Abrika, Omar Saad Saleh
(2013)
"A Mix Methodology Study Evaluating Perceptions Among Pharmacy Stakeholders In Two States Of Libya Towards The Need For Social Pharmacy Courses In Pharmacy Curriculum".
PhD thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
The pharmacy profession in many parts of the world had changed over the years due to
the evolution of pharmacy practice from product to patient oriented services. Within this
context, there is a need for the modern pharmacy practitioner to be well-equipped with
appropriate social and human skills in order to better serve the population. In response to
this need, in majority of developed nations, social pharmacy subjects have been formally
integrated in the pharmacy curriculum in order to prepare a holistic future practitioner
who will be able to understand and respond towards the socio-behavioural aspects of
health and medication use among patients. Although the incorporation of social
pharmacy topics into the pharmacy curriculum of developed countries has been
promoted during the last two decades, the inclusion of these subjects as standard topics
in many developing countries is poorly documented and similar case prevails in Libya.
Understanding social pharmacy components can really help to fulfil the important
mission for the provision of pharmaceutical care. It is therefore imperative to ascertain
the knowledge and perceptions of pharmacy academics, practitioners and final year
pharmacy students about the concepts of social pharmacy in the current Libyan
pharmacy curriculum.
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