title: [What doctors expect of a pharmacist's work--how a pharmacist is evaluated by doctors].
abstract: In recent years, a pharmacists' work has changed in terms of therapeutic management and counseling of patients. Generally, a pharmacist has to provide pharmaceutical care in cooperation with a doctor. In the present study, a questionnaire survey on what a doctor expects of a pharmacist was conducted, and directors of hospital were interviewed on what they expect of a pharmacist. Eighty-two doctors participated in the survey. As results, doctors consider that a pharmacist's work is dispensing of drugs (41%), and highly evaluated the works of a pharmacist in advising doctors regarding pharmacotherapy (29%), checking the prescription (28%), providing patient compliance instructions (27%) and providing drug information (26%). Five directors of hospital expect the pharmacists to carry out risk managements and prescription checks, provide drug information, and consultation on drug costs. In addition, doctors want pharmacists to have more knowledge on pharmacotherapy. These results clearly show what doctors expect of a pharmacist's work.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Showa Pharmaceutical University, 3-3165 Higashitamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo 194-8543, Japan. matsuy@ac.shoyaku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
mesh_terms: D016527:Drug Costs; D004346:Drug Information Services; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004358:Drug Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007564:Japan; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010593:Pharmaceutical Services; D010595:Pharmacists; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology; D024382:Professional Role; D012308:Risk Management; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires