Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (10)

Barriers and facilitators to implementing polypharmacy management frameworks: a theory based qualitative exploration of key stakeholders. (2024)
Journal Article
AL BULUSHI, S., MCINTOSH, T., TALKHAN, H., GRANT, A., STEWART, D., AL FAMY, M. and CUNNINGHAM, S. [2025]. Barriers and facilitators to implementing polypharmacy management frameworks: a theory based qualitative exploration of key stakeholders. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01844-5

Inappropriate polypharmacy arises through many factors including deficiencies in prescribing processes. Most research has focused on solutions at the clinician/patient levels with less at the organisational level. To explore key stakeholder identifie... Read More about Barriers and facilitators to implementing polypharmacy management frameworks: a theory based qualitative exploration of key stakeholders..

Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a protocol for a narrative systematic review. (2024)
Journal Article
FORSYTH, P., MAGUIRE, B., O'BRIEN, R., CAREY, J., RUSHWORTH, G.F., CUNNINGHAM, S. and RADLEY, A. 2025. Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a protocol for a narrative systematic review. BMJ open [online], 14(12), article number e088058. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088058

Episodes of alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists have been reported in historical accounts since the 19th century. Alienation and anomie are distinct types of psychological or social ills where people are problematically separated from, or their s... Read More about Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a protocol for a narrative systematic review..

A mixed-methods study of the impact of simulation-based education on the general practice clinical pharmacist in NHS Scotland. (2024)
Thesis
STEEL, L.M. 2024. A mixed-methods study of the impact of simulation-based education on the general practice clinical pharmacist in NHS Scotland. Robert Gordon University, MRes thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2801295

Clinical decision making in healthcare is the process by which healthcare professionals make personalised prescribing and treatment choices for patient care using a combination of clinical evidence, patient preferences and their own clinical expertis... Read More about A mixed-methods study of the impact of simulation-based education on the general practice clinical pharmacist in NHS Scotland..

A qualitative, theory-based exploration of facilitators and barriers for implementation of pharmacist prescribing in chronic kidney disease. (2024)
Journal Article
AL RAIISI, F., CUNNINGHAM, S. and STEWART, D. 2024. A qualitative, theory-based exploration of facilitators and barriers for implementation of pharmacist prescribing in chronic kidney disease. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 46(6), pages 1482-1491. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01794-y

While there is an accumulation of evidence that pharmacist prescribing is safe and effective, there is a lack of research on processes of implementation into practice, particularly for patients with complex clinical conditions such as chronic kidney... Read More about A qualitative, theory-based exploration of facilitators and barriers for implementation of pharmacist prescribing in chronic kidney disease..

Exploring structures and processes supporting interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists. (2024)
Journal Article
DEPASQUALE, C., ARNOLD, A., CUNNINGHAM, S., JACOB, S.A., BOYTER, A., PORTLOCK, J., POWER, A. and ADDISON, B. 2024. Exploring structures and processes supporting interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists. American journal of pharmaceutical education [online], 88(10), article number 101267. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajpe.2024.101267

The objective of this study was to explore stakeholder views on structures and processes supporting planned and unplanned interprofessional education (IPE) during experiential learning (EL) placements for student pharmacists in Scotland. Online semi-... Read More about Exploring structures and processes supporting interprofessional education during experiential learning placements for student pharmacists..

A pharmacist clinician model as part of a collaborative clinical workforce: a philosophical critique. (2024)
Journal Article
RUSHWORTH, G.F., FORSYTH, P., RADLEY, A., DUGGAN, C., SAMPSON, R., CUNNINGHAM, S. and MAGUIRE, B. 2024. A pharmacist clinician model as part of a collaborative clinical workforce: a philosophical critique. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 20(9), pages 918-925. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2024.06.006

The term "clinician" is not reserved for any healthcare professional group. However, there is a general acceptance that a clinician would have the knowledge, skills and behaviours to enable them to clinically assess and manage a patient autonomously.... Read More about A pharmacist clinician model as part of a collaborative clinical workforce: a philosophical critique..

Investigating practice integration of independent prescribing by community pharmacists using normalization process theory: a cross-sectional survey. (2024)
Journal Article
KARIM, L., MCINTOSH, T., JEBARA, T., PFLEGER, D., OSPREY, A. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2024. Investigating practice integration of independent prescribing by community pharmacists using normalization process theory: a cross-sectional survey. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], 46(4), pages 966-976. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-024-01733-x

Independent prescribing (IP) has not been extensively investigated in community pharmacy (CP). Normalization Process Theory (NPT) constructs help explain how interventions are integrated into practice and include: 'coherence' (understanding), 'cognit... Read More about Investigating practice integration of independent prescribing by community pharmacists using normalization process theory: a cross-sectional survey..

Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a narrative systematic review. [Protocol] (2024)
Other
FORSYTH, P., MAGUIRE, B., O’BRIEN, R., CAREY, J., RUSHWORTH, G., CUNNINGHAM, S. and RADLEY, A. [2024]. Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a narrative systematic review. [Protocol]. PROSPERO [online], item number CRD42024536336. Available from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42024536336

The aim of this systematic review is to deliver a narrative synthesis of primary peer-reviewed published research accounts of alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists. The authors intend to identify all published primary peer-reviewed research account... Read More about Alienation and/or anomie in pharmacists: a narrative systematic review. [Protocol].

Student pharmacists' experiences of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DEPASQUALE, C., ARNOLD, A., CUNNINGHAM, S., KERR, A., JACOB, S.A., BOYTER, A., POWER, A., BOYD, M. and ADDISON, B. 2024. Student pharmacists' experiences of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements. 2024 NES (NHS Education for Scotland) annual virtual conference, 25-26 April 2024, [virtual conference], [online], poster 125. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/ms5u6ne9

Interprofessional education (IPE) is viewed as essential to prepare a collaborative practice-ready healthcare workforce. This study aimed to explore student pharmacists' experiences of IPE during experiential learning (EL) placements in various prac... Read More about Student pharmacists' experiences of interprofessional education during experiential learning placements..

Exploring determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviour using the theoretical domains framework. (2024)
Journal Article
TALKHAN, H., STEWART, D., MCINTOSH, T., ZIGLAM, H., ABDULROUF, P.V., AL-HAIL, M., DIAB, M. and CUNNINGHAM, S. 2024. Exploring determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviour using the theoretical domains framework. Research in social and administrative pharmacy [online], 20(4), pages 401-410. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2023.12.009

Few theoretically-based, qualitative studies have explored determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviour in hospitals. Understanding these can promote successful development and implementation of behaviour change interventions (BCIs). To use th... Read More about Exploring determinants of antimicrobial prescribing behaviour using the theoretical domains framework..