Validation instruments for community pharmacy : pharmaceutical care for the third millennium / Lilian M. Azzopardi.

Online version:
Azzopardi, Lilian M.
Validation instruments for community pharmacy.
New York : Pharmaceutical Products Press, c2000
(OCoLC)606329768

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-267) and index.

TOC Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Validation Study Team Members Introduction: The Concepts of Pharmacy Practice Leading to the Development of Validation Instruments The Framework Validation in a Community Pharmacy Practice Curriculum Validation Concept Introduced Internationally Validation Process Anchors Community Pharmacy Practice Centrally in Today's Health Care System Validation of Concordance Beliefs and Credibility Technology and Validation Conclusion Chapter 1: The Philosophy of Validation Background to Pharmacy Practice The Strengths of Community Pharmacy The Weakness of Community Pharmacy Counteracting the Weaknesses of Community Pharmacy Validation Instruments for Community Pharmacy The Concept of the Validation Process and Its Relevance to Pharmaceutical Care The Aim of Validation of Community Pharmacy Plan of This Book Summary Chapter 2: The Assembly of Validation Tools From Philosophy to Science Study Hypothesis: A Practical Example Background Studies Applications of Measurement Instruments in Health-Related Studies Developmental Stages of the Validation Tools The Components of the Research Design Data Processing and Analyses Summary Chapter 3: Defining Services Provided by Community Pharmacies Services Provided Services Identified Discussion Summary Chapter 4: Quantifying Professional Pharmacy Services Extent of Services Provided The Quantitative Community Pharmacy Model Discussion Summary Chapter 5: Development of Internal Validation Tools Framework of Internal Validation Tools The Validation Tool: The Setting of the Community Pharmacy The Validation Tool: Dispensing a Prescription The Validation Tool: Responding to Symptoms The Validation Tool: Communicating with Patient The Validation Tool: Equipment and Professional Services Available in a Community Pharmacy Discussion Summary Chapter 6: Psychometric Evaluation of the Internal Validation Tools Introduction Methodology Analysis of Results Discussion Summary Chapter 7: Development of External Validation Tools The External Validation Study Discussion Summary Chapter 8: Psychometric Evaluation of the External Validation Tools Introduction Methodology Reporting of Results Discussion Summary Chapter 9: Implementation of the Validation Tools in a Community Setting A Case Study Description Results of the Case Study Discussion Summary Chapter 10: Validation in the Third Millennium implications for Pharmaceutical Care Limitations of the Study Presented Recommendations for Action Appendix A: Practical Guidelines to Conduct a Validation Study The Validation Tools Introduction Validation of Community Pharmacy: Concepts and Methods Development of the Internal Validation Tools Development of the External Validation Tools Conducting an Internal Validation Study Conducting an External Validation Study Classification of Validation Grades Individual Recommendations for Each Validation Tool Definition Sheets of the Internal Validation Tools The External Validation Tools Marketing the Validation Tools Appendix B: The Validation Tools The Setting of the Community Pharmacy Dispensing a Prescription Responding to Symptoms Communicating with the Patient Equipment and Professional Services Available in a Community Pharmacy Consumer Services Tool Health Professionals Tool Validation Tools Report Sheet Internal Validation Study Result Sheet External Validation Study Result Sheet The External and Internal Validation Study Results Correlation Glossary References Index

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