the aim of this study was to evaluate the satisfaction rate of hospital managerial/clinical teams (hmcts) including principles (chief executives), managers, supervisor pharmacists and head nurses from services presented by private sectors directing 10 pharmacy departments in hospitals affiliated to shahid beheshti university of medical sciences.this study is an observational and descriptive stu...

Integrating interprofessional education (IPE) activities and curricular components in health professions education has been emphasized recently by the inclusion of accreditation standards across disciplines. The Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) established IPE competencies in 2009, but evaluating how activities link to competencies has not been investigated in depth. The purpose...

Many students at the University of Namibia have frequently complained about ineffective assessment practices used at the institution. On many occasions, these complaints have not been substantiated with evidence of any kind. The purpose of this study was to obtain some empirical evidence that would ascertain undergraduate students' perceptions of the University of Namibia's grading and assessme...

Informed consent is an essential element of research, and signing this document is required to conduct most clinical trials. Its aim is to inform patients what their participation in the study will involve. However, increasingly, their complexity and length are making them difficult to understand, which might lead patients to give their authorization without having read them previously or witho...

The pharmacist profession needs its own code of conduct set out in writing to serve as a stimulus to pharmacists in their day-to-day work in the different areas of pharmacy, in conjunction always with each individual pharmacist´s personal commitment to their patients, to other healthcare professionals and to society. An overview is provided of the different codes of ethics for pharmacists on th...

The PHAR-IN ("Competences for industrial pharmacy practice in biotechnology") looked at whether there is a difference in how industrial employees and academics rank competences for practice in the biotechnological industry. A small expert panel consisting of the authors of this paper produced a biotechnology competence framework by drawing up an initial list of competences then ranking them in ...

Congenital heart defects take an important place in fetal pathology, due to their highest death percentage reported by WHO (World Health Organisation). The ethical issues that obstetricians deal with in case of an isolated fetal heart abnormality are multiple. The obstetrician is most of the time overwhelmed by the real possibility of making a fetal or neonatal prognosis. The lack of complete a...

To the Editor, We thank Elliott et al.1 and Misko al.2 for their feedback on our recent scoping review.3 They both provided valuable future benchmarking studies. acknowledge that these limitations may impact state or territory-based but reinforce national offered by paper appears useful such sites to compare against. Amy Page is an Editorial Board member of Journal Pharmacy Practice Research a ...

the constant endeavors of a group of pharmacists graduated in different areas in shahid beheshti university of medical sciences has led to the foundation of one of the most prestigious pharmacy schools, not only within iran, but among eastern asian pharmacy schools. we are proud to state that we have been successfully carrying on a great share of the pharmaceutical advancements in many various ...