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  1. Documentation and Classification of Hospital Pharmacist Interventions: A Scoping Review

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, October 2023, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  2. Are images worth a thousand words? A preliminary study testing a video for owner education in canine atopic dermatitis

    Article • Veterinary Dermatology, August 2023, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  3. Defining and supporting a professional role for pharmacists associated with traditional and complementary medicines: a cross-country survey of pharmacists

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, August 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Souheil Hallit, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  4. Exploring Ethical Principles Amongst Practicing Community Pharmacists in Portugal

    Article • May 2023, IGI Global

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  5. Impact of a pharmacist’s presence on medication usage in Long-Term Care Facilities: a retrospective cohort study

    Article • April 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  6. Trends in hospital pharmacist interventions documentation and classification: A scoping review

    Article • March 2023, Authorea, Inc.

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  7. A qualitative study on female executive pharmacists with convergent roles

    Article • Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, March 2023, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  8. Selenium and Redox Enzyme Activity in Pregnant Women Exposed to Methylmercury

    Article • Antioxidants, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  9. Systematic literature review of adopting eHealth in pharmaceutical care during COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations for strengthening pharmacy services

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2022, BMJ

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  10. Long-term care professionals’ views on pharmacists: a qualitative study using Role Theory

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  11. The principles of person‐centredness in quality patient care–Evaluation of the Community Pharmacy Services Quality Guidelines in Estonia

    Article • The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, August 2022, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  12. Exploring Muslims’ Health-Related Behaviours in Portugal: Any Impact on Quotidian Community Pharmacy Practice?

    Article • Pharmacy, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  13. Exploring the use of cognitive enhancement substances among Portuguese university students

    Article • Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, March 2022, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  14. Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • February 2022, IGI Global

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  15. Prescribing-Assessment Tools for Long-Term Care Pharmacy Practice: Reaching Consensus through a Modified RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method

    Article • Pharmacy, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  16. Reaching for veterinary pharmacy services: an overlooked routine by community pharmacists?

    Article • Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, July 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Berta Ferreira São Braz, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  17. Clinical Communication Within Hospital Pharmacy Practice: Exploring Pharmaceutical Oncological Consultations

    Article • Health Communication, July 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  18. Profession Driven Improvement of the Quality of Pharmacy Practice—Implementation of Community Pharmacy Services Quality Guidelines in Estonia

    Article • Healthcare, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  19. Development of a European competency framework for health and other professionals to support behaviour change in persons self-managing chronic disease

    Article • BMC Medical Education, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  20. The pharmacist's guide to the future: Are we there yet?

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, April 2021, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  21. Probing pharmacists’ interventions in Long-Term Care: a systematic review

    Article • European Geriatric Medicine, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  22. Analysis of Medical Device Alerts Issued by the Portuguese Medicines Agency: Scoping the Purpose of New Regulatory Recommendations

    Article • Acta Médica Portuguesa, March 2021, Ordem dos Medicos

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  23. Self-medication consultations in community pharmacy: an exploratory study on teams’ performance, client-reported outcomes and satisfaction

    Article • Pharmacy Practice, February 2021, JCFCorp SG PTE LTD

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  24. Bridging Pharmacy Education and Health Humanities

    Article • January 2021, IGI Global

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  25. Training and standardization of simulated patients for multicentre studies in clinical pharmacy education

    Article • Pharmacy Practice, December 2020, JCFCorp SG PTE LTD

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  26. Training and standardization of simulated patients for multicentre studies in clinical pharmacy education

    Article • Pharmacy Practice, October 2020, JCFCorp SG PTE LTD

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  27. How involvement of community pharmacies improves accessibility to and awareness about flu vaccination? – An example from Estonia

    Article • Expert Review of Vaccines, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  28. Establishing trustworthiness and authenticity in qualitative pharmacy research

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, October 2020, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  29. Exploring pharmacists’ orientation towards patients in Portuguese community pharmacies

    Article • Journal of Communications In Healthcare, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  30. Exploring Medication Adherence Using M-Health: A Study from Veterinary Medicine

