Doctors view independent prescribing as a step too far
Many mentors of pharmacist supplementary prescribers view independent prescribing as a step too far, according to a study from Northern Ireland
reported in the International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (2007:15:31–37).
From interviews, researchers found that doctors who had mentored pharmacists
were worried about the lack of diagnostic training pharmacists received.
Pharmacists appeared to share this concern.
One mentor also pointed out that an element of “fuzzy logic and
reference to a wide database of knowledge and experience” is used
to make prescribing decisions. It is not known whether pharmacists, whose
decision making in supplementary prescribing is mainly based on algorithms,
would be comfortable with this, the authors point out.
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