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