Further analysis demonstrated that students were more aware of the difficulties which may pose as threats to the patient-practitioner relationship, ‘There was a guy who was answering the Morisky (8-item

Medication Adherence Scale), which one was it…do you take all your medicines, he sort of said yes and winked at us’, and perhaps, would now consider those aspects which may affect comprehension, ‘…wording was a little difficult for them’, and hinder effective communication, ‘Language barriers, sometimes I found it was hard to communicate with the elderly’. This study has demonstrated that MPharm student contact, prior to pre-registration training, with

sheltered housing residents to conduct domiciliary http://www.selleckchem.com/products/AZD0530.html medication reviews this website could be important to professional development since it allows students to expand their knowledge in the key area of understanding how older individuals manage their medicines. An awareness of the factors which can contribute to medication misadventure amongst patients and identification of appropriate strategies to mediate this risk are now requisite skills of newly qualified pharmacists. Thus development of early opportunities which allow students to experience contexts in which misadventure may occur may lead to an improvement in patient care. 1. George, J. Munro, K. McCaig, D. Stewart, D. Risk factors for medication misadventure among residents in sheltered housing complexes. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2007; 63: 171–176. 2. Parsell, G. Gibbs, T. and Bligh, J. Three visual techniques to enhance interprofessional learning. Postgraduate Medical Journal. 1998: 74: 387–390. “
“Deborah Brooks, Ashleigh Hopps, Simon White Keele University, Staffordshire, UK This study took a qualitative approach to exploring the perspectives of community pharmacy staff on the Healthy Living Pharmacy (HLP) initiative Endonuclease Benefits were reported for

customers and staff and local communities, despite most customers appearing unaware of the pharmacy’s HLP status The findings support continued national roll-out of the initiative The HLP initiative has led to quality and productivity improvements in community pharmacy, and better public access to health and wellbeing services.1 Key features include quality and performance criteria for services provided and trained Healthy Living Champions (HLCs) in each HLP.1 Local Pathfinders are helping to establish how HLPs can best support people to change their lifestyles, improve their health and wellbeing and potentially health outcomes, as well as building the evidence-base for pharmacy’s contribution to public health.