Solutions | Practicing Pharmacist 1 | Practicing Pharmacist 2 | Pharmacy owner | Pharmacist professional organization | Consumer advocacy group | Doctor professional organization | CM practitioner professional organizatio | Leader within a pharmacy school | Regulatory authority senior staff 1 | Regulatory authority senior staff 2 | CM industry | |
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1. Integration of CMs into pharmacists’ education | University training | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES |
Internship training | YES | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
CPE | YES | YES | Â | YES | Â | YES | YES | Â | YES | YES | YES | |
Post graduate training | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | YES | YES | Â | YES | Â | YES | |
2. Clear definition of the pharmacists’role in CMs |  |  |  |  | YES | YES | YES | YES |  |  |  | YES |
3. Pharmacies employing a naturopath | YES | Â | Â | Â | YES | YES | YES | YES | Â | YES | YES | YES |
4. Establishment of reliable, easilyaccessed information | Database | Â | Â | YES | YES | YES | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | Â |
Product information endorsed by authority | Â | Â | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | Â | YES | YES | Â | |
Others validated information | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | YES | YES | |
Guidelines/Red flag system | YES | YES | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
5. Promoting quality CMs research | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
6. Collaboration among health care professionals | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | Â |
7. Provision of consumer education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | YES | Â | Â | YES |