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The Profession of Pharmacy

The Profession of Pharmacy. Brigitte T. Sicat , Pharm.D, BCPS Assistant Professor of Pharmacy VCU School of Pharmacy. An informal survey of pharmacists at VCUHS. What do you feel your specific discipline brings to the health care team? What don’t you know that you look to others for?.

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The Profession of Pharmacy

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  1. The Profession of Pharmacy Brigitte T. Sicat, Pharm.D, BCPS Assistant Professor of Pharmacy VCU School of Pharmacy

  2. An informal survey of pharmacists at VCUHS • What do you feel your specific discipline brings to the health care team? • What don’t you know that you look to others for?

  3. Learning Objectives After this learning session, you should be able to: • Discuss how pharmacists are trained • Explain what pharmacists do • Discuss career paths of pharmacists • Discuss governmental and voluntary oversight of pharmacy • Discuss the continuing education requirements for pharmacists • Discuss current issues in pharmacy

  4. Pharmacist training • Pre-pharmacy • Pharmacy School • 4 years to earn Pharm.D. degree • Some programs pre-pharmacy & pharmacy work is combined • Residency • Supervised practice • Specific field of practice • Fellowship

  5. Prerequisites for the VCU School of Pharmacy Doctor of Pharmacy Program • 8 SH General Biology (6 SH lecture and 2 SH laboratory) • 8 SH College Chemistry (6 SH lecture and 2 SH laboratory) • 8 SH Organic Chemistry (6 SH lecture and 2 SH laboratory) • 4 SH Physics (3 SH lecture and 1 SH laboratory) • 3 SH Human Anatomy (also, 1 SH lab is preferred) • 3 SH Human Physiology • 3 SH Microbiology (also, 1 SH lab is preferred) • 3 SH Biochemistry • 6 SH English (3 SH of composition and rhetoric is required) • 3 SH Calculus • 3 SH Statistics • 3 SH Public Speaking • 35 SH Elective Courses1 • 90 SH Minimum Total 1 Cell biology, genetics and immunology are highly recommended and are the only science courses that can count towards the minimum of 35 semester hours of electives. Other highly recommended electives are computer science, economics, psychology, and sociology. Others include political science, anthropology, history, foreign languages, philosophy and religious studies

  6. Pharmacist training • Pre-pharmacy • Pharmacy School • 4 years • Some programs pre-pharmacy & pharmacy work is combined • Residency • Supervised practice • Specific field of practice • Fellowship

  7. P1 Fall

  8. P1 Spring

  9. P2 Fall

  10. P2 Spring

  11. P3 Fall

  12. P3 Spring

  13. P4 – Experiential Year

  14. Pharmacist Training • Pre-pharmacy • Pharmacy School • 4 years • Some programs pre-pharmacy & pharmacy work is combined • Residency • Supervised practice • Specific field of practice • Fellowship

  15. Governmental & Voluntary Oversight of Pharmacy • Governmental Oversight • Federal & State laws • Voluntary Oversight • Accreditation of training programs • E.g. ASHP accreditation of residency programs • Certification • Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties (BPS) • Certified Geriatric Pharmacist (CGP) • Certified Anticoagulation Care Provider (CACP)

  16. What do Pharmacists do? • Drug-Use Process • Manufacture • Distribution • Prescribing • Preparation • Storing • Dispensing • Administering • Monitoring • Reviewing of drugs and their use • Pharmacists help patients make the best use of their medications

  17. Career Paths of Pharmacists • Community pharmacy • Institutional pharmacy • Long-term care pharmacy • Managed care, home care, and mail-service pharmacy • Pharmacy academia • Other careers • Industry • Government • Associations • Others

  18. Current Issues in Pharmacy • The profession of pharmacy has evolved • Pharmaceutical care • “the functions performed by a pharmacist in ensuring the optimal use of medications to achieve specific outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life; further, the pharmacist accepts responsibility for outcomes and ensue from his or her actions, which occur in collaboration with patients and other health-care colleagues”

  19. Current Issues in Pharmacy • There is a need to move even more rapidly to re-deploy pharmacists from medication order fulfillment to patient care. This will require: • Supporting payment mechanism • Provider status for pharmacists under Medicare • Commitment to obtaining and maintaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required by increased patient care demands • Fully embracing the tenets of pharmaceutical care • Programs in order to grow the total size of the profession Knapp DA. AJPE 2002

  20. Summary Pharmacists: • Help patients make the best use of their medications • Receive rigorous education & training • Practice in a variety of settings • Are licensed to protect the public from harm • Are caregivers, clinicians, advisors, teachers, and life-long learners William N Kelly 2004

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