innovation, Localization and Leadership in South Africa (DRILL)D43TW010131 · FIC · UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL · PI BRYSIEWICZ, PETRA, MOSHABELA, MOSA · 2015 to 2019
$3.2M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010131FIC NIH HHS R25 TW011217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zimbabwean pharmacists undergo university level education to understand the biochemical mechanisms and actions of medicines but are limited in their scope of practice. They are called medicines experts, yet they are not allowed to apply their specialized knowledge independently in direct patient management. We aim to obtain Zimbabwean pharmacists' perceptions on extending their scope of practice and to evaluate the Zimbabwe pharmacy honours degree curriculum to determine the competencies covered and whether these are in-line with an extended scope of practice. Qualitative semi-structured interviews with selected pharmacists were conducted to gather perspectives on the BPharm (Hons) curricula and extending pharmacists' scope of practice. A desktop review of the pharmacy curricula was also conducted to determine competencies covered. The results showed that pharmacists are keen to extend their scope of practice but the curriculum does not equip them with the required exit level competencies. "

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extending pharmacist rolespharmacist perspectivespharmacy curriculumprimary healthcareuniversal health coverageZimbabwe

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PMID35645333
PMCPMC9149850

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