Pharmacists' Role Expanding

Pharmacists are investing more time on patient care activities and less on the traditional dispensing role, according to a new study from the Pharmacy Workforce Centre.

An 11-page questionnaire was mailed to US 5,200 pharmacists last year, with an overall response rate of 48.2%.

Full time pharmacists in 2014 devoted 21% of their time to patient care not associated with dispensing, up from 16% in 2009, and 35.3% said they spent "much more" time on this over the last year, the report said.

The research also highlighted that 57% of practising pharmacists were women, up from 46% five years ago, with women outnumbering men in management for the first time since the study began.

Click here to read the report.

Source:PharmacyDaily.com.au, Wednesday 15 April 2015