Table 1. Demographic characteristics of participants and their practice settings (n = 26).
| Code* | Gender | Practice setting (size# and location) | Pharmacy type (banner or independent) | Experience as a pharmacist (years) | Postgraduate qualification/certification | Professional roles | Accreditation status€ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¥ P01 CA | Female | Small, rural community pharmacy | Independent | 16 | AACP accreditation | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, accredited to conduct medication reviews | Accredited pharmacist servicing rural WA regions |
| P02 CI | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Banner | 6.5 | Immunisation | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, administers immunisation service | N/A |
| P03 C | Male | Small, rural community pharmacy | Independent | 7 | N/A | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy | N/A |
| P04 C | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 31 | N/A | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy which provides mental health services | N/A |
| ¥ P05 CAIS | Female | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy, university | Independent | 28 | AACP accreditation, immunisation, lactation consultancy, asthma education, Diploma in Advanced Dementia Care, integrative health | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, sessional academic/teaching at local university, administers immunisation services, practices integrative medicines, serves on pharmacy-related committees | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P06 C | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 32 | N/A | Proprietor and pharmacist in a community pharmacy, non-executive director roles on private, listed, and not-for-profit organisations, serves on industry and government-related advisory committees | N/A |
| P07 C | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Banner | 24 | N/A | Management role and pharmacist within a banner group with a discount model | N/A |
| P08 C | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Banner | 23 | N/A | Proprietor and manager of a community pharmacy | N/A |
| P09 A | Female | Home visits, metropolitan hospital, university | N/A | 8 | AACP accreditation | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, hospital pharmacist and sessional academic/teaching | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P10 A | Male | Home visits, residential aged care facilities and university | N/A | 15 | AACP accreditation, PhD in Pharmacy | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, management role in an organisation funded by the Federal Government | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| ¥ P11 CAI | Male | Small, rural community pharmacy | Banner | 7 | AACP accreditation, immunisation | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, pharmacist in a community pharmacy, administers immunisation services | Accredited pharmacist servicing rural WA regions |
| P12 CI | Male | Medium, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 7 | Immunisation | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, administers immunisation services | N/A |
| ¥ P13 CAI | Male | Medium, metropolitan community pharmacy | Banner | 18 | AACP accreditation, Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, immunisation | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, accredited to conduct medication reviews, practice manager of a medical centre, administers immunisation services | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| ¥ P14 CAS | Female | Small, metropolitan community pharmacy, and general practice | Banner | 8 | AACP accreditation, Diploma of Management, Graduate Certificate in Wound Care | Pharmacist specialising in wound care services in a community pharmacy, accredited to conduct medication reviews, practises as a practice pharmacist in a general practice | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P15 CI | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 18 | Immunisation | Proprietor and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, administers immunisation and sleep apnoea services | N/A |
| P16 CI | Male | Medium, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 22 | Immunisation | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, administers immunisation services | N/A |
| P17 AIS | Female | Home visits, residential aged care facilities, an independent private health clinic and general practice | N/A | 18 | AACP accreditation, Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education (credentialed), Asthma education, immunisation | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, diabetes and asthma educator practising in own private clinic and a general practice | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P18 A | Male | Home visits and residential aged care facilities | N/A | 37 | AACP accreditation, Master of Clinical Pharmacy, Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, mainly in residential aged care facilities, provides clinical education to nurses and doctors | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P19 A | Female | Rural Aboriginal Health Service | N/A | 15.5 | AACP accreditation | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, mainly for the ATSI population in the rural communities of WA, provides education and training to staff and carers of patients | Accredited pharmacist servicing rural WA regions |
| P20 C | Female | Small, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 9.5 | N/A | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy | N/A |
| P21 A | Female | Home visits, residential aged care facilities, general practice | N/A | 15 | AACP accreditation | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, practises in a general practice | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| P22 CIS | Male | Large, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 12 | Immunisation, specialised compounding, integration (with ACNEM), anti-ageing medicine (with A5M) | Pharmacist in a community pharmacy, provides specialised compounding, integrative medicine and immunisation services | N/A |
| ¥ P23 CAIS | Female | Medium, metropolitan community pharmacy | Independent | 17 | AACP accreditation, immunisation, specialised compounding | Proprietor, manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, provides specialised compounding and immunisation services, accredited to conduct medication reviews | Accredited pharmacist servicing metropolitan region |
| ¥ P24 CAS | Female | Home visits and general practice, rural community pharmacy (occasionally as a locum) | Various (as a locum) | 25 | AACP accreditation, Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education (credentialed) | Accredited to conduct medication reviews, provides diabetes education, locum pharmacist in rural community pharmacies, practises in a general practice | Accredited pharmacist servicing rural WA regions |
| P25 CI | Male | Medium, rural community pharmacy, Aboriginal Health Service | Independent | 6 | Immunisation | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, provides immunisation services and services to the Aboriginal health services | N/A |
| P26 CS | Male | Large, rural community pharmacy | Banner | 17 | Specialised compounding | Manager and pharmacist of a community pharmacy, provides specialised compounding services | N/A |
* C: Community pharmacist; A: Accredited pharmacist; I: Immuniser pharmacist; S: pharmacist providing Specialist services which require credentialing/certification
# Size of community pharmacy based on approximate gross turnover: small (< AUD 1.5 mil pa); medium (AUD 1.5–3.5 mil pa); large (> AUD 3.5 mil pa)
¥ Note: some accredited pharmacists were also practising in a community pharmacy at the time of the interview.
€ Pharmacists accredited with either the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACP) or the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA) to conduct federal government-funded medication reviews.
ACNEM: Australian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine; A5M: The Australasian Academy of Anti-Ageing Medicine; ATSI: Aboriginal and Torres Straits Islander; N/A: Not applicable; PhD: Doctor of Philosophy; WA: Western Australia.