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This realist synthesis explores pharmacy prescribing education programs to understand their effectiveness, mechanisms, and contextual factors. It aims to identify why and for whom these programs work under specific circumstances.

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  • Pharmacy Practice Research
  • Health Professions Education

Background:

  • Pharmacist prescribing is expanding to meet healthcare demands.
  • The effectiveness, mechanisms, and contextual factors of pharmacist prescribing education programs are not well understood.
  • Realist approaches offer a novel methodology for pharmacy practice research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To conduct a realist synthesis of pharmacy prescribing education programs.
  • To determine the extent to which these programs are effective, for whom, under what circumstances, and why.
  • To develop a nuanced understanding of the factors influencing program outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • A realist synthesis methodology will be employed, following Pawson's key stages.
  • Data will be extracted on study characteristics, contexts, mechanisms, and outcomes of prescribing education programs.
  • A comprehensive search strategy will include major academic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL Complete).
  • An initial program theory will be developed using grey literature and refined through identified context-mechanism-outcome configurations.

Main Results:

  • This section is to be populated upon study completion.

Conclusions:

  • This section is to be populated upon study completion.