Table 2 Respondents’ understanding of pharmaceutical care
Item | Correct rate (%) | Effect size (%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Before clerkship | After clerkship | |||
[1] PC providers are directly responsible for patients’ clinical outcomes. | 482 (80.1) | 571 (94.9) | 14.8 | .13 |
[2] The primary goal of PC is to maintain and improve patients’ quality of life. | 433 (71.9) | 512 (85.0) | 13.1 | .21 |
[3] The main contents of PC are the provision of drug information. [F] | 568 (94.4) | 593 (98.5) | 4.1 | .70 |
[4] The term “clinical pharmacy” can be replaced with “pharmaceutical care”. [F] | 277 (46.0) | 413 (68.6) | 22.6 | .02* |
[5] PC is an extension of present community pharmacy services. | 410 (68.1) | 534 (88.7) | 20.6 | .04* |
[6] In PC, providers identify and deal with patients’ existing and potential drug-treatment problems. | 583 (96.8) | 595 (98.8) | 2.0 | .81 |
[7] PC involves a defined process of activities, in which all steps must be completed to provide this service. | 296 (49.2) | 422 (70.1) | 20.9 | .04* |
[8] All patients who are treated with drug therapy need PC. | 183 (30.4) | 357 (59.3) | 28.9 | .00* |
[9] Carrying out PC necessitates drug information support. | 464 (77.1) | 527 (87.5) | 10.4 | .42 |
[10] PC providers need counseling rooms or other private areas to provide PC. [F] | 312 (51.8) | 433 (71.9) | 20.1 | .04* |
[11] Drug use can be monitored in PC to improve drug treatment. | 520 (86.4) | 577 (95.9) | 9.5 | .58 |
[12] Patients do not need to actively receive PC. [F] | 398 (66.1) | 425 (70.6) | 4.5 | .62 |