Benefits of getting involved
Benefits of getting involved
There are many benefits of becoming more research-active and aware. These include the following:
Professional level
- Improves patient care
- Generates evidence that can be used to influence practice, education and policy
Community pharmacy level
- Enhances collaboration
- Could provide competitive advantage to your pharmacy
Personal level
- Enhances knowledge and skills
- Promotes reflection
- Enhances collaboration with others
- Is professionally satisfying.
“Research is an essential component of the community pharmacy world”
How to get involved
You do not need to know everything about the research process before getting involved. Your level of understanding should be proportionate to the research-related activities with which you are involved or are likely to be involved. The case study below illustrates how one community pharmacy team became involved with research and shows how their involvement benefitted the researchers as well as the pharmacy as a whole.
