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A qualitative study of UK pharmacy pre-registration graduates' views and reflections on pharmacist prescribing
Trudi McIntosh1, Derek Stewart1
1School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
Background:
Pre-registration pharmacy graduates are a key group in relation to developing and implementing innovations in practice.
Objective:
To explore the views and reflections on pharmacist prescribing of UK pre-registration pharmacy graduates.
Method:
Semi-structured telephone interviews with a sample (n = 12) of pre-registration pharmacy graduates.
Key Findings:
Most reported a desire to train as prescribers, largely for reasons of professional development, but acknowledged the need first to develop as pharmacists. They perceived the lack of organisational strategy, pharmacist prescribers' self-confidence and additional workload to be barriers and were aware of the value of interprofessional relationships as potential facilitators to pharmacist prescribing.
Conclusion:
While participants were supportive of pharmacist prescribing, they highlighted the need first to gain experience as pharmacists and were acutely aware of barriers to prescribing implementation.
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