Awareness of Hospital Pharmacists with Regard to Expanding the Professional Role of Pharmacists and Analysis of Factors Influencing This

Abstract

A questionnaire survey of hospital pharmacists was performed to investigate their awareness with regard to expanding the professional role of pharmacists and the factors which influence this were analyzed by means of multiple regression analysis.Three significant factors were indicated,“Physical condition measurements”,“Guidance in medical emergencies”,and “Expansion of existing pharmacist work procedures”.Further,based on the model formula,“Guidance in medical emergencies” was the most influential factor (p=0.00177).
These results suggest that pharmacists are interested in expanding their role,in particular with respect to providing guidance in medical emergencies,and we consider that they will be useful in curriculum development by professional organizations with the aim of expanding the professional role of pharmacists in the future.