Table 3.
Physicians’ expectations of pharmacists
| Physicians expectations |
N (%) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Neutral | Agree | Strongly agree | No response | |
| Pharmacists should take personal responsibility for resolving any drug-related problems they discover involving patients | 22 (11) | 48 (23) | 36 (18) | 62 (30) | 36 (18) | 1 (1) |
| Pharmacists should be knowledgeable drug-therapy experts | 1 (1) | 8 (4) | 14 (7) | 81 (40) | 97 (47) | 4 (2) |
| Pharmacists should assist me in designing drug therapy treatment plans for my patients | 12 (6) | 44 (22) | 55 (27) | 60 (29) | 32 (16) | 2 (1) |
| Pharmacists should educate my patients about the safe and appropriate use of their medication | 2 (1) | 3 (1) | 10 (5) | 83 (41) | 100 (49) | 7 (3) |
| Pharmacists should monitor my patients’ response to drug therapy and let me know if a patient encounters any drug-related problem | 10 (5) | 50 (24) | 39 (19) | 64 (31) | 40 (20) | 2 (1) |
| Pharmacists should know the specific indication of each drug I prescribe, even when drugs have more than one approved or recognized indication | 4 (2) | 18 (9) | 47 (23) | 78 (38) | 58 (28) | – |
| Pharmacists should be available to me for consultation when I see patients | 9 (4) | 39 (19) | 33 (16) | 73 (36) | 45 (22) | 6 (3) |
| Pharmacists should assist my patients in selecting appropriate nonprescription medications | 14 (7) | 53 (26) | 61 (30) | 55 (27) | 22 (11) | – |