Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year
Introduction: Emergency department clinical pharmacists (EPh) serve a relatively new clinical role in emergency medicine. New EPh may still face barriers prior to working in the emergency department (ED), including staff acceptance. We aimed to assess staff perceptions of a university hospital EPh p...
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| description | Introduction: Emergency department clinical pharmacists (EPh) serve a relatively new clinical role in emergency medicine. New EPh may still face barriers prior to working in the emergency department (ED), including staff acceptance. We aimed to assess staff perceptions of a university hospital EPh program 1 year after implementation.
Methods: We sent an electronic survey consisting of 7 multiple-choice questions, 17 5-point Likert-scale questions, and 1 free-text comment section to ED providers and nurses. The qualitatively validated survey assessed staff’s general perceptions of the EPh and their clinical work.
Results: We received responses from 14 attending physicians, 34 emergency medicine residents, 5 mid-level providers, and 51 nurses (80% response rate). Overall, the ED staff strongly supported the presence of an EPh. All of the respondents consulted the EPh at least once in their previous 5 ED shifts. Most respondents (81%) felt the EPh’s availability for general consultation and aid during resuscitations served as the major contribution to medication and patient safety. The participants also expressed that they were more likely to consult a pharmacist when they were located in the ED, as opposed to having to call the main pharmacy.
Conclusion: The EPh model of practice at our institution provides valuable perceived benefit to ED providers. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):205–210.] |
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| spelling | doaj.art-854c870eb99c4658bf72db4e62fc7cd92022-12-21T19:20:50ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-900X2014-03-0115220521010.5811/westjem.2013.11.18069Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One YearZlatan Coralic0Hemal K. Kanzaria1Lisa Bero2John Stein3University of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CaliforniaUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, San Francisco, CaliforniaUniversity of California Los Angeles, Department of Emergency Medicine, Los Angeles, CaliforniaUniversity of California San Francisco, Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco, CaliforniaIntroduction: Emergency department clinical pharmacists (EPh) serve a relatively new clinical role in emergency medicine. New EPh may still face barriers prior to working in the emergency department (ED), including staff acceptance. We aimed to assess staff perceptions of a university hospital EPh program 1 year after implementation. Methods: We sent an electronic survey consisting of 7 multiple-choice questions, 17 5-point Likert-scale questions, and 1 free-text comment section to ED providers and nurses. The qualitatively validated survey assessed staff’s general perceptions of the EPh and their clinical work. Results: We received responses from 14 attending physicians, 34 emergency medicine residents, 5 mid-level providers, and 51 nurses (80% response rate). Overall, the ED staff strongly supported the presence of an EPh. All of the respondents consulted the EPh at least once in their previous 5 ED shifts. Most respondents (81%) felt the EPh’s availability for general consultation and aid during resuscitations served as the major contribution to medication and patient safety. The participants also expressed that they were more likely to consult a pharmacist when they were located in the ED, as opposed to having to call the main pharmacy. Conclusion: The EPh model of practice at our institution provides valuable perceived benefit to ED providers. [West J Emerg Med. 2014;15(2):205–210.]http://escholarship.org/uc/item/7xz6p29m#emergency department clinical pharmacistsGeneral practicequality improvement |
| spellingShingle | Zlatan Coralic Hemal K. Kanzaria Lisa Bero John Stein Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year Western Journal of Emergency Medicine emergency department clinical pharmacists General practice quality improvement |
| title | Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year |
| title_full | Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year |
| title_fullStr | Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year |
| title_full_unstemmed | Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year |
| title_short | Staff Perceptions of an On-site Clinical Pharmacist Program in an Academic Emergency Department after One Year |
| title_sort | staff perceptions of an on site clinical pharmacist program in an academic emergency department after one year |
| topic | emergency department clinical pharmacists General practice quality improvement |
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