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. 2018 Winter;17(Suppl):168–177.

Table 4.

Recommendations generated from FGDs.

Knowledge development Raising pharmacists knowledge and awareness about pharmacy practice
Raising pharmacists knowledge and awareness about professionalism
Raising pharmacists knowledge and awareness about pharmacy ethics
Revising pharmD educational system
Updating pharmacists knowledge and periodical evaluation
Nurturing professionals at the beginning
Skill advancement Teaching communication skills
Increasing pharmacists self-confidence
Service provision Empowering pharmacists in ethical decision making
Documentation of pharmaceutical care for each patient
Paying enough attention to the subsidized drug and their prescription
Considering a special place for pharmaceutical consultation
Rating pharmacies based on their services
Promoting quality of domestic products
Modifying pharmacists and pharmacies appearance
Drug pricing based on quality
Regulation adjustment Changing regulations
Compiling a guideline for medication error
Defining pharmacists role in health care system
Compilation of a guideline for conflict of interest
Organizing
Management and audit Monitoring financial turnover of all parts of pharmaceutical system
Monitoring conflict of interest
Preventing dumping in drug distribution system
Prohibiting corruption
Empowering FDO
Potential assessment of all of the pharmaceutical companies and stakeholders
Organizing pharmaceutical ads
Supervision and management of conflict of interest
Promoting integrity among pharmacists
Introducing a proper feature of the profession by media, etc
Solving financial problems
Creating proportionality between health system and pharmaceutical system
Special attention to the pharmaceutical industries
Providing strong support from pharmaceutical system
Raising pharmacists authorities in industries
Empowering and supporting pharmaceutical associations
Assisting in novelty in drug production
Omitting nonprofessional investors from pharmaceutical system
Promoting contribution of multinational industries
Defining the real pharmaceutical care tariff based on the service provided

FDO= Food and Drug Organization of Ministry of Healt