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Table 5 Reported skills, training and support for ITP across professional groups

From: Identifying enablers and barriers to individually tailored prescribing: a survey of healthcare professionals in the UK

 

Nurse prescribers (n = 234)

Pharmacists (n = 88)

GP (n = 97)

Total (n = 419)

Numbers (%) reporting medium or high levels of practice skills in…

 Assessing patient management of medicines

153 (65.4)

66 (75)

75 (77.3)

309 (73.7)

 Eliciting patient goals

119 (50.1)

48 (54.5)

57 (58.8)

237 (56.6)

 Deciding medicines meds to change

111 (47.4)

55 (62.5)

72 (74.2)

250 (59.7)

 Monitoring impact of change

122 (52.1)

39 (44.3)

50 (51.5)

226 (53.9)

Described support from [n(%)]

 My training

114 (48.7)

47 (53.4)

43 (44.3)

219 (52.3)

 My professional status

80 (34.2)

38 (43.2)

48 (49.5)

176 (42.0)

 My colleagues

131 (60.0)

57 (64.8)

61 (62.9)

264 (63.0)

 My patients

130 (55.6)

53 (60.2)

73 (75.3)

272 (65.0)

Expressed training experience/needs [n(%)]

 Had formal training

39 (16.7)

16 (18.2)

12 (12.4)

74 (17.7)

 Had informal training

81 (34.6)

37 (42.0)

51 (52.6)

178 (42.5)

 Would like more training

129 (55.1)

59 (67.0)

67 (69.1)

267 (63.7)