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Towards defining and supporting pharmacists' professional role associated with traditional and complementary medicines - A systematic literature review

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.sapharm.2022.11.001

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Pharmacist; Traditional medicine; Complementary medicine; Responsibilities; Ethics; Professional competency; Guidelines; Enablers; Practice standards; Education

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A review was conducted to explore the willingness of community pharmacists to provide counseling on the appropriate and safe use of traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM). Multiple barriers were identified, including a lack of clear role definition. The review aimed to update and extend these findings by identifying studies published since 2015 that focused on pharmacists in any setting.
Background: A review conducted in 2015 reported community pharmacists are willing to adopt a professional role in counselling consumers about the appropriate and safe use of traditional and complementary medicines (T&CM) but faced multiple barriers in doing so; including the role being poorly defined. This current review aimed to update and extend these findings, by identifying studies published since 2015 that reported on phar-macists across any setting.Methods: Eligible studies published between January 01, 2016 and December 31, 2021 were identified across six databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE, ScienceDirect and MEDLINE). A grounded theory approach was used to thematically synthesize the data extracted.Findings: A total 64 studies representing pharmacists across 30 countries were included for review. Study designs varied including cross-sectional surveys (n = 36), qualitative studies (n = 14), and pseudo-patient studies (n = 3). Eight studies reported on practice and/or bioethical responsibilities and 19 studies reported on factors that would enable pharmacists to fulfill these responsibilities, while 37 studies reported about both.Conclusion: These findings indicate research about pharmacists' responsibilities associated with T&CM is evolving from gap analysis towards research that is proactive in advocating for change in multiple areas. These findings can be used to inform a consensus discussion among pharmacists and key stakeholders regarding a set of professional responsibilities that would serve in the development of: a clearly defined role and associated practice standards, and competency requirements that inform educational learning objectives for inclusion in undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing professional pharmacy education.

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