Pharmacy Continence Care - Bladder and Bowel Website
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Table 1: Regional distribution of pharmacies<br />
Region Number of pharmacies Percentage of total number of pharmacies<br />
Metropolitan 24 49<br />
Outer metro 4 8.2<br />
Rural 6 12.2<br />
Regional 12 24.5<br />
Remote 3 (all from Tasmania) 6.1<br />
Number of pharmacies<br />
30<br />
25<br />
20<br />
15<br />
10<br />
5<br />
0<br />
24<br />
Metropolitan Outer<br />
Metropolitan<br />
4<br />
6<br />
Final Report<br />
15<br />
NOVA Public Policy<br />
<strong>Pharmacy</strong> <strong>Continence</strong> <strong>Care</strong> Project<br />
12<br />
Regional Rural Remote<br />
Region<br />
Figure 4: Distribution of pharmacies according to region<br />
3.3.1 Number of pharmacies recruited<br />
The pharmacy recruitment followed the methodology described in Appendix 1.1 Of the<br />
original 47 that nominated as a result of the <strong>Pharmacy</strong> Guild advertisement, eight dropped<br />
out for differing reasons during January 2005. By the time the training commenced there<br />
was a full complement of 50 pharmacies. Once training commenced, however, five<br />
pharmacies pulled out mostly due to availability issues or staff changes. An extra pharmacy<br />
was added at the last minute when they heard about the Program from a colleague. A total<br />
of 46 pharmacies completed the training.<br />
3.3.2 Training<br />
Forty-seven of the 50 pharmacies completed a training program in March <strong>and</strong> April that<br />
aimed to develop confidence <strong>and</strong> skills in pharmacy staff in providing information <strong>and</strong> advice<br />
to customers on continence care issues. The training utilised a kit of materials developed by<br />
the NOVA team.<br />
The trainers were both continence care advisors <strong>and</strong> qualified workplace trainers <strong>and</strong><br />
assessors, contracted from Abena-Sanicare by NOVA.<br />
The different models of training that were trialled were:<br />
• face to face in a small group at another site<br />
• face to face by a trainer at their own site<br />
• by distance (over the telephone) with a trainer<br />
• self-paced using the printed materials<br />
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