Research in social & administrative pharmacy : RSAP · 2026
Pharmacists through a public lens: Understanding trust, role recognition, and support for prescribing.
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Michel Daniel, Murphy E Michael, Shaw Ojeda Myriam, Hill Ellen G
Аннотация
BACKGROUND: Over the past several decades, the pharmacist's role in healthcare has undergone a substantial transformation. The public's relationship with this professional shift remains largely uninvestigated.
METHODS: Through this single site study conducted at a science museum located in a metropolitan area, 405 consented adults completed a 40-item survey to capture the public's understanding of the pharmacist's role in healthcare, trust in pharmacists to provide healthcare, and support for scope of practice expansion. Surveys were administered in-person, with all responses captured electronically. The dataset was examined using descriptive statistical procedures and association analyses.
RESULTS: 93% of respondents reported having a preferred pharmacy and 79% routinely picking up at least one prescription. For common health services, 53.5% had spoken to a pharmacist about a medication in the past year, while 48.4% had received a vaccination at a pharmacy. However, 20.3% of respondents indicated having a preferred pharmacist with whom they have an established patient-provider relationship. Additionally, utilization of pharmacist-provided health care services outside of vaccination and medication dispensing was uncommon among respondents at 12.2%. Lastly, comfort with pharmacist prescribing was high for seasonal illnesses (91.2%) and more moderate for chronic health conditions (52.5%). Only 5.8% of respondents reported they were not comfortable with pharmacists prescribing any medications.
CONCLUSIONS: The public relies on pharmacists as medication experts, with most viewing them as trustworthy healthcare professionals capable of independently providing a range of services, although trust varies by service, including prescribing. Increasing awareness of pharmacist-provided care, alongside expanding access to and the scope of these services, presents an opportunity to improve patient outcomes.
METHODS: Through this single site study conducted at a science museum located in a metropolitan area, 405 consented adults completed a 40-item survey to capture the public's understanding of the pharmacist's role in healthcare, trust in pharmacists to provide healthcare, and support for scope of practice expansion. Surveys were administered in-person, with all responses captured electronically. The dataset was examined using descriptive statistical procedures and association analyses.
RESULTS: 93% of respondents reported having a preferred pharmacy and 79% routinely picking up at least one prescription. For common health services, 53.5% had spoken to a pharmacist about a medication in the past year, while 48.4% had received a vaccination at a pharmacy. However, 20.3% of respondents indicated having a preferred pharmacist with whom they have an established patient-provider relationship. Additionally, utilization of pharmacist-provided health care services outside of vaccination and medication dispensing was uncommon among respondents at 12.2%. Lastly, comfort with pharmacist prescribing was high for seasonal illnesses (91.2%) and more moderate for chronic health conditions (52.5%). Only 5.8% of respondents reported they were not comfortable with pharmacists prescribing any medications.
CONCLUSIONS: The public relies on pharmacists as medication experts, with most viewing them as trustworthy healthcare professionals capable of independently providing a range of services, although trust varies by service, including prescribing. Increasing awareness of pharmacist-provided care, alongside expanding access to and the scope of these services, presents an opportunity to improve patient outcomes.