Denise M Connelly, Melissa Erin Hay, Nicole Ann Guitar, Kristin Prentice
Bridging Educational Grant in Nursing (BEGIN) students' intentions for retention in long-term, home and community care: A survey protocol
BMJ open
background aim social prescribing links patients nonclinical services involves general physicians gaining traction community pharmacists integral primary healthcare untapped potential social prescribing study explores social prescribing competence among norwegian community pharmacists pharmacy students method crosssectional study utilizing anonymous online questionnaire collect quantitative data conducted inspired limited relevant literature questionnaire constructed pilottested distributed oneweek window within facebook group norwegian pharmacists questionnaire comprised 23 questions categorized demographic details competence assessment covering general knowledge attitude barriersfacilitators related social prescribing statistical analyses employed determine competence participants results online questionnaire collected data 96 participants primarily females 792 aged 2534 406 identified community pharmacists 490 917 worked community pharmacies 313 10 years experience despite positive client relationships 938 statistical analysis revealed significant associations competence variables work experience education gender custom scoring system yielded average competence score 198 5point scale attitudes perceptions participants scoring 382 overall competence calculated 34 indicating moderate level conclusions findings study reveal participants limited knowledge regarding social prescribing emphasizing need education however participants showed strong enthusiasm competence development groundwork paves way future investigations centered pilottesting strategies boost social prescribing knowledge engagement among norwegian community pharmacists pharmacy students