Pharmacy Research by “Nonresearch Pharmacists”

What is it about?

I would like to share some tips to overcome barriers to conduct pharmacy practice research by non-career researchers.

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Why is it important?

Conducting research is viewed in most pharmacy departments as ideal but not essential. This is partly due to the misconception of equating all research with investigations undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge, without a particular application in mind. This misconception has 2 main consequences. First, many front-line staff see little relevance of research to their daily practice. Second, they find it difficult to formulate everyday problems into researchable questions