Realist Review

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Highlighted claims

• The review uses a realist approach to explain how outcomes arise from interactions between context, mechanism, and outcome. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol
• The review will develop and refine programme theory using context-mechanism-outcome configurations. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol
• The review will follow Pawson's six-stage realist synthesis process and RAMESES standards. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol
• The realist review asks how outcomes arise when mechanisms are triggered in particular contexts, rather than only whether the intervention works. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol
• The protocol defines context as conditions such as ward type, staffing, organisational culture, governance, and digital infrastructure. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol
• The protocol defines mechanisms as underlying reasoning, responses, or resources such as trust, role legitimacy, confidence, self-efficacy, perceived competence, or rapport. — Pharmacist prescribing in hospital inpatient settings: what works, for whom, why and in what circumstances—a realist review protocol