Education for pharmaceutical care in primary health care from the perspective of pharmacists

Abstract

Qualitative, descriptive and interpretative case study that aimed to approach aspects related to the formation of the pharmaceutical care’s practice in the Primary Health Care, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in the pharmacists’ perspective. They were taken as theoretical references the person-centered care and the pharmaceutical practice model (pharmaceutical care). Nine active pharmacists in the Primary Health Care were individually interviewed. Bardin contents analysis was applied, resulting in these thematic categories: From traditional academic formation to the challenge of the patient care in the Unified Health System; Teaching-service-community integration, strengthening ties; Necessity of professional continuous improvement. Based on the results, it was found that the professional identifies the need to supply the deficiencies in the formation for care, seeking other forms of complementary learning to the academy and learning from practice. There is a lack of teaching-service-community integration during the undergraduate phase, which reflects after the insertion of professionals in Primary Health Care, exalting the pharmacists’ clinical profile in face of the necessity to attend the patients. It was found that, for the pharmacist to carry out the pharmacotherapeutic follow-up, are required the continuous formation and opportunities to exercise the practice in a reflexive manner.