UNIT V: ROLES OF PHARMACISTS IN SELECTED AREAS OF PRACTICE, IN HEALTH CARE SETTING AND DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

Primary providers for pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical-care services to patients. Can be found in dept. stores, shopping stores, freestanding buildings, markets. Most accessible health-care professional. Provide safe, quality, effective and affordable medicines to the patient and the consumer

Answer 1

Community Pharmacy

Question 2

Responsible for providing medication for in-patient or out-patient. Staff pharmacist/supervising pharmacist/ chief pharmacist.

Answer 2

Hospital Pharmacy

Question 3

Required by law in different establishments such as pharmaceutical manufacturer, trader and distributor (exporter/importer). Govern the production, distribution and marketing of drugs which require the pharmacist expertise.

Answer 3

Pharmacist in Industry

Question 4

The provide the various professional audiences with enough comprehensive information on a product to encourage the product’s use, prescription or recommendation health-care specialist.

Answer 4

Sales

Question 5

Responsible for developing and implementing marketing plans to promote company’s product to the appropriate target consumer/audiences.

Answer 5

Marketing

Question 6

Pharmacists who work as clinical researchers are engaged in R&D of new drugs or new dosage forms or new therapeutic classification of existing products

Answer 6

Research and Development

Question 7

Pharmacists serves as Manager. Responsible for anticipating the company’s needs and planning for the plant facilities, equipment and personnel who will be needed to meet the company’s production goals.

Answer 7

Production

Question 8

Quality assurance department establishes sampling and testing procedures to meets both company and FDA standards. Ensures potency, purity and dose uniformity of the
product, stability of the finish product and
appropriate expiration dates.

Answer 8

Quality Control

Question 9

Ensures that each department of a company functions properly. Serves in staff functions, provide legal advice, represents the firm among its various audiences, or providing internal consultation on pharmacy affairs

Answer 9

Administration and Management

Question 10

Department of Health
Food and Drug Administration
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency
National Bureau of Investigation
Veterans and Army Hospital
Government –funded research institutions like DOST, PCHRD
Central Bank
Government hospital
Bureau of Customs

Answer 10

Pharmacist in Government

Question 11

Pharmaceutical education offers excellent opportunities for pharmacists in advance degrees in any of the professional specialties

Answer 11

Pharmacist in Academe

Question 12

It offers rewarding experiences to a limited number of pharmacists with writing and editing talent

Answer 12

Pharmaceutical journalism

Question 13

Patient-oriented pharmacy practice. Responsible not only for safe and appropriate use of drugs on patients but also for the rational selection, monitoring, dosing, and control or patient’s overall drug therapy program.

Answer 13

Clinical Pharmacy

Question 14

… has define six essential “building blocks” to which pharmacists can play an integral role as members of the health care team.

Answer 14

The World Health Organization (WHO)

Question 15

As medicine experts, pharmacists hold the responsibility to deliver effective, safe, and quality medicines and services to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Answer 15

Health services

Question 16

Well-performing pharmacists are responsive to patient’s needs and preferences. In fact, involving patients in the health care decision making process has shown greater satisfaction and reduced complaints to offered services.

Answer 16

Health workforce

Question 17

pharmacists are involved in health screening and surveillance programs- checking immunization status and detecting potential public health hazards.

Answer 17

Health information

Question 18

The roles of pharmacists are not only limited to medical products, but also include vaccines and medical devices

Answer 18

Medical products, vaccines, and technologies

Question 19

Pharmacists’ expertise in reducing and preventing medication-related problems and in providing cheaper alternatives or suggesting medicines that are covered by insurance.

Answer 19

Health financing

Question 20

Take part in public health policy development; linking disease prevalence and drug utilization

Answer 20

Leadership and governance

Question 21

In the drug marketplace, and the advances in research in the pharmaceutical sciences, the role played by pharmacy has markedly increased throughout the entire spectrum of drug development.

Answer 21

Pharmacists in Drug Discovery and Development

Question 22

A large number of pharmacists in the industry work in the areas of formulation and packaging development. A drug substance can only be useful as a medicine when it is in a form that can be manufactured on a large scale, distributed and administered satisfactorily.

Answer 22

Formulation and packaging development

Question 23

is a distinct service or group of services provided by health care providers, including pharmacists, to ensure the best therapeutic outcomes for patients.

Answer 23

Medication therapy management (MTM)