Antimicrobial Stewardship
Conditions
Interventions
This is a quasi-experimental, before-and-after (pre- and post-intervention), single-arm, multicenter study conducted in community pharmacies. A total of 250 pharmacists will participate in the study a
Sponsors
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Eligibility
Age
21 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Pharmacists working in private community pharmacy chains; who perform medication dispensing; aged over 21 years; male or female; holding a higher education degree in Pharmacy; and who agree to participate in the study voluntarily
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Pharmacists who are unavailable to participate in the educational program; who may compromise the anonymity of the simulated patient; whose data cannot be collected after the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improving pharmacists' performance in dispensing antimicrobials through the simulated patient technique will be used to measure participants' performance in standardized clinical scenarios. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improved satisfaction with the program, assessed through the pharmacist's self-perception of their performance in the program; self-perception of the knowledge gained for dispensing antimicrobials; satisfaction with the program's workload; satisfaction with the instructor. Each variable will be answered using a five-point Likert scale.;The participants' knowledge will be assessed using a portion of the CDM-51 instrument (Construction and validation of an instrument to measure the professional’s knowledge of dispensing medication), validated for the Brazilian context, designed to measure professionals' knowledge of medication dispensing practices. | — |
Countries
BR
Contacts
Public ContactDivaldo Lyra Jr
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Outcome results
None listed