BookZaheer-ud-Din Babar, editor.
Summary: The first edition of Pharmacy Practice Research Methods provided a contemporary overview of pharmacy practice research, discussing relevant theories, methodologies, models and techniques. It included chapters on a range of quantitative, qualitative, action research and mixed methods as well as management theories underpinning change in pharmacy practice. This new edition of the book is much broader and more diversified. It includes the quality improvement methods in pharmacy practice research, focusing on the key differences between high and low-income countries with regard to pharmacy practice research, as well as the main challenges faced when conducting such research - areas of significant global interest. In addition, a number of the chapters covering fast-moving fields where new methods have been developed and published have been updated. Featuring seven new topics and presenting future trends, the book also explains in detail methods used in covert and overt observations in pharmacy practice, as well as methods involved in realist research, which are important to countries seeking to produce evidence-based information in this area.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Pharmacy Practice Research: Evidence, Impact and synthesis
Chapter 2. Qualitative Methods in Pharmacy Practice Research
Chapter 3. Action Research in Pharmacy Practice
Chapter 4. Quality Improvement Methods in Pharmacy Practice Research
Chapter 5. Covert and overt observations in Pharmacy practice
Chapter 6. Realist Research in Pharmacy Practice
Chapter 7. Importance of Mixed Methods Research in Pharmacy Practice
Chapter 8. Grounded theory in pharmacy practice research
Chapter 9. Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoepidemiological research
Chapter 10. Randomized Control Trials and pharmacy practice research
Chapter 11. Information sources for pharmacy practice researchers
Chapter 12. Systematic reviews and meta analysis in pharmacy practice research
Chapter. 13. The future of pharmacy practice research.