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Table 2 Solutions which support pharmacists’ extended role in the area of CMs

From: Key stakeholder perspectives on the barriers and solutions to pharmacy practice towards complementary medicines: an Australian experience

Solutions

Practicing Pharmacist 1

Practicing Pharmacist 2

Pharmacy owner

Pharmacist professional organization

Consumer advocacy group

Doctor professional organization

CM practitioner professional organizatio

Leader within a pharmacy school

Regulatory authority senior staff 1

Regulatory authority senior staff 2

CM industry

1. Integration of CMs into pharmacists’ education

University training

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Internship training

YES

          

CPE

YES

YES

 

YES

 

YES

YES

 

YES

YES

YES

Post graduate training

     

YES

YES

 

YES

 

YES

2. Clear definition of the pharmacists’role in CMs

    

YES

YES

YES

YES

   

YES

3. Pharmacies employing a naturopath

YES

   

YES

YES

YES

YES

 

YES

YES

YES

4. Establishment of reliable, easilyaccessed information

Database

  

YES

YES

YES

  

YES

   

Product information endorsed by authority

    

YES

   

YES

YES

 

Others validated information

      

YES

  

YES

YES

Guidelines/Red flag system

YES

YES

         

5. Promoting quality CMs research

  

YES

  

YES

      

6. Collaboration among health care professionals

     

YES

  

YES

   

7. Provision of consumer education

        

YES

  

YES