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Bernadette Chevalier1, William N Cottrell2, Tobias Hegerty1
1School of Pharmacy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
Objective:
To pilot the Describing and Evaluating community Pharmacy practice to Improve patients' Care and Treatment (DEPICT) tool to determine its utility in collecting data about Australian community pharmacist activities and patient-related encounters.
Methods:
DEPICT tool was developed and tested. Two pharmacy students recruited study patients and collected data in four urban pharmacies.
Key Findings:
Fourteen pharmacists completed 189 DEPICT forms. Pharmacists' evaluations indicated overall high levels of satisfaction and provided valuable recommendations for improvement.
Conclusions:
Pharmacists' feedback will be incorporated into future iterations of DEPICT that will include electronic collection of regional data in urban and rural settings.
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