title: Collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists: opinions of graduates in family medicine.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To ascertain the opinions of graduating family physicians about collaboration between family physicians and community pharmacists.
  
  
  METHODS
  Anonymous online survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two French-Canadian university family medicine residency programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  The 2010 and 2011 graduating family physicians (N = 343) from the University of Montreal and Laval University in Quebec.
  
  
  METHODS
  Content of written prescriptions; frequency of and reasons for consultations with community pharmacists; and graduates' perceptions of sharing professional responsibilities with community pharmacists.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The response rate was 54.2%. Overall, graduates were open to collaborating actively with community pharmacists. For example, at least 60% of graduates reported that it was important to write on prescriptions about any changes to patients' medication and creatinine clearance. Most graduates responded positively to sharing responsibility for the adjustment of treatment of patients with certain chronic conditions (88.3% for anticoagulation, 64.7% for hypercholesterolemia, 61.2% for hypertension, and 60.6% for diabetes) and for the initiation of treatment of minor conditions according to a collective prescription (80.6% for traveler's diarrhea, 74.1% for juvenile acne, and 73.6% for allergic rhinitis). However, such interprofessional collaboration requires that each professional group continues to adapt to its roles and responsibilities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Family medicine graduates are open to actively collaborating with community pharmacists, but they have some reservations regarding sharing certain responsibilities. As collaborative practices are changing, graduates' opinions should be documented once they are actually practising.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Pavillon Ferdinand-Vandry, Room 2881E, 1050 avenue de la Médecine, Quebec city, QC G1V 0A3. luc.cote@fmed.ulaval.ca.
authors.forename: Luc
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Côté
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Normandeau
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maheux
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Authier
authors.forename: Louise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lefort
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003157:Community Pharmacy Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D010595:Pharmacists; D010819:Physician's Role; D010821:Physicians, Family / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D024382:Professional Role; D011792:Quebec
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