Use of professional practice guidance resources in pharmacy: a cross-sectional nationwide survey of pharmacists, intern pharmacists, and pharmacy students

Mill, Deanna; Johnson, Jacinta L.; Lee, Kenneth; Salter, Sandra M.; D’Lima, Danielle; Seubert, Liza; Clifford, Rhonda; Page, Amy T.

doi:10.1186/s40545-021-00395-8

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice

Table 3 Respondents reasons for using the practice guidance resources, how they used the resources, perceived usefulness and reasons for not using professional practice resources by respondent and resource group

From: Use of professional practice guidance resources in pharmacy: a cross-sectional nationwide survey of pharmacists, intern pharmacists, and pharmacy students

Reasons for using professional practice resource(s)*	Resource Group 1—Overarching Practice Standards, Codes and Guidelines								Resource Group 2—Community Pharmacy Core Professional Services Practice Guidelines								Resource Group 3—Accredited Medication Review Services Practice Guidelines
	Registered Pharmacist		Pharmacy intern		Pharmacy student		All Respondents		Registered Pharmacist		Pharmacy intern		Pharmacy student		All Respondents		Registered Pharmacist		Pharmacy intern		Pharmacy student		All Respondents
	N = *363*		N = 48		N = 72		N = *483*		N = *317*		N = 36		N = 49		N = *402*		N = *165*		N = 12		N = 34		N = *211*
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
To familiarise myself with the contents	206	56.7	38	79.2	49	68.1	293	60.7	173	54.6	30	83.3	33	67.3	236	58.7	99	60.0	9	75.0	20	58.8	128	60.7
To update my knowledge	196	54.0	26	54.2	42	58.3	264	54.7	202	63.7	24	66.7	27	55.1	253	62.9	110	66.7	7	58.3	14	41.2	131	62.1
To check that my practice is reflective of best practice	188	51.8	27	56.3	36	50.0	251	52.0	192	60.6	18	50.0	14	28.6	224	55.7	90	54.5	5	41.7	7	20.6	102	48.3
For continuing professional development	172	47.4	26	54.2	26	36.1	224	46.4	120	37.9	12	33.3	10	20.4	142	35.3	51	30.9	4	33.3	11	32.4	66	31.3
As a teaching resource for pharmacy students, intern pharmacists, pharmacy/dispensary assistants or colleagues	118	32.5	18	37.5	25	34.7	161	33.3	92	29.0	10	27.8	14	28.6	116	28.9	30	18.2	5	41.7	12	35.3	47	22.3
To resolve a situation while providing a service/patient care	90	24.8	7	14.6	8	11.1	105	21.7	87	27.4	6	16.7	5	10.2	98	24.4	30	18.2	0	0.0	1	2.9	31	14.7
Other^	18	5.0	3	6.3	4	5.6	25	5.2	16	5.0	1	2.8	3	6.1	20	5.0	9	5.5	0	0.0	1	2.9	10	4.7
I cannot remember#	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	4.2	3	0.6	1	0.3	0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0.5	1	0.6	0	0.0	1	2.9	2	0.9

How did they use the selected professional practice resource(s)*	N = 363		N = 48		N = 72		N = 483		N = 317		N = 36		N = 49		N = 402		N = 165		N = 12		N = 34		N = 211
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Read part of it	236	65.0	38	79.2	59	81.9	333	68.9	174	54.9	26	72.2	33	67.3	233	58.0	80	48.5	9	75.0	23	67.6	112	53.1
Read all of it	93	25.6	15	31.3	10	13.9	118	24.4	132	41.6	11	30.6	12	24.5	155	38.6	71	43.0	4	33.3	6	17.6	81	38.4
Applied the information that I read to adapt my practice	196	54.0	26	54.2	36	50.0	258	53.4	159	50.2	18	50.0	21	42.9	198	49.3	71	43.0	2	16.7	5	14.7	78	37.0
Applied the information that I read to advise others on their practice	69	19.0	5	10.4	1	1.4	75	15.5	108	34.1	9	25.0	7	14.3	124	30.8	23	13.9	0	0.0	1	2.9	24	11.4
Confirmed appropriateness of my current practice	173	47.7	23	47.9	27	37.5	223	46.2	132	41.6	9	25.0	12	24.5	153	38.1	57	34.5	4	33.3	4	11.8	65	30.8
Other^	2	0.6	1	2.1	0	0.0	3	0.6	8	2.5	0	0.0	1	2.0	9	2.2	2	1.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.9
I can't remember#	3	0.8	1	2.1	1	1.4	5	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	2.0	1	0.2	1	0.6	0	0.0	1	2.9	2	0.9

