title: Assessment of Community Pharmacists' Counseling Practices With Simulated Patients Who Have Minor Illness: A Pilot Study.
abstract: A community pharmacist (CP) must provide counseling to consumers of nonprescription medicines and promote responsible self-medication. Previous studies indicate no available statistics on the proportion of pharmacies that provide cognitive services in Brazil. Furthermore, few studies have explored CPs' performance regarding patient-centred cognitive services in community pharmacies. Thus, quality improvement initiatives are needed for the responsible provision of self-medication to fully integrate Brazilian CPs into patient-centred cognitive services. Consequently, the present study's aim was to assess CPs' performance in the management of cases with minor symptoms using nonprescription medicines.
authors.affiliation: From the Laboratory of Teaching and Research in Social Pharmacy (LEPFS/UFS) (C.E.D.R., M.L.B., A.R.M., A.C.O.D.S., G.C.B., D.P.D.L.), and Pharmacy Department campus Lagarto, Federal University of Sergipe, (C.E.D.R., G.C.B.) Sergipe; and Ministry of Health (A.C.O.D.S.), Department of Pharmaceutical Services and Strategic Inputs, Esplanada dos Ministérios, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil.
authors.forename: Chiara E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: da Rocha
authors.forename: Mônica L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bispo
authors.forename: Anne Caroline O
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Alessandra R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Mesquita
authors.forename: Giselle C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: Divaldo P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: de Lyra
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D016544:Patient Simulation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000592:standards*; D010865:Pilot Projects
chemical_list: D004366:Nonprescription Drugs