Table 3.
Physicians’ Perceptions of Clinical Pharmacists
| Item | No. (%) | Mean (SD) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncomfortable | Moderately comfortable | Comfortable | ||
| [1] Providing patient education | 61 (4.42) | 504 (36.50) | 816 (59.09) | 2.55 (0.580) |
| [2] Suggesting use of non-prescription medications to patients, e.g. paracetamol | 176 (12.74) | 582 (42.14) | 623 (45.11) | 2.32 (0.689) |
| [3] Suggesting use of prescription medications to patients, e.g. antibiotics | 217 (15.71) | 541 (39.17) | 623 (45.11) | 2.29 (0.723) |
| [4] Suggesting use of prescription medications to physicians | 92 (6.66) | 571 (41.35) | 718 (51.99) | 2.45 (0.618) |
| [5] Treating minor illnesses, e.g. headaches | 145 (10.50) | 586 (42.43) | 650 (47.07) | 2.37 (0.665) |
| [6] Designing and monitoring pharmacotherapeutic regimes | 82 (5.94) | 561 (40.62) | 738 (53.44) | 2.48 (0.607) |
| [7] Monitoring outcomes of pharmacotherapeutic regimens | 63 (4.56) | 563 (40.77) | 755 (54.67) | 2.50 (0.584) |
| [8] Detecting and preventing prescription errors | 70 (5.07) | 480 (34.76) | 831 (60.17) | 2.55 (0.591) |