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Clinical practice of pharmacists in family health support team



Abstract

The aim of this study was to understand the essential elements of the systematization process of the clinical practice of a pharmacist in primary health
care. This systematization was based on the framework of pharmaceutical care practice, which provides the foundation for comprehensive medication management services. The methodology utilized was autoetnography, built collaboratively between the authors. The data have been produced through participant observation, field journals, reflections and semi structured interviews with pharmacists who are building clinical practices in primary health care. The results have demonstrated that the main elements associated with the systematization of clinical practices are ‘the construction of a new professional identity in a multiprofessional team’ as well as ‘the incorporation of new activities in the work routine’, that, combined, result in ‘Integration of comprehensive medication management services in the flow of the health unit’. In this way, in order for the pharmacist to legitimize his role in patient care,
it is necessary to change, to transform, to reorganize and to rebuild his practice.

Keywords

Auto ethnography,
Primary health care,
Comprehensive medication management,
Pharmaceutical care

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