Lead Author: Hananditia Rachma Pramestutie
Submitted by: Amy Lorion, NBOME

This article details the results of a study of pharmacists in Malang, East Java Province, Indonesia using SPs. Although pharmacists in the community were informed that a study would be occurring, they were not provided with detailed information about it and, according to the researchers, were not aware that the mother asking them for advice for their 5-year-old child’s diarrhea was an SP portraying a scenario. Pharmacists who seemed to realize or suspect that the interaction was part of a study (the SPs were wearing voice recorders) were not included in the research. Pharmacists were told about the study after the fact, at which point they could agree or decline to have their encounter included in the research. The researchers concluded that “not all pharmacists gathered information, made appropriate therapy recommendations, and provided complete information about medicines.”

Read the full article in the Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science here.

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