Educating Pharmacists in the Field of Diabetes: Initiatives and Future Challenges in Chiba Prefecture

DOI

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 千葉県内での糖尿病領域における薬剤師教育を目的とした取り組みと今後の課題

Search this article

Abstract

Diabetes affects an extremely large number of patients in Japan; moreover, the number of people afflicted with diabetes continues to increase rapidly worldwide. Although diet and exercise are fundamental components of diabetes treatment, medical care is often the primary focus. Thus, drug therapy plays an important role. To regulate blood sugar levels, pharmacists must provide adequate medication support tailored to each patient’s lifestyle and medical needs. Within this context, the Western Chiba Prefecture Young Pharmacists' Diabetes Research Group was established to improve pharmacists’ knowledge of drug treatments for diabetes, establish and strengthen the coordination between hospital and community pharmacists, and increase the number of certified diabetes lifestyle instructors. This study evaluated the success and failures related to the implementation of diabetes education–associated initiatives by this research group. Since the group's establishment, there has been an upward trend in the number of workshop participants. This trend may have resulted from the development of workshops that suit the needs of community pharmacists. The number of participating CDE-Chiba pharmacists has also increased. We believe that these workshops may have considerably raised participants' consciousness. Nevertheless, many have remained tentative about collaborations between hospital and community pharmacists, which suggests that such partnerships have yet to be fully recognized. In order to foster further collaboration, we plan to propose that sponsors of the research group evaluate patient referral forms.

Journal

  • Applied Therapeutics

    Applied Therapeutics 15 (0), 42-48, 2020

    Japanese Society for Applied Therapeutics

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top