Realist research to inform pharmacy practice and policy

Karen Luetsch; Ian Maidment; Michael Twigg; Debra Rowett

doi:10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.026

Realist research to inform pharmacy practice and policy

Karen Luetsch, Ian Maidment, Michael Twigg, Debra Rowett

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Abstract

Theory-driven implementation and evaluation of pharmacy services can enhance their contribution to overall healthcare. As complex interventions most pharmacy practice programmes and services will be adopted and modified during their implementation into various healthcare contexts and systems. Realist approaches to theory-driven evaluation consider these variations in programmes, interventions and the contexts of their implementation and establish theories on how they work best, for whom and why. This paper illustrates the practical application of the realist philosophy of science to pharmacy practice relevant areas of healthcare using two case studies, a realist synthesis of existing literature on medication reviews and a realist review and evaluation related to medicines management. Applying realist logic establishes causative explanations of what could be essential factors in the success of programmes, enabling policy makers in their decision-making and pharmacy practice researchers as well as practitioners in optimising service design.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2075-2081
Number of pages	7
Journal	Research in social and administrative pharmacy
Volume	17
Issue number	12
Early online date	3 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2021.06.026
Publication status	Published - Dec 2021

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© 2021, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.

Funding: MEMORABLE was funded by the HS&DR Programme (project number 15/137/ 01) and the full report is available in NIHR Journals Library. It presents independent research funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The views and opinions expressed by authors in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care. The views and opinions expressed by the interviewees are those of the interviewees and do not necessarily reflect those of the authors, those of the NHS, the NIHR, NETSCC, the HS&DR programme or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Keywords

Healthcare
Methods
Pharmacy
Realist
Research

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