0054/2016 - Prescrição de medicamentos por fisioterapeutas: um olhar brasileiro sobre o Reino Unido, Canadá, Austrália e Nova Zelândia. Prescription medication by physiotherapists: a Brazilian view of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
• Valton da Silva Costa - Costa, Valton da Silva - Faculdade Estácio do Rio Grande do Norte, Fisioterapia - <valtontj@hotmail.com>
Área Temática:
Assistência Farmacêutica
Resumo:
Alguns sistemas de saúde (SS) têm adotado modelos inovadores de assistência que incluem a prescrição não-médica (PNM) por fisioterapeutas. Este estudo objetivou verificar na literatura a existência dessa prática e seus possíveis benefícios. Foi realizada revisão da literatura, com buscas na Science Direct, PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs e Google Scholar, e nos sites da World Confederation for Physical Therapy e da Charthered Society of Physiotherapy, entre 2014 e 2015. O Reino Unido adotou a PNM por fisioterapeutas em décadas recentes, exemplo seguido pelo Canadá. Na Austrália e Nova Zelândia, fisioterapeutas tem atuado na prescrição e administração de medicamentos, sob ordens médicas, sendo este o primeiro passo para a prescrição independente. Fisioterapeutas brasileiros não podem prescrever medicamentos, apesar das altas demandas de pacientes, carência de médicos em muitas regiões, e burocracia no acesso aos serviços de saúde. A prática da PNM por fisioterapeutas pode preencher um importante papel nos SS, e parece ser uma inevitável realização na Austrália e Nova Zelândia nos próximos anos. Os principais benefícios são a diminuição da burocracia no acesso a medicamentos e demandas populacionais, bem como maior refinamento profissional.
Palavras-chave:
Sistemas de Saúde
Fisioterapeutas
Prática Profissional
Prescrições de Medicamentos
Abstract:
Many health systems (HS) have adopted novel models of care which have included non-medical prescription (NMP) by physiotherapists. The aim of this study was to verify in the literature the existence of this practice and its possible benefits. A literature review was carried out through search on ScienceDirect, PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs and Google Scholar, and in the World Confederation for Physical Therapy and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy websites. In recent decades the United Kingdom adopted the NMP for health professionals, followed by Canada. In Australia and New Zealand physiotherapists have acted in the prescription and administration of medications under medical orders, which is the first step into independent prescription. Brazilian physiotherapists cannot prescribe any medication, despite of high demands from patients in the Brazilian HS, shortage of physicians in many regions and bureaucracy in accessing health services. The adoption of NMP by physiotherapists may play an important role in the HS, and it seems to be an inevitable achievement in the next years in Australia and New Zealand. The main benefits include decreasing bureaucracy for assistance, population demands for medication as well as major professional refinement.
Keywords:
Health Systems
Physical Therapists
Professional Practice
Drug Prescriptions
Prescription medication by physiotherapists: a Brazilian view of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Resumo (abstract):
Many health systems (HS) have adopted novel models of care which have included non-medical prescription (NMP) by physiotherapists. The aim of this study was to verify in the literature the existence of this practice and its possible benefits. A literature review was carried out through search on ScienceDirect, PubMed, Scielo, Lilacs and Google Scholar, and in the World Confederation for Physical Therapy and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy websites. In recent decades the United Kingdom adopted the NMP for health professionals, followed by Canada. In Australia and New Zealand physiotherapists have acted in the prescription and administration of medications under medical orders, which is the first step into independent prescription. Brazilian physiotherapists cannot prescribe any medication, despite of high demands from patients in the Brazilian HS, shortage of physicians in many regions and bureaucracy in accessing health services. The adoption of NMP by physiotherapists may play an important role in the HS, and it seems to be an inevitable achievement in the next years in Australia and New Zealand. The main benefits include decreasing bureaucracy for assistance, population demands for medication as well as major professional refinement.
Palavras-chave (keywords):
Health Systems
Physical Therapists
Professional Practice
Drug Prescriptions
Costa, Valton da Silva. Prescrição de medicamentos por fisioterapeutas: um olhar brasileiro sobre o Reino Unido, Canadá, Austrália e Nova Zelândia.. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2016/jan). [Citado em 24/01/2025].
Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/artigos/prescricao-de-medicamentos-por-fisioterapeutas-um-olhar-brasileiro-sobre-o-reino-unido-canada-australia-e-nova-zelandia/15476?id=15476&id=15476