    Article • Pharmacy, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  31. The COPHELA (Cooperation in Quality Assurance for Pharmacy Education and Training between Europe and Latin America) Project

    Article • Pharmacy, March 2020, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  32. Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • January 2020, IGI Global

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  33. Instrumentos para avaliação de habilidades de comunicação no cuidado em saúde no Brasil: uma revisão de escopo

    Article • Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação, January 2020, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  34. Effects of non-native word shapes in the recognition and recall of medicine names

    Article • Written Language & Literacy, November 2019, John Benjamins

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco, Susana Correia, Márcia Costa

  35. Validation of a new tool for evaluating subjects’ satisfaction with medicine package leaflets: a cross-sectional descriptive study

    Article • Sao Paulo Medical Journal, October 2019, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  36. Risk assessment of methylmercury in pregnant women and newborns in the island of Madeira (Portugal) using exposure biomarkers and food-frequency questionnaires

    Article • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, July 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  37. Development of a Complex Intervention to Improve Adherence to Antidiabetic Medication in Older People Using an Anthropomorphic Virtual Assistant Software

    Article • Frontiers in Pharmacology, June 2019, Frontiers

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  38. OP0286 PARE DEVELOPING A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TO PROMOTE EDUCATION ON OSTEOARTHRITIS

    Article • June 2019, BMJ

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  39. Communication skills in Brazilian pharmaceutical education: a documentary analysis

    Article • Pharmacy Practice, March 2019, JCFCorp SG PTE LTD

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  40. Involving undergraduate nursing students in a multidisciplinary research project: strategy for implementation, first results and future perspectives

    Article • Annals of Medicine, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  41. Scoping Pharmacy Students’ Learning Outcomes: Where Do We Stand?

    Article • Pharmacy, February 2019, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  42. Virtual Assistant to Improve Self-care of Older People with Type 2 Diabetes: First Prototype

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  43. Pharmaceutical Care and Patient Counseling

    Article • September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  44. Self-medication and non-prescription drug counseling: Illustrating profession uncertainty within Turkish pharmacy practice

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, August 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  45. Current trends in pharmacovigilance: value and gaps of patient reporting

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  46. Healthcare professionals’ behavior, skills, knowledge and attitudes on evidence-based health practice: a protocol of cross-sectional study

    Article • BMJ Open, June 2018, BMJ

    ScD MSc LUCIANE CRUZ LOPES, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  47. Assessing the Understanding of Pharmaceutical Pictograms among Cultural Minorities: The Example of Hindu Individuals Communicating in European Portuguese

    Article • Pharmacy, March 2018, MDPI AG

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  48. Exploring sociodemographic and economic factors that promote adverse drug reactions reporting by patients

    Article • Health Policy, March 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  49. Short Assessment of Health Literacy (SAHL) in Portugal: development and validation of a self-administered tool

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, February 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  50. Key pharmacovigilance stakeholders' experiences of direct patient reporting of adverse drug reactions and their prospects of future development in the European Union

    Article • Public Health, February 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  51. Revisiting Concepts, Attitudes and Expectations of Brazilian Pharmacists to the Practice of Pharmaceutical Care: A Qualitative Perspective

    Article • Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, January 2018, EManuscript Services

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  52. Community pharmacists’ attitudes towards patient leaflets: Exploring perceptions underlying an electronic local production of tailored written information

    Article • AIMS Public Health, January 2018, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  53. Pre-systematic review on software tools to evaluate package inserts of medicines as prescription information

    Article • Procedia Computer Science, January 2018, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  54. Correction to: Pires, Cavaco and Vigário, Towards the Definition of Linguistic Metrics for Evaluating Text Readability

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  55. Design of Brand Names of Medicines Considering Subjects’ Preferences

    Article • Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science, July 2017, SAGE Publications

    Carla Maria Pires, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  56. Towards the Definition of Linguistic Metrics for Evaluating Text Readability

    Article • Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, May 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  57. Informing the homeopathic practice for Turkish pharmacists: reviewing the example of Portuguese community pharmacies

    Article • Homeopathy, May 2017, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  58. Automatic Quantification of Abbreviations in Medicine Package Leaflets and Their Comprehension Assessment

    Article • International Journal of E-Health and Medical Communications, April 2017, IGI Global

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  59. How sociodemographic features impact subjects' opinion on packages leaflets of medicines?

