Role of pharmacists in improving the appropriate use of medications


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4103.0: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 1:15 PM

Abstract #119767

Role of pharmacists in improving the appropriate use of medications

Donna Dolinsky, PhD, Professor and Director Division of Social and Administrative Sciences, Arnold & Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Long Island University, 75 DeKalb, Brooklyn, NY 11201, 718-488-1258, donna.dolinsky@liu.edu

As part of a session on the roles and responsibilities of health professionals in health literacy improvement, this presentation will focus on pharmacists and their staff. The presentation will examine the critical role of pharmacists in identifying, understanding and addressing the health literacy challenges of consumers and patients related to the appropriate use of medications.

Learning Objectives:

Learning Objectives

Understand the role of pharmacists in communicating effectively with consumers.
Understand the role of health literacy in medication outcomes.
Identify efforts pharmacy schools have initiated with regard to increasing their students communication skills.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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