Medication adherence is a key determinant of the ambulatory care system of the 21st century. It is defined as the process by which patients take their medications as prescribed. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 50% of chronic patients are nonadherent to their treatment worldwide (2003). This creates an endemic, medical and economic threat on the healthcare systems. Research is needed to better document the issue and its contributing factors as well as assess cost-effective, interprofessional adherence-enhancing programs to implement in clinical practice and envision new models of care.
Our research interests focus on strengthening interprofessional collaboration, addressing medication nonadherence, improving access to ambulatory care, and enhancing care at the interface between hospital and primary care. We develop, implement, and evaluate interventions using a rigorous implementation science approach.
Our main on-going research projects are :
As a member of the University of Geneva's School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the group provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses and hands-on laboratory sessions, in areas such as health communication, medication adherence, implementation science, and interprofessional practice. Teaching in interprofessional practice is offered in close collaboration with the Centre for Interprofessional Simulation of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, and the Geneva School of Health Sciences.
Marie Schneider’s research group consists of both junior and senior researchers, including master students, PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, a research fellow and a lecturer. The research group works closely with pharma24, an academic living lab in community pharmacy practice and other local community pharmacies involved in practice change. Several external members of the group serve as implementation facilitators. They are trained by the research group to support and facilitate the implementation of new models of practice in community pharmacies.
