Social Media as a Tool for Professional Development, Advancement and Presentation of Pharmacist Expanded Roles

Muhammad Ahmer Raza; Shireen Aziz; Adili Tuersun; Misbah Noreen; Muhammad Zain Iqbal; Danyal Iftikhar

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Social Media as a Tool for Professional Development, Advancement and Presentation of Pharmacist Expanded Roles

Muhammad Ahmer Raza, Shireen Aziz, Adili Tuersun, Misbah Noreen, Muhammad Zain Iqbal, Danyal Iftikhar

Published in International Journal of Pharmacy and Chemistry (Volume 9, Issue 2)

Received: 25 May 2023 Accepted: 9 June 2023 Published: 21 June 2023

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Background: Social media are a useful tool to communicate health and science related issues and nowadays they are widely used by patient’s organizations to promote their work. Objective: The objective of this study was to identify how pharmacists’ roles were presented in the posts and tweets on social media for World Pharmacist Day (WPD) 2020-22. Method: A qualitative content analysis was used to evaluate the posts and tweets of pharmacists' roles on WPD 2020-22. Social media (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) posts and tweets were selected as the source. Posts were included that had a photo or image, used WPD hashtags (#WPD), and were posted on September 25, 2020-22. Thematic analysis was performed to identify, analyze, and interpret patterns of meanings of the photos and images. Photos and images were categorized into 6 groups: 1) patient care roles, 2) drug distribution roles, 3) multiple roles, 4) no described roles, 5) not professional roles, and 6) not relevant. Results: A total of 450 posts and tweets were analyzed. Forty percent described the drug distribution roles of pharmacists, whereas 35% represented patient care roles, 5% portrayed the multiple roles of the pharmacists and 20% did not describe any particular roles of pharmacists. Conclusion: There are many positive ways to use social media in healthcare, including promoting awareness and sharing accurate health messaging.

Published in	International Journal of Pharmacy and Chemistry (Volume 9, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijpc.20230902.11
Page(s)	14-20
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Social Media, Pharmacist, World Pharmacist Day

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Muhammad Ahmer Raza, Shireen Aziz, Adili Tuersun, Misbah Noreen, Muhammad Zain Iqbal, et al. Social Media as a Tool for Professional Development, Advancement and Presentation of Pharmacist Expanded Roles. Int J Pharm Chem. 2023;9(2):14-20. doi: 10.11648/j.ijpc.20230902.11

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Muhammad Ahmer Raza

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
Shireen Aziz

School of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China
Adili Tuersun

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang, China
Misbah Noreen

Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Zain Iqbal

Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Danyal Iftikhar

School of Pharmacy, Xi’An Jiaotong University, Xi’An, China

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