This study is to be conducted in community pharmacies. It involves the use of trained mystery patients to evaluate community pharmacists at baseline and post intervention. The pharmacists will be divided into control and intervention groups using computer generated codes. Those in the intervention group will receive an online training by clinical pharmacists. The training will employ the use of didactic teaching and the use of case studies and simulations covering the diagnosis and management of acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults. Post intervention, mystery patients will revisit the community pharmacists in the control and intervention groups for re-assessment.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
80
Pharmacists in the intervention group will given detailed online educational training on how to recognize and manage acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections in adults.
University of Ibadan
Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
RECRUITINGQuestioning skill score
Expert Panels' Relevant Questions - Through 80% consensus the expert panel picked 50 relevant questions. The minimum score is "0" and the maximum score is "50". The higher the score the better the questioning skill.
Time frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
Correct diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection
using the Infectious Disease Society of America treatment guideline, the pharmacists should be able to reach a diagnosis of Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infection. Appropriate diagnosis will be classified as "Correct diagnosis" and inappropriate diagnosis will be classified as "Incorrect diagnosis". Proportion will be used to describe the number of community pharmacists who got the diagnosis Correct and Incorrect.
Time frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
Appropriate management of urinary tract infection
Infectious Disease Society of America treatment guideline
Time frame: Through the study completion (an average of 6 months)
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