MODULE 2: ROLE OF A PHARMACIST Flashcards
A person who is PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED to prepare and dispense medicinal agents
PHARMACIST
medication expert
PHARMACISTS
They are responsible for the PREPARATION OF THE DRUG
They know the components of the
medication
They know the different substances to be added
PHARMACISTS
They are also responsible for CONTROL
The product should be in ACCORDANCE with the standard that are set – it shouldn’t be substandard
PHARMACISTS
Are healthcare professionals who help individuals to:
o Protect themselves against diseases
o Maintain good health
o Make the best use of their medications
PHARMACISTS
Means that the pharmacist GOES ALONG THE DOCTORS in making their rounds so they direct contact with the patient and discuss things about their medication (what is it for, usage, effects, etc.)
CLINICAL MEDICATION MANAGEMENT
ROTATION around the hospital, checking of their patients floor by floor, room by room
ROUNDS
it is usually the OUTPATIENT who goes to drugstores without seeing a physician
UNDIAGNOSED
you will usually DISCUSS things about their medication
DIAGNOSED
Being able to IDENTIFY whether we should adjust the DOSE OR THE DOSING INTERVAL
REVIEWING MEDICATION REGIMENS
Make sure to monitor the intake
MONITORING OF TREATMENT REGIMEN
10-STAR PHARMACIST
Caregiver (care provider)
Decision-maker
Communicator
Manager
Life-long learner
Teacher
Leader
Researcher
Agent for positive change
Entrepreneur
From a 7-star pharmacist, it became 10-star pharmacist here in our country by our former dean of CEU, School of Pharmacy and VP for CEU MakatI - ???
DR. OLIVIA LIMUACO
YUNG 3 DINAGDAG NI FORMER CEU DEAN SA 7 SATR PHARMACIST
ENTREPRENEUR
RESEARCHER
AGENT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE
Pharmacist must:
o Be PATIETN-CENTERED
o Provide caring services
Whether these services are clinical,
analytical, technological or regulatory, the pharmacist must be COMFORTABLE INTERACTING with individuals and populations
CARE PROVIDER / CAREGIVER
Pharmacist must:
o View their practice as integrated and continuous with those of the health care system and other health professional
CARE PROVIDER / CAREGIVER
The APPROPRIATE, efficacious and cost of resources should be at the FOUNDATION of the pharmacist’s work
o Resources - personnel, medicines, chemicals, equipment, procedure, and practices
DECISION-MAKER
personnel, medicines, chemicals, equipment, procedure, and practices
RESOURCES
Pharmacist plays a role in setting medicine policy
DECISION-MAKER
Achieving these goals usually requires the ability to EVALUATE, synthesize data and information, and DECIDE upon the MOST APPROPRIATE COURSE OF ACTION
DECISION-MAKER
The pharmacist is in an IDEAL POSITION between physician and patient
o Provide a LINK between them to communicate information on health and medicines to the public
o A pharmacist must be knowledgeable and confident while INTERACTING with other health professionals and the public
COMMUNICATOR
The pharmacist must have EFFECTIVE PATIENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS and it may help provide better pharmaceutical care to the community
o Strong communication skills to ESTABLISH RAPPORT to build a trusting relationship
o They must be able to identify patient’s problem and requirements, ensuring the quality of patients life
COMMUNICATOR
whether the pharmacist finds themself in multidisciplinary (e.g., team) caring situations or in areas where other health care providers are in short supply or non-existent, they are obligated to assume a leadership position in the OVERALL WELFARE of the community
LEADERSHIP
10 LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Communicate and connect effectively
Inspire confidence
Demonstrate high emotional intelligence
Build trust
Promote healthy failures
Expand common ground
Make difficult conversations easy
Manage attention
Empower employees
Deliver constructive feedbaclk
Pharmacist must EFFECTIVELY MANAGE RESOURCES (human, physical and fiscal) and information
They must also BE COMFORTABLE BEING MANAGED BY OTHERS, whether an employer or the manager/leader of a health care team
MANAGER
The concepts, principles and commitment to life-long learning must begin while attending pharmacy school and must be supported throughout the pharmacist’s career.
