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Can I get you to just briefly describe your area of expertise and how long you have been qualified for?
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2
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What areas can pharmacists in Saudi Arabia specialise into/what routes can they take?
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3
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What do you think patients expect from pharmacists in Saudi Arabia?
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4
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If I asked you to define the current role of a pharmacist, what would you say?
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Prompt: How does this compares with the roles about a decade ago)
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5
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Can you give me your definition of ‘traditional’ and non-traditional roles in pharmacy practice?
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Can you give me an example of a service that you would consider non-traditional?
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Prompt: what other services do pharmacists provide other than dispensing prescriptions (i.e. vaccinations, OTC counselling, private counselling, blood pressure monitoring etc.)
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How do you feel about how pharmacy practice is changing in Saudi Arabia?
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8
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Do you that think that the roles of pharmacists is becoming more clinical?
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Follow up: How do you feel this has benefited patients?
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Do you think pharmacy education in Saudi Arabia is fit for purpose to enable new graduates to uptake non-traditional roles?
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Do pharmacists have adequate continuous professional development opportunities to uptake non-traditional roles?
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How do pharmacists feel about the wider support to uptake non-traditional roles?
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Prompt: support from government, employers, patient perceptions etc
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Do you feel patients value pharmacists uptaking non-traditional roles?
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What are your perceptions of a pharmacists’ role in the healthcare team (a multi-disciplinary team of health and social care professionals who are the first point of contact for patients)?
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How do you think pharmacists work with other healthcare professionals?
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How is this changing with the uptake of non-traditional roles?
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Can you tell me about a new and innovative service that you have provided in recently in your field?
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Can you tell me what you think are the key barriers to the uptake of non-traditional roles?
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What do you think are the key challenges towards the provision of non-traditional services pharmacy roles in Saudi Arabia?
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Do you have any comments to add?
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