Pharmacists as Members of the Healthcare Team in Israel: Sectoral Differences

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 276-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahuva Lustig ◽  
Shlomo P. Zusman
Keyword(s):  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Clinical Knowledge ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Sectoral Differences ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Advisory Role

OBJECTIVE: To examine the sectoral differences among Israeli pharmacists regarding their perception of actual versus desired contact with other members of the healthcare team, and measures necessary to achieve a closer working relationship among members. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Pharmacists from private, community, and hospital sectors (n=145) completed a survey that assessed their respective views of the current and future roles of the pharmacist as a member of the healthcare team. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Common to pharmacists in all three sectors is their aspiration for greater cooperation among members of the healthcare team, especially with physicians. Intersectoral differences were found in their attitude toward their role in the healthcare team: hospital phannacists would like a better relationship with patients, private pharmacists would like closer ties with physicians, and community pharmacists would like better teamwork with the nurse. No sectoral differences were seen in how pharmacists see themselves as members of the clinical healthcare team. Only 12 percent believe they have adequate knowledge to advise on clinical pharmacotherapy. To perform this function, they indicated that more training in pharmacotherapy would be needed (98.6 percent of respondents), as well as joint courses with medical students (84.2 percent), and a modification of their internship period requiring them to work in each of the different practice sectors (73.4 percent). No sectoral differences were observed regarding the benefits of a more active role of the pharmacist in the healthcare team. CONCLUSIONS: One possible explanation for Israeli pharmacists' low professional self-image, despite the rewards of the profession, is that they lack the necessary clinical knowledge that would enable them to take a more active role in the healthcare team. Pharmacists' job satisfaction may improve if a more active advisory role in the healthcare team can be achieved.

scholarly journals The Emerging Role of Community Pharmacists in Remote Patient Monitoring Services

Pharmacy ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 166
Author(s):  
Amina Abubakar ◽  
Jessica Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Medication Management ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Remote Patient Monitoring ◽  
Patient Counseling ◽  
State Evaluation ◽  
Remote Patient ◽  
Enhance Patient Care ◽  
Pharmacist Services

Remote physiologic monitoring (RPM) services involve the transmission of patient-collected physiologic data to the healthcare team. These data are then analyzed to determine what changes may be needed to enhance patient care. While pharmacists may not be recognized as billing providers through some payers, there are opportunities for pharmacist collaboration with providers to enhance patient access to RPM services. Community pharmacist services are traditionally tied to a product, but pharmacists are skilled in medication management, disease state evaluation, and patient counseling, which are skills that can contribute to an elevated RPM program.

Professional Self-Image among Israeli Pharmacists: Sectoral Differences

1992 ◽  
Vol 26 (10) ◽  
pp. 1296-1299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahuva Lustig ◽  
Shlomo P. Zusman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Status ◽  
The Public ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Sectoral Differences ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
Community Sector ◽  
Intellectual Challenge

OBJECTIVE: To examine sectoral differences in the professional activities and self-images of Israeli pharmacists. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Pharmacists from private, community, and hospital sectors (n=145) completed a survey that assessed the rewards accrued from their professional activities as pharmacists and evaluated their professional and sectoral self-image. RESULTS: Few intersectoral differences were found among Israeli pharmacists. Most agreed that the main rewards in the public sector are secure employment, intellectual challenge, and responsibility. In the private sector, the rewards are high income, responsibility, and opportunity to counsel. The majority of pharmacists in all sectors are satisfied with their profession, and 90.7 percent would choose it again. Nevertheless, they ranked pharmacy eighth among nine professions chosen for comparison, which shows quite a low professional image. The private and hospital pharmacists attributed a higher social status to their own sectors than to the community sector. CONCLUSIONS: The inferior professional self-image held by pharmacists, despite the rewards of the profession, should be examined in greater detail.

The longitudinal effects of HIWP on new nurses' retention: The role of professional self-image.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 (1) ◽  
pp. 17899
Author(s):  
Denis Chênevert ◽  
Geneviève Jourdain ◽  
Christian Vandenberghe
Keyword(s):  
New Nurses ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Longitudinal Effects ◽  
Professional Self

scholarly journals The role of pharmacists in complementary and alternative medicine in Lebanon: users’ perspectives

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Ali Hijazi ◽  
Hibeh Shatila ◽  
Zeina Omeich ◽  
Abdalla El-Lakany ◽  
Maha Aboul Ela ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Medicine ◽  
Complementary And Alternative Medicine ◽  
Medical History ◽  
Healthcare Providers ◽  
Community Pharmacists ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cam Use ◽  
Complementary And Alternative

