Perceived importance of emotional intelligence for clinical pharmacy practice and suggested improvements: a focus group study of postgraduate pharmacists.

Background: Emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical set of skills that impacts clinical pharmacists' well-being and positively influences high-level patient-centred care. Describing pharmacists' perceptions may support the integration of EI development approaches into their professional development continuum.

Aim: The aim of this study was to analyse pharmacists' perceptions of the characteristics of emotionally intelligent clinical pharmacists, the importance of EI in clinical practice, and educational models and approaches to enhancing EI.

Immediate and long-term effects of COVID-19 on antibiotic dispensing: increasing use of Watch antibiotics.

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected antibiotic usage worldwide. However, there is limited data from Serbia. Dispensing of oral antibiotics in Serbian pharmacies was analyzed to calculate monthly and yearly changes between 2018-2021, and to explore immediate and long-term effects of COVID-19 on antibiotic dispensing during this period.

Antimicrobial utilization and resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using segmented regression analysis: a comparative study between Serbia and eight European Countries.

Background: In Europe, Serbia occupies a high position in antibiotic utilization and antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Aim: The aim was to analyse utilization trends of meropenem, ceftazidime, aminoglycosides, piperacillin/tazobactam and fluoroquinolones (2006-2020), and the reported AMR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2013-2020) in Serbia and to compare with data from eight European countries (2015-2020).

Method: Joinpoint regression was used to analyse antibiotic utilization data (2006-2020) and the reported AMR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (2013-2020).

A cross-sectional study comparing emotional intelligence and perceived stress amongst community pharmacists delivering and not delivering a new service.

Background: Community pharmacists contribute substantially to public health and person-centred care. Emotional intelligence (EI) may help health professionals better engage with patients, handle stress in challenging situations and, presumably, better introduce and implement new services.

Aim: The study's aims were to compare the EI and perceived stress (PS) levels of community pharmacists who provided a new service to patients with diabetes with their controls who provided standard pharmaceutical services and to test the correlations between the two constructs.