Lecture 3 Flashcards
Hospital Pharmacists are often called?
Clinical Pharmacists
Pharmaceutical care defined the role of a Pharmacist as?
Ensuring optimal outcomes from the use medication.
Pharmaceutical care was patient focussed- new skills to be incorporated into education: interviewing, documentation, therapeutic problems solving etc…
What is Medicines Management?
Medicines management refers to a range of practices in a variety of settings to ensure that patients get the greatest possible benefit ( and least amount of harm) from the medicines they use.
What was the evolution of pharmacy?
Apothecary to Compounders to Dispenser to Medication Manager
Pharmacy Council of New Zealand (PCNZ)
This is the professions statutory authority responsible for registration, annual practising certificates etc…
Pharmacy Society of New Zealand (PSNZ)
This is now a voluntary organisation responsible for professional advocacy, continuing education for all pharmacist
Pharmacy Guild of New Zealand (PGNZ)
This is the body that looks after the interests of community pharmacy owners
New Zealand Hospital Pharmacists Association (NZPHA)
This groups looks after the interests of hospital pharmacists and technicians
Maori Pharmacists Association (MPA)
This group looks after the interest of Maori Pharmacist and students
Clinical Advisory Pharmacist Association (CAPA)
An organisation for pharmacist in clinical advisory roles
Apart from community pharmacy and clinical pharmacy what are other roles of a Pharmacist?
Industry: regulatory affairs, research and development, marketing
Government/professional agencies: PHARMAC, Medsafe, PSNZ,PCNZ, etc.
Clinical advisory pharmacists: workings as advisors, undertaking consultancy services such as medication review
Medical publishing; editing and writing for biomedical journal