Abstract Background Customers’ expectations and satisfaction are critical to ensure a more effective role of the community pharmacists in promoting the safe use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). The aim of this study is to examine the perceptions and practices of customers buying their CAM products from pharmacies and explore their satisfaction with CAM-related services offered by the community pharmacists in Lebanon. Methods A national cross-sectional study was conducted among users of CAM (age > =18 years) who obtained their CAM from community pharmacies in Lebanon (n = 832). Within the proximity of the pharmacy, subjects were invited to complete a multi-component questionnaire. The latter consisted of four sections related to CAM: general beliefs, perception of pharmacists’ role, practices, satisfaction with services offered by the pharmacists. In addition, the questionnaire included questions about sociodemographic characteristics of participants. Results The majority of participants agreed to an active role of the pharmacists’ in guiding CAM use, however over half of the participants (61.3%) did not agree that the pharmacist is more knowledgeable in this field than other healthcare providers. As for practices, one in two surveyed customers (47%) did not always give feedback to their pharmacists about the outcomes after using CAM, 20% did not often ask the pharmacists about the safe and effective mode of use of the products and 28.1% did not discuss their medical history. For services offered by the pharmacist, the majority of participants reported receiving good education about the CAM product (87.1%), its side effects (87.1%) and mode of use (93.4%), while significant proportions of participants reported that pharmacists were not asking questions about their medical history before dispensing CAM products (22%) nor were they providing information on CAM-drug interactions (30%). Conclusions The results of this study highlighted important gaps between the perceptions of customers and the services they received from the pharmacists about CAM use. These findings could be used by concerned stakeholders, including public health authorities and educational bodies, to develop evidence-based interventions aimed at promoting the role of pharmacists in ensuring a safe and effective CAM use Lebanon.

scholarly journals Cosmic Narcissism: Self-Image and the Contemplation of Nature in Gaston Bachelard’s Thought

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Luz Aída Lozano Campos ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Experience ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
Gaston Bachelard ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Aesthetic

"The mythical image of Narcissus has served to explore, both in art and in psychoanalysis, topics such as reflection, selfishness, contemplation and autoeroticism. Gaston Bachelard had a thorough reading of this mythological being, which we propose to reflect upon with a view to exploring the question of “self-image”. Our objective will be to clarify the notion of “cosmic narcissism” that Bachelard suggests, to analyze the “self” that emerges in the aesthetic experience. Through the image of Narcissus, Bachelard highlights the active role of Nature in shaping the artist’s self-image. He proposes a “cosmic narcissism” as an “idealizing” path of the self, which we will contrast with the “neurotic narcissism” suggested by Freud."

scholarly journals Onde está a enfermagem? A (in)visibilidade desta categoria profissional nos meios de comunicação

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
João Caio Silva ◽  
Hylda Moraes ◽  
Francisco Araújo ◽  
Maria Karolayne Araujo ◽  
Marcos Renato Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Audiovisual Media ◽  
Software Interface ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Social Objective ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
The Media ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

Objetivo: analisar a visibilidade da Enfermagem nos meios de comunicação segundo a percepção de acadêmicos de Enfermagem. Metodologia: trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva e exploratória, com abordagem qualitativa, com a participação de acadêmicos de Enfermagem do primeiro e último semestres. Concebeu-se a coleta de dados por meio de roteiro semiestruturado. Analisaram-se os dados sob os preceitos da Análise de Conteúdo associada com o software Interface de R pour lês Analyses Multidimensionalles de Textes et de Questionnaires (IRAMUTEQ)®. Resultados: destacou-se, pelos entrevistados, que a Enfermagem é desvalorizada nos meios de comunicação, salientando, também, a recorrente valorização dos profissionais da Medicina nessas mídias em detrimento da Enfermagem e demonstrando a necessidade de reivindicar esta realidade. Conclusão: cerca-se a Enfermagem de estereótipos em sua representação nas mídias e isso implica a sua desvalorização social e visibilidade profissional.Palavras-chave: Mídia Audiovisual; Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem; Autoimagem; Valorização Social. Objective: to analyze the visibility of Nursing in the media according to the perception of Nursing students. Methodology: it is a descriptive and exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, with the participation of nursing students from the first and last semesters. Data collection was conceived using a semi-structured script. Data was analyzed under the precepts of Content Analysis associated with the software Interface de R pour lês Analyses Multidimensionalles de Textes et de Questionnaires (IRAMUTEQ)®. Results: it was highlighted, by the interviewees, that Nursing is devalued in the media, also emphasizing the recurrent valorization of Medicine professionals in these media to the detriment of Nursing and demonstrating the need to claim this reality. Conclusion: stereotypes Nursing is surrounded in its representation in the media and this implies its social devaluation and professional visibility.Keywords: Audiovisual Media; Role of the Ursing Professional; Self image; Social Appreciation. Objetivo: analizar la visibilidad de Enfermería en los medios de comunicación según la percepción de los estudiantes de Enfermería. Metodología: se trata de una investigación descriptiva y exploratoria, con enfoque cualitativo, con la participación de estudiantes de Enfermería del primer y último semestre. La recolección de datos se concibió utilizando un guión semiestructurado. Los datos se analizaron bajo los preceptos del Análisis de Contenido asociado con el software Interface de R pour lês Analyses Multidimensionalles de Textes et de Questionnaires (IRAMUTEQ) ®. Resultados: los entrevistados destacaron que la Enfermería se devalúa en los medios de comunicación, destacando también la valoración recurrente de los profesionales de la Medicina en estos medios en detrimento de la Enfermería y demostrando la necesidad de reclamar esta realidad. Conclusión: la Enfermería está rodeada de estereotipos en su representación en los medios y esto implica su devaluación social y visibilidad profesional.Palabras clave: Medios Audiovisuales; Rol del Profesional de Enfermería; Autoimagen; Apreciación Social.

