Blog 17: 4th Interview Questions

1. How can a clinical pharmacist best provide quality patient consultations?

2. How do you follow up with the patient?

3. What is the hardest part of patient consultations?

4. What's the difference between a regular pharmacist and a clinical pharmacist consultation?

5. What exactly do you talk to the patient about during the consultation?

6. What do you think is the most important thing a patient must understand?

7. How do you come up with the drug regimen for the patient?

8. What do you consider a quality consultation?

9. How often of the time does the patient really listen to you? Why do you think some patients adhere to the medication better than others?

10. What do you think are the reasons for a patient to not follow through with the drug regimen?

11. What conditions are your patients usually under? Is it multiple diseases or just a disease with many medication needs?

12. What things do you take into consideration when planning into the drug regimen?

13. How do you come up with the drug regimen?

14. What are the different duties that a clinical pharmacist does based on their location?

15. What are the steps you go through in the actual consultation?

16. What specific things do you explain to the patient in the consultation?

17. Why do you think it's important for a patient to have a quality consultation?

18. Are there any extra things as a clinical pharmacist can do to really make sure the patient understands?

19. In the consultation, what is the patient usually most confused about?

20. Are there usually any follow up problems with the drug regimen? How do you address those problems?