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Laura McCann¹, Carmel M Hughes, Colin G Adair

¹School of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, Northern Ireland, UK.

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Community pharmacists dedicate 49% of their time to professional activities, with minimal changes observed since 1998. Time spent on non-professional tasks remains low at 20%.

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Area of Science:

Pharmacy Practice
Health Services Research
Workforce Studies

Background:

Understanding how community pharmacists allocate their time is crucial for optimizing pharmaceutical care delivery.
Previous studies provide a benchmark, but current time utilization patterns require updated investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate and quantify the time allocation of community pharmacists across various professional, semi-professional, and non-professional activities.
To compare current time utilization patterns with data from a previous study conducted in 1998.

Main Methods:

A self-reported work sampling methodology was employed in 30 community pharmacies in the Greater Belfast area.
A random bleeper device prompted pharmacists to record their activity approximately 13 times daily over 12 days, using a developed classification system.
Data were analyzed using SPSS, comparing current findings with 1998 data.

Main Results:

Pharmacists spent 49% of their time on professional activities, 31% on semi-professional, and 20% on non-professional tasks, consistent with 1998 findings.
Assembly and labeling of products consumed the most time, while staff training was minimal.
Pharmacists with lower prescription volumes spent more time counseling patients on over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.

Conclusions:

Community pharmacists are dedicating more time to prescription checking, a key aspect of pharmaceutical care.
Despite increased focus on essential tasks, the overall time distribution across activity types has shown little change compared to the 1998 study.
The findings suggest a stable pattern in community pharmacist time utilization, highlighting areas for potential efficiency improvements.