- Title
- Pharmacist perceptions of pharmacy support personnel in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in Port Elizabeth
- Creator
- Worthington, Nicole
- Subject
- Pharmacists -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPharm
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/42434
- Identifier
- vital:36659
- Description
- Pharmacy support personnel (PSP) are employed across multiple pharmaceutical sectors in South Africa. They assist pharmacists in the manufacturing sector, while under their direct, personal supervision, to carry out the pharmacists’ functions listed in the South African Good Manufacturing Practice guidelines, within a defined scope of practice. Prior to 2013, all PSP training was workplace-based. The recent introduction of a university-based qualification for PSP has resulted in two routes for students to qualify as PSP. This study employed a qualitative, phenomenological design using semistructured interviews with pharmacists employed in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Their perceptions regarding PSP who had trained via the two training routes where interpreted through thematic analysis in order to determine whether a perceived difference in the abilities of the two cadres of PSP exists. Pharmacists generally expressed a more positive perception of PSP who qualified through the university-based programme. Strengths and weaknesses of both routes of training were identified, with areas of possible improvement identified for both programmes. Furthermore, a mutually supportive pharmacist – PSP relationship was deemed important in order to achieve optimal functionality in the workplace. The need for both pharmacists and PSP to be made aware of the roles that they play in this relationship was highlighted.
- Format
- 98 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Science
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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