Lecture 6 Flashcards
1
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Medicines Management
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incorporated the philosophies of clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care
2
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Emerging roles for pharmacists
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- Medication review/ management
- Screening/referral/health promotion
- OTC prescribing
- Speciality practice
- Prescribing advisors
- Drug utilisation evaluation and policy development
3
Q
Community pharmacy
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- the largest employer of pharmacists
- changes in emphasis in recent years away from dispensing as primary focus, now focus on clinical checking
4
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Hospital pharmacy
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- 13% pharmacy workforce
- ‘clinical pharmacy’ and ‘medicines management’ roles
- tend to specialise as their career progresses