Usefulness for group professional practice resource(s) that were used⁺	N = 363		N = 48		N = 72		N = 483		N = 317		N = 36		N = 49		N = 402		N = 165		N = 12		N = 34		N = 211
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Very—the information contained was exactly what I needed/expected	175	48.2	21	43.8	33	45.8	229	47.4	210	66.2	21	58.3	31	63.3	262	65.2	110	66.7	9	75.0	22	64.7	141	66.8
Some what—some of the information was what I needed/expected	165	45.5	27	56.3	34	47.2	226	46.8	101	31.9	14	38.9	15	30.6	130	32.3	48	29.1	3	25.0	10	29.4	61	28.9
Not at all—the information in this document was not what I needed/expected	5	1.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	1.0	3	0.9	1	2.8	0	0.0	4	1.0	3	1.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	1.4
I can't remember	18	5.0	0	0.0	5	6.9	23	4.8	3	0.9	0	0.0	3	6.1	6	1.5	4	2.4	0	0.0	2	5.9	6	2.8

Reasons for not using selected professional practice resource(s)^*	N = 462		N = 51		N = 88		N = 601		N = 378		N = 43		N = 75		N = 496		N = 412		N = 46		N = 77		N = 535
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
I did not know that they existed	120	26.0	35	68.6	32	36.4	187	31.1	15	4.0	17	39.5	23	30.7	55	11.1	51	12.4	21	45.7	24	31.2	96	17.9
I did not know how to access them	81	17.5	18	35.3	32	36.4	131	21.8	19	5.0	14	32.6	14	18.7	47	9.5	22	5.3	8	17.4	14	18.2	44	8.2
They are not relevant to my practice area	148	32.0	6	11.8	17	19.3	171	28.5	188	49.7	12	27.9	17	22.7	217	43.8	235	57.0	24	52.2	27	35.1	286	53.5
I did not need the information that they contain	235	50.9	23	45.1	43	48.9	301	50.1	163	43.1	18	41.9	41	54.7	222	44.8	161	39.1	20	43.5	38	49.4	219	40.9
I do not think the content will be useful, because I already know this information	63	13.6	2	3.9	4	4.5	69	11.5	45	11.9	3	7.0	1	1.3	49	9.9	14	3.4	0	0.0	1	1.3	15	2.8
I do not think it will have the information that I need	51	11.0	6	11.8	6	6.8	63	10.5	16	4.2	2	4.7	3	4.0	21	4.2	6	1.5	0	0.0	1	1.3	7	1.3
I have used these guidelines in the past but not in the last 12 months#	134	29.0	3	5.9	9	10.2	146	24.3	82	21.7	3	7.0	7	9.3	92	18.5	61	14.8	3	6.5	2	2.6	66	12.3
There are more relevant and/or complete and/or useful resources for this information that I use instead^	15	3.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	2.5	9	2.4	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	1.8	6	1.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	6	1.1
There are resources for this information that are easier to access^	4	0.9	0	0.0	1	1.1	5	0.8	1	0.3	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	0.2	2	0.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	2	0.4
Other^	13	2.8	1	2.0	4	4.5	18	3.0	6	1.6	2	4.7	2	2.7	10	2.0	3	0.7	1	2.2	2	2.6	6	1.1

N = total responses for that question and population
n = total responses for that answer
% = n/N × 100%
^*Multiple answer question, percentages will not add up to 100
⁺A single answer question, percentages will add up to 100
^#An exclusive answer
^{^}Indicates text response was allowed

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