title: A qualitative study of UK pharmacy pre-registration graduates' views and reflections on pharmacist prescribing.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Pre-registration pharmacy graduates are a key group in relation to developing and implementing innovations in practice.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To explore the views and reflections on pharmacist prescribing of UK pre-registration pharmacy graduates.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured telephone interviews with a sample (n = 12) of pre-registration pharmacy graduates.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Most reported a desire to train as prescribers, largely for reasons of professional development, but acknowledged the need first to develop as pharmacists. They perceived the lack of organisational strategy, pharmacist prescribers' self-confidence and additional workload to be barriers and were aware of the value of interprofessional relationships as potential facilitators to pharmacist prescribing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While participants were supportive of pharmacist prescribing, they highlighted the need first to gain experience as pharmacists and were acutely aware of barriers to prescribing implementation.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: Trudi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: McIntosh
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: Derek
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D008297:Male; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D024382:Professional Role; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom
keywords: interviews; pharmacist prescribing; pre-registration pharmacy graduates; qualitative; views and reflections