Impact of an educational workshop on detecting drug related problems by community pharmacists

• At: Glasgow (Scotland) (2018)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: POS-CPS-145
• By: JEGATH JANANI, Tharmalinga Sharma (University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Department of Allied Health Sciences)
• Co-author(s): Tharmalinga Sharma Jegath Janani: B. Pharm Degree program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  Rafaideen Risla: B. Pharm Degree program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  Lelwala Guruge Thushani Shanika: B. Pharm Degree program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  Priyadarshani Galappatthy: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine , University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  Nithushi Rajitha Samaranayake: B. Pharm Degree program, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
  
• Abstract:

  Background

  Drug Related Problems (DRPs) in prescriptions could result in patient harm. 

  Methods

  Pharmacists working in a selected community pharmacy chain were invited from 14 districts in Sri Lanka. Participants were asked to review three hypothetical prescriptions with DRPs before the workshop. After a discussion-based teaching session, pharmacists

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