Role of spectrin in membrane fusion and in shape change of human erythrocyte ghost

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-329
Author(s):  
Hideo Hayashi ◽  
Yoshikazu Hirai ◽  
John T. Penniston
Keyword(s):  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Human Erythrocyte ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Membrane Surface ◽  
Slight Modification ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Bank Blood ◽  
Human Erythrocyte Ghost

Spectrin is a membrane associated protein most of which properties have been tentatively elucidated. A main role of the protein has been assumed to give a supporting structure to inside of the membrane. As reported previously, however, the isolated spectrin molecule underwent self assemble to form such as fibrous, meshwork, dispersed or aggregated arrangements depending upon the buffer suspended and was suggested to play an active role in the membrane conformational changes. In this study, the role of spectrin and actin was examined in terms of the molecular arrangements on the erythrocyte membrane surface with correlation to the functional states of the ghosts.Human erythrocyte ghosts were prepared from either freshly drawn or stocked bank blood by the method of Dodge et al with a slight modification as described before. Anti-spectrin antibody was raised against rabbit by injection of purified spectrin and partially purified.

Elucidation of block boundaries as the dissolution channels in hydrated cement

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 484-485
Author(s):  
N.V. Belov ◽  
U.I. Papiashwili ◽  
B.E. Yudovich
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Phase ◽  
Grain Boundaries ◽  
Benzoyl Peroxide ◽  
Phase Contrast ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hardened Cement ◽  
Hydrated Cement ◽  
Hardened Cement Paste

It has been almost universally adopted that dissolution of solids proceeds with development of uniform, continuous frontiers of reaction.However this point of view is doubtful / 1 /. E.g. we have proved the active role of the block (grain) boundaries in the main phases of cement, these boundaries being the areas of hydrate phases' nucleation / 2 /. It has brought to the supposition that the dissolution frontier of cement particles in water is discrete. It seems also probable that the dissolution proceeds through the channels, which serve both for the liquid phase movement and for the drainage of the incongruant solution products. These channels can be appeared along the block boundaries.In order to demonsrate it, we have offered the method of phase-contrast impregnation of the hardened cement paste with the solution of methyl metacrylahe and benzoyl peroxide. The viscosity of this solution is equal to that of water.

Potential Uses of Vinegar as a Medicine and Related in vivo Mechanisms

2016 ◽  
Vol 86 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 127-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeshan Ali ◽  
Zhenbin Wang ◽  
Rai Muhammad Amir ◽  
Shoaib Younas ◽  
Asif Wali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Structure ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Heart Diseases ◽  
Folk Medicine ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Current Review ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Positive Effect

While the use of vinegar to fi ght against infections and other crucial conditions dates back to Hippocrates, recent research has found that vinegar consumption has a positive effect on biomarkers for diabetes, cancer, and heart diseases. Different types of vinegar have been used in the world during different time periods. Vinegar is produced by a fermentation process. Foods with a high content of carbohydrates are a good source of vinegar. Review of the results of different studies performed on vinegar components reveals that the daily use of these components has a healthy impact on the physiological and chemical structure of the human body. During the era of Hippocrates, people used vinegar as a medicine to treat wounds, which means that vinegar is one of the ancient foods used as folk medicine. The purpose of the current review paper is to provide a detailed summary of the outcome of previous studies emphasizing the role of vinegar in treatment of different diseases both in acute and chronic conditions, its in vivo mechanism and the active role of different bacteria.

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