Pharmacists should learn how to LEARN
CPD units is required for the renewal of license
LIFE LONG LEARNER
required for the renewal of license
CPD UNITS
Pharmacist has a responsibility to ASSIST WITH THE EDUCATION and training of future generations of pharmacist
Not only in the academic but also in their workplace or as preceptors of internship
TEACHER
Pharmacist must learn how to make MAKET SURVEY in the chosen area, plan, direct, manage a new pharmacy business
ENTREPRENEUR
Pharmacist must CONDUCT RESEARCH that will investigate new molecules, design new models of practice, introduce new pharmacy services, share best practices in pharmacy, etc
RESEARCHER
Pharmacist FIND NEW CURES for untreated illness or medicines with fewer side effects for the benefit of the patient
RESEARCHER
Pharmacist plays various roles from designing or implementing protocols to CONDUCT OF TRIALS, to study or compares effectiveness and safety of new medicines before it is launched in the market
RESEARCHER
Pharmacist must be the LEAD in CREATING CHANGE in pharmacy practice to IMPROVE patient care, pharmacy services and inter professional collaboration
AGENT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE
Only a pharmacist can do it
EXCLUSIVE
Can be done also by other professionals
NON-EXCLUSIVE
Preparation, compounding or manufacturing, and even storage, distribution, procurement, sale or dispensing of any pharmaceutical product or its raw material
EXCLUSIVE
Render services, such as clinical pharmacy services, drug information services, regulatory services, pharmaceutical marketing, medication management, or whenever the expertise and technical knowledge of the pharmacist required
EXCLUSIVE
Teaching scientific, technical, or professional pharmacy courses in a school, college of pharmacy
EXCLUSIVE
Dispensing pharmaceutical products in situations where supervision is required
EXLCUSIVE
Provide other services where pharmaceutical knowledge is required
EXCLUSIVE
Chemical, biological or microbiological analysis, and assay of pharmaceutical products, food/dietary supplements, health supplements, and cosmetics
NON-EXCLUSIVE
Physico-chemical analysis for medical devices used in aid of administration of pharmaceutical products
NON-EXCLUSIVE
Administration of adult vaccines as approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) [RA 10198 – Pharmacy Law]
NON-EXLCUSIVE
Pharmacy Law
RA 10198
RA 10198
PHARMACY LAW
Provided, That they shall undergo the training on the safe administration of adult vaccines and management of adverse event following immunization (AEFI) for pharmacists and hold a certificate of training issued by an institution duly accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC); Provided, Further, That the safe administration of vaccines be part of the higher education curriculum for pharmacists
RA 10198 - PHARMACY LAW
Vaccines that pharmacist can administer
Flu vaccine
Covid-19 vaccine
Pneumococcal vaccine
HPV vaccines
Conduct or undertake scientific research in all aspects involving pharmaceutical products and health care
NON-EXLCUSIVE
Pharmaceutical establishments/outlet where DIRECT AND IMMEDIATE CONTROL and supervision of a DULY REGISTERED AND LICENSED PHARMACIST id required, per establishment, whether in-store
or online
CATEGORY A
Pharmaceutical establishments/outlets where the supervision and oversight of a duly registered and licensed
pharmacist is required UNDER PERTINENT PROVISION OF LAW
CATEGORY B
Pharmaceutical establishments/outlets selling or otherwise making available to the CONSUMING PUBLIC PRESCRIPTION/ethical medicines, combination products classified as drugs according to the PRIMARY INTENDED MODE OF ACTION, pharmacist-only OTC medicine, whether owned by the GOVERNMENT OR BY A PRIVATE PERSON OR FIRM, whether sold at wholesale or retail
CATEGORY A
o Community and hospital pharmacies
CAT A
Establishment that are involved in the MANUFACTURING, importation, exportation, DISTRIBUTION, and sale of combination products classified as drugs according to the primary intended mode of action
CAT A
o Combination products – medical devices and drugs
CAT A
o Unilab, Pfizer, Euromed, etc.
CAT A
Department/division/units of pharmaceutical LABORATORIES, pharmaceutical manufacturing laboratories, or other establishments with process involving the preparation, manufacture, assay, regulation, product research and
development, quality control, repackaging, importation, exportation, distribution, sale or
transfer of pharmaceutical products in quantities greatly in excess of single therapeutic doses
CAT A
o Pfizer, Hizon Laboratories, Euromed, etc.
CAT A
Government units, including local government, city. FIRST TO THIRD CLASS municipal health units, non-government organization and/or associations involved in the procurement, distribution, dispensing and storage of pharmaceutical products
CAT A
RETAIL OUTLETS selling household remedies and OTC drugs as differentiated from the pharmacist-only OTC medicines
CAT B
o Supermarkets, grocery stores, etc.
CAT B
SATELLITE ISNTITUTIONAL PHARMACIES providing medicines SOELLY TO EMPLOYEES of their respective companies or the employees’ qualified dependents, or both; or member of a duly registered organization or institution
CAT B
o PLDT, Maynilad, San Miguel Corp, etc.
CAT B
FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH CLASS MUNICIPAL HEALTH UNITS involved in the procurement, distribution, dispensing, and storage of pharmaceutical products
CAT B
Institution providing telepharmacy services
CAT B
is the delivery of pharmaceutical care via TELECOMMUNICATIONS to patients in locations where they may NOT HAVE DIRECT CONTACT with a pharmacist. It is an instance of the wider phenomenon of telemedicine, as implemented in the field of pharmacy
TELEPHARMACY
Non-traditional outlets of pharmaceutical products; Provided, that NO PESCRIPTION MEDICINES and pharmacist - only OTC medicines are sold
CAT B
Pharmacists who are working fulltime in CAT A are allowed to handle only ___ Cat. B outlets outside of their FULLTIME WORKS
4
Pharmacists in CAT B are allowed to handle a maximum of ___Cat. B outlets
15
A pharmacist is required to visit and
supervise the Cat. B __hours in a week
2
When visiting, it must be within the
circumference of ___ km radius only, it
shouldn’t exceed within that radius
(the 15 outlets)
25