    Article • Australasian Medical Journal, January 2017, Scitechnol Biosoft Pvt. Ltd.

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  60. How to best manage time interaction with patients? Community pharmacist workload and service provision analysis

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, January 2017, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  61. Evaluation of the type and structure of the imprints used on the surface of medicines

    Article • Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, December 2016, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  62. The value of patient reporting to the pharmacovigilance system: a systematic review

    Article • British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, October 2016, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  63. Evaluation of brand names of medicines: linguistic and format issues

    Article • International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  64. Community pharmacists’ knowledge and perceptions on risk management plans in the Southern Region of Portugal

    Article • Clinical Research and Regulatory Affairs, May 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  65. Factors influencing subjects’ comprehension of a set of medicine package inserts

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  66. A Latin American, Portuguese and Spanish consensus on a core communication curriculum for undergraduate medical education

    Article • BMC Medical Education, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  67. Virtual Humans Playing the Role of Patients in Self-medication Consultations: Perspectives of Undergraduate Pharmacy Students

    Article • January 2016, Scitepress

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  68. Graphical content of medicinal package inserts: an exploratory study to evaluate potential legibility issues

    Article • Health Information & Libraries Journal, December 2015, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  69. Competências de Comunicação Clínica: Objetivos de Ensino-Aprendizagem para um Currículo Nuclear nas Áreas da Saúde

    Article • Revista Brasileira de Educação Médica, December 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  70. Quality supply of nonprescription medicines in Portuguese community pharmacy: An exploratory case study

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, November 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  71. Language does not come “in boxes”: Assessing discrepancies between adverse drug reactions spontaneous reporting and MedDRA® codes in European Portuguese

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, September 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  72. Brand names of Portuguese medication: understanding the importance of their linguistic structure and regulatory issues

    Article • Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, August 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  73. Community pharmacists’ attitudes towards adverse drug reaction reporting and their knowledge of the new pharmacovigilance legislation in the southern region of Portugal: a mixed methods study

    Article • Drugs & Therapy Perspectives, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  74. How pharmacist–patient communication determines pharmacy loyalty? Modeling relevant factors

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  75. Padrão de prescrição de antibióticos no Algarve: características do doente e dispersão da terapêutica

    Article • Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, July 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  76. Virtual humans for training and assessment of self-medication consultation skills in pharmacy students

    Article • July 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  77. Problemas Identificados nos Folhetos Informativos dos Medicamentos Não Genéricos Portugueses

    Article • Acta Médica Portuguesa, February 2015, Ordem dos Medicos

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  78. Abbreviations and Symbols in a Large Sample of Medicinal Package Leaflets: Automatic Detection and Comprehension Assessment

    Article • Procedia Computer Science, January 2015, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  79. Readability of medicinal package leaflets: a systematic review

    Article • Revista de Saúde Pública, January 2015, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  80. Using an Automatic Tool to Identify Potential Readability Issues in a Large Sample of Medicinal Package Inserts

    Article • Methods of Information in Medicine, January 2015, Thieme Publishing Group

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  81. Package leaflets of the most consumed medicines in Portugal: safety and regulatory compliance issues. A descriptive study

    Article • Sao Paulo Medical Journal, October 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  82. A scenario-planning approach to human resources for health: the case of community pharmacists in Portugal

    Article • Human Resources for Health, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  83. Adverse Drug Reactions Spontaneous Reporting and MedDRA® Lingos: How Discrepant Are They in European Portuguese?

