Table 2.
Interview guide
| Questions | |
|---|---|
| General/background information | Personal information: education, work experience, age, area of expertise, year of current work experience. |
| Feelings and attitude towards a 6-year PharmD programme | How do you feel about the all-PharmD policy in Thailand? |
| Impact of curriculum change | What will be the impact of the curriculum change on education, pharmacy practice and the health care system? |
| Policy makers, pharmacy experts and academic staff | |
| -Historical series or process | Please tell me about the history of PharmD curriculum development in Thailand. |
| -Reason for changing | Why do Thai pharmacy education have to change to a 6-year PharmD curriculum? |
| Who/which other organisations support this policy and why? | |
| How does the PharmD curriculum value/suit the context of Thailand? | |
| (Probes: health care system, quality of patient care, pharmacists’ roles, law and regulation) | |
| -Involvement | Please tell me about your role and responsibility in changing the curriculum policy. |
| Please tell me about the influence or motivation (in general/for your contribution) for this change. | |
| -Process of changing policy | What are the differences between the new PharmD programme and previous programme (e.g., BPharm, a traditional PharmD programme)? |
| How will the new curriculum change? | |
| Manner of enacting of change: policy/real practice | |
| Process in which you are involved | |
| Readiness, preparedness for this change | |
| Key learning, key enablers, significant challenges/ barriers | |
| What do you need in terms of support? | |
| Pharmacy students | Motivating factors to study pharmacy |
| Choice of faculty of pharmacy | |
| Perceptions of the 6-year PharmD programme | |
| Experience as a final year student in the new PharmD programme | |
| Impact of curriculum change (on student and family/ pharmacy profession/ career image) | |
| Future career ambitions and views of career development | |
| Parents | Perceptions of the 6-year PharmD programme |
| Parental support for their children’s education | |
| Experience as a parent of a PharmD student Impact of curriculum change (on student and family/ pharmacy profession/ career image) | |
| Future career ambitions and views of career development | |
| Employers | Perceptions of the 6-year PharmD programme |
| General expectation of PharmD graduates | |
| Differences in competencies/duties between BPharm and PharmD pharmacists? | |
| Satisfaction with BPharm and PharmD pharmacists in terms of competencies and pharmacy services | |
| Expectations from pharmacists’ roles | |
| Expectations from pharmacy education institutions/pharmacy curriculum | |
| Impact of curriculum change (on student and family/ pharmacy profession/ career image) | |
| Pharmacists | Perceptions of an all-PharmD programme |
| What are the differences in terms of about competencies/duties between BPharm | |
| and PharmD pharmacists? | |
| Expectations of into the new curriculum and real work situation | |
| How do you perceive about PharmD pharmacists in your workplace settings? | |
| Are there any differences in competencies between PharmD and BPharm pharmacists? | |
| What makes a PharmD pharmacist different from a BPharm pharmacist? | |
| What is the barrier to move from the traditional pharmacy to advanced pharmacy practice? | |
| How to across the barrier? | |
| What do you expect from a PharmD pharmacist? | |
| Preceptor roles | |
| Specific questions for PharmD pharmacists | |
| How often/ how many days a week do you intervene regarding patients’ medications? | |
| How do PharmD pharmacists add value to patient care? | |
| How do you think your patients think about you? | |
| Are there any differences in competencies between PharmD and BPharm pharmacists? | |
| Health care providers | How often do you contact a PharmD pharmacist regarding patients’ medications? |
| How do you perceive PharmD pharmacists in your workplace settings? | |
| Are there any differences in competencies between PharmD and BPharm pharmacists? | |
| Are you satisfies with the pharmaceutical care services from PharmD pharmacists? | |
| What is the barrier to move from traditional pharmacy to advanced pharmacy practice? | |
| What do you want to suggest to improve PharmD services? | |
| Perceptions of pharmacy curriculum change to a 6-year PharmD programme | |
| Expectations of the new curriculum and pharmacy practices in real workplace situation | |
| Suggestions about multidisciplinary education | |
| Patients/ general public | Please explain the services that you receive from your pharmacists? |
| How do you think about your pharmacist? Are you satisfied with the pharmaceutical care services? | |
| What do you want to suggest about improving pharmacy services? | |
| Do you know how long the pharmacy programme is? | |
| How do you think that pharmacy education changes with a 6-year programme? | |
| Closing questions | Is there anything you would like to add about an all-PharmD programme? |
| Is there anything that concerns you about the interviews or that you would like to ask me before we finish? | |
| Would you like to check your transcript after the interview? | |