TY  - JOUR
AU  - Golić-Jelić, Ana
AU  - Tasić, Ljiljana
AU  - Škrbić, Ranko
AU  - Marinković, Valentina
AU  - Stoisavljević Šatara, Svjetlana
AU  - Stojaković, Nataša
AU  - Marković Peković, Vanda
AU  - Godman, Brian
PY  - 2021
UR  - https://farfar.pharmacy.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3937
AB  - Background: Pharmacists are often the first healthcare professionals that patients contact with their illnesses and requests for medical information, which is enhanced following the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Community pharmacists are expected and required to possess a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills. Self-assessment of these competencies is needed for their self-improvement. Purpose of the study: To assess pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives, and to compare the scores obtained by external observation with pharmacists’ self-assessment of their knowledge as well as investigate the significance of preceptorship experiences. Contraceptives was chosen as the subject area in view of high rates of abortions as a means of contraception in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: A questionnaire approach was used. The questionnaire included the following: the first domain contained two case scenarios (safe use of contraceptives), which evaluated clinical knowledge, a second domain in which pharmacists self-assessed their knowledge to resolve cases from the first domain and a third domain that measured the demographics of pharmacists (including experience in preceptorship). Dispensing practice was evaluated in the second domain. The questionnaires were distributed to a convenient sample of 100 pharmacists at the Annual Meeting of Bosnia and Herzegovina Pharmacists. The results were presented as counts (%). The groups (preceptors and non-preceptors) were compared using Mann-Whitney U test, paired assessments were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Spearman’s correlation was used to assess the correlation between variables. Results: Of the 100 pharmacists invited to participate, 84 completed the questionnaire (84 % response rate). There was no agreement between pharmacists’ real knowledge (average score - case 1: 2.71, case 2: 3.3) and their self-assessment (average score - case 1: 3.77, case 2: 3.91). There was no statistically significant difference in the actual knowledge of pharmacists (experienced/non-experienced in precepting), while the difference in the self-assessment was significant between these two groups. Conclusion: Pharmacists appear to overrate themselves, which leads to self-enhancement bias, in which the experience in precepting has some influence. Pharmacists’ capability in performing an objective self-assessment of their clinical knowledge needs to be carefully studied in the future to fully benefit patients.
PB  - BioMed Central Ltd
T2  - BMC Medical Education
T1  - Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.1186/s12909-021-02864-9
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Golić-Jelić, Ana and Tasić, Ljiljana and Škrbić, Ranko and Marinković, Valentina and Stoisavljević Šatara, Svjetlana and Stojaković, Nataša and Marković Peković, Vanda and Godman, Brian",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Background: Pharmacists are often the first healthcare professionals that patients contact with their illnesses and requests for medical information, which is enhanced following the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Community pharmacists are expected and required to possess a broad spectrum of knowledge and skills. Self-assessment of these competencies is needed for their self-improvement. Purpose of the study: To assess pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives, and to compare the scores obtained by external observation with pharmacists’ self-assessment of their knowledge as well as investigate the significance of preceptorship experiences. Contraceptives was chosen as the subject area in view of high rates of abortions as a means of contraception in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Methods: A questionnaire approach was used. The questionnaire included the following: the first domain contained two case scenarios (safe use of contraceptives), which evaluated clinical knowledge, a second domain in which pharmacists self-assessed their knowledge to resolve cases from the first domain and a third domain that measured the demographics of pharmacists (including experience in preceptorship). Dispensing practice was evaluated in the second domain. The questionnaires were distributed to a convenient sample of 100 pharmacists at the Annual Meeting of Bosnia and Herzegovina Pharmacists. The results were presented as counts (%). The groups (preceptors and non-preceptors) were compared using Mann-Whitney U test, paired assessments were analyzed by Wilcoxon signed-rank test and Spearman’s correlation was used to assess the correlation between variables. Results: Of the 100 pharmacists invited to participate, 84 completed the questionnaire (84 % response rate). There was no agreement between pharmacists’ real knowledge (average score - case 1: 2.71, case 2: 3.3) and their self-assessment (average score - case 1: 3.77, case 2: 3.91). There was no statistically significant difference in the actual knowledge of pharmacists (experienced/non-experienced in precepting), while the difference in the self-assessment was significant between these two groups. Conclusion: Pharmacists appear to overrate themselves, which leads to self-enhancement bias, in which the experience in precepting has some influence. Pharmacists’ capability in performing an objective self-assessment of their clinical knowledge needs to be carefully studied in the future to fully benefit patients.",
publisher = "BioMed Central Ltd",
journal = "BMC Medical Education",
title = "Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications",
volume = "21",
number = "1",
doi = "10.1186/s12909-021-02864-9"
}

Golić-Jelić, A., Tasić, L., Škrbić, R., Marinković, V., Stoisavljević Šatara, S., Stojaković, N., Marković Peković, V.,& Godman, B.. (2021). Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications. in BMC Medical Education
BioMed Central Ltd., 21(1).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02864-9

Golić-Jelić A, Tasić L, Škrbić R, Marinković V, Stoisavljević Šatara S, Stojaković N, Marković Peković V, Godman B. Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications. in BMC Medical Education. 2021;21(1).
doi:10.1186/s12909-021-02864-9 .

Golić-Jelić, Ana, Tasić, Ljiljana, Škrbić, Ranko, Marinković, Valentina, Stoisavljević Šatara, Svjetlana, Stojaković, Nataša, Marković Peković, Vanda, Godman, Brian, "Pharmacists’ clinical knowledge and practice in the safe use of contraceptives: real knowledge vs. self-perception and the implications" in BMC Medical Education, 21, no. 1 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-021-02864-9 . .