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  84. Feeding Back Pharmacy Staff on their OTC Dispensing Performance: An Exploratory Study

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  85. How Challenging Are Branded Medicines in Portugal? A Linguistic Evaluation of Brand Names

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, September 2014, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  86. Assessing determinants of self-medication with antibiotics among Portuguese people in the Algarve Region

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, August 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  87. Children's Health Risk and Benefits of Fish Consumption: Risk Indices Based on a Diet Diary Follow-Up of Two Weeks

    Article • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  88. Exposure Assessment of Pregnant Portuguese Women to Methylmercury Through the Ingestion of Fish: Cross-Sectional Survey and Biomarker Validation

    Article • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  89. Exploring computer simulation to assess counseling skills amongst pharmacy undergraduates

    Article • Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, January 2014, EManuscript Services

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  90. Exploring the perspectives of potential consumers and healthcare professionals on the readability of a package insert: a case study of an over-the-counter medicine

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  91. Communication between health professionals and patients: review of studies using the RIAS (Roter Interaction Analysis System) method

    Article • Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, January 2014, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  92. Do community pharmacists actively engage elderly patients in the dialogue? Results from pharmaceutical care consultations

    Article • Health Expectations, December 2013, Wiley

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  93. Community pharmacies automation: any impact on counselling duration and job satisfaction?

    Article • International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  94. A European consensus on learning objectives for a core communication curriculum in health care professions

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, October 2013, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  95. Community pharmacies and eHealth services: Barriers and opportunities for real Primary Healthcare integration

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  96. eHealth services for enhanced pharmaceutical care provision: From counseling to patient education

    Article • May 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  97. Implementing eHealth Services for Enhanced Pharmaceutical Care Provision: Opportunities and Challenges

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  98. Avaliação da legibilidade de folhetos informativos e literacia em saúde

    Article • Revista de Saúde Pública, October 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  99. European Pharmacy Students' Experience With Virtual Patient Technology

    Article • American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, August 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  100. Assessment of Essential and Nonessential Metals and Different Metal Exposure Biomarkers in the Human Placenta in a Population from the South of Portugal

    Article • Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, July 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  101. Posters

    Article • Annals of Oncology, June 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Konstantinos C. Fragkos, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  102. Immigrant pharmacists in Portugal: A qualitative exploration of their work-related attitudes

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, March 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  103. Pharmacists’ counseling protocols for minor ailments: A structure-based analysis

    Article • Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, January 2012, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  104. General practitioner residency consultations: video feedback analysis

    Article • International Journal of Medical Education, December 2011, International Journal of Medical Education

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  105. Quality assurance in European pharmacy education and training

    Article • December 2011, Instituto de Salud Carlos III/BNCS/SciELO Espana

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  106. Exploring pharmacists’ communication with customers through screening services

    Article • Patient Education and Counseling, September 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  107. Exploring pharmacist–customer communication: the established blood pressure measurement episode

    Article • Pharmacy World & Science, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  108. Contribuição para o estudo da leitura de folhetos informativos nas farmácias Portuguesas

    Article • Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, July 2010, Elsevier

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  109. Pharmaceutical consultations in community pharmacies: utility of the Roter Interaction Analysis System to study pharmacist–patient communication

    Article • International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, May 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  110. Posters

    Article • International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Lesley Diack, Dr Matthew J Boyd, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  111. Self-assembly of star-shaped heteropoly-15-palladate(II)

    Article • Dalton Transactions, January 2009, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  112. Gauging Portuguese community pharmacy users’ perceptions

    Article • Primary Health Care Research & Development, October 2007, Cambridge University Press

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  113. Comment: Community Pharmacy Services in Portugal

    Article • Annals of Pharmacotherapy, May 2007, SAGE Publications

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  114. Community Pharmacy Services in Portugal

    Article • Annals of Pharmacotherapy, December 2006, SAGE Publications

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  115. Consumers’ perceptions of community pharmacy in Portugal: a qualitative exploratory study

    Article • Pharmacy World & Science, February 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  116. Posters

    Article • European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, October 2004, Elsevier

    Dr. João MM Sousa, Prof Afonso M Cavaco

  117. Achievement Motivation and Self-efficacy Perception Amongst Portuguese Pharmacy Students

    Article • Pharmacy Education, July 2003, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

    Prof Afonso M Cavaco