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
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, March 2023
Pages:
14-20
Received:
25 May 2023
Accepted:
9 June 2023
Published:
21 June 2023
Abstract: 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.
Abstract: 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. M...
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Total Quality Management (TQM): A Need of Industry for Quality Product
Amol Sampat Deshmukh,
Pravin Rangnath Dighe,
Suvarna Jagannath Shelke
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 2, March 2023
Pages:
21-27
Received:
27 May 2023
Accepted:
19 June 2023
Published:
6 July 2023
Abstract: We are using various products in our day to day life for different purposes. Most of the products of same category are manufactured by various industries. Such products are differed from each other by its quality parameters. Among these products only quality products are reached to top sale because most of the customers focuses on the quality as per their needs. Total quality management (TQM) makes it easier to keep a product's overall quality at a high level. To integrate the quality discipline into the organization's culture and activities, it uses strategy, data and effective communications. An organization can achieve long-term success by having all of its members, from entry-level staff to top executives, focus on improving the quality and, as a result, producing customer happiness. This is the foundation of the management concept known as Total Quality Management (TQM). In short, we can say that TQM is a philosophy and a set of guiding principles that form the basis of a company that strives for continuous improvement. TQM is now familiar worldwide and is being adopted by many industries to give quality product to customers. The objective of this article is to give a detailed view on the concept of quality, concept of total quality management and its implementation, TQM tools, quality risk management and historical development of TQM means total quality management philosophies.
Abstract: We are using various products in our day to day life for different purposes. Most of the products of same category are manufactured by various industries. Such products are differed from each other by its quality parameters. Among these products only quality products are reached to top sale because most of the customers focuses on the quality as pe...
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