PRELIM 02 - Communication With Other Healthcare Professionals Flashcards
Plays a crucial role in healthcare systems; are trained to optimize medication use and improve population health outcomes
Pharmacists
These are pharmacists who work in community (retail) pharmacies
Community pharmacists
These pharmacists work in healthcare settings such as clinics, hospitals, or other locations
Clinical pharmacists
These pharmacists work in the pharmaceutical industry and therefore have much less interaction with patients
Pharmaceutical industry pharmacists
These pharmacists educate, train, assess, and develop pharmacy students, pre-registration trainees, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals
Academic pharmacists
Is the concept and actions relating to detecting, assessing, and understanding the negative effects of medical drugs
Pharmacovigilance
These pharmacists make the clinical trial part of drug development possible
Research pharmacists
They carry out a variety of tasks, mainly revolving around administrative and patient care support
Virtual medical assistants
Responsible for recognizing patients’ symptoms and taking measures within their scope of practice to administer medications (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Registered nurses
Trained to provide patients with support and care during pregnancy, labor, and birth (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Midwives
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate interventions related to specific dietary needs of patients (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Dieticians
Develop and implement a plan of care as a licensed professional for clients with dysfunctional physical abilities (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Physical therapists
A medical professional who studies, diagnoses, and treats illnesses, injuries, and ailments (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Physician
Analyzes various biological samples to treat or diagnose different diseases (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Medical technologist/Laboratory technologist
Also known as radiographers; they perform medical exams using X-rays on patients to create images of specific parts of the body (Roles of other healthcare professionals)
Radiologic technologist