Developing and Recognising Advanced Practitioners in Australia: An Opportunity for a Maturing Profession?

Coombes, Ian; Bates, Ian; Duggan, Catherine; Galbraith, Kirsten

doi:10.1002/j.2055-2335.2011.tb00057.x

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“…The APPFSC also noted that considerable progress had already been made in the hospital pharmacy sector in Australia to define advanced practice frameworks for a number of clinical care areas [5]. A review of each of these initiatives was considered to be appropriate initial work for the APPFSC to assess the usefulness and relevance of work already completed, and to determine the future work schedule for the Committee.…”

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An Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework for Australia

Jackson¹,

Martín²,

Bergin³

et al. 2015

Pharmacy

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The need to develop An Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework for Australia (the “APPF”) was identified during the 2010 review of the competency standards for Australian pharmacists. The Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework Steering Committee, a collaborative profession-wide committee comprised of representatives of ten pharmacy organisations, examined and adapted existing advanced practice frameworks, all of which were found to have been based on the Competency Development and Evaluation Group (CoDEG) Advanced and Consultant Level Framework (the “CoDEG Framework”) from the United Kingdom. Its competency standards were also found to align well with the Domains of the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (the “National Framework”). Adaptation of the CoDEG Framework created an APPF that is complementary to the National Framework, sufficiently flexible to customise for recognising advanced practice in any area of professional practice and has been approved by the boards/councils of all participating organisations. The primary purpose of the APPF is to assist the development of the profession to meet the changing health care needs of the community. However, it is also a valuable tool for assuring members of the public of the competence of an advanced practice pharmacist and the quality and safety of the services they deliver.

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An Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework for Australia

Jackson¹,

Martín²,

Bergin³

et al. 2015

Pharmacy

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“…These services also have an indirect or system-level role in supporting the end-of-life care provided by others through the provision of expert clinical advice, training and a range of other 'capacity building' measures. [4][5][6] A critical yet often overlooked member of the wider team of providers is the community pharmacist.…”

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Clinical networks influencing policy and practice: the establishment of advanced practice pharmacist roles for specialist palliative care services in South Australia

Swetenham

Rowett

Stephenson

2014

Aust. Health Review

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Objectives. To operationalise the concept of 'advanced practice roles' in pharmacy within the new integrated regionalised palliative care service model outlined in the Palliative Care Services Plan 2009-2016, SA Health.Methods. A working group was established under the auspices of the Palliative Care Clinical Network to progress the development of advanced practice pharmacist roles for regionalised palliative care services. A pharmacy stakeholder forum was conducted in December 2010 to provide further guidance on the advanced practice pharmacist roles in the following domains: education; network links and partnerships; quality and safety; and research.Results. Advanced practice pharmacist positions were created for each of the three regionalised palliative care services in South Australia (SA). Funding was obtained for a Statewide Palliative Care Pharmacy Network project, to build a sustainable community-based palliative care pharmacy network. Advanced practice pharmacists commenced in the regionalised palliative care services of SA on 4 October 2011.Conclusions. The Statewide Palliative Care Clinical Network and the SA Palliative Care Plan provided a policy framework that supported involvement and advocacy in the planning of the advanced practice pharmacist roles. Collaboration between leaders in workforce reform, service planners, specialist palliative care providers and the pharmacy sector was a key enabler for developing the advanced practice pharmacist positions for regionalised palliative care services.What is known about the topic? The advanced practice palliative care pharmacist role reflects a new direction for the discipline of pharmacy and has been embraced at a time when a nationally endorsed Advanced Pharmacy Practice Framework has been published, while recognising that registration for pharmacists in Australia currently does not have specific endorsement for advanced practice. What does this paper add? This paper outlines the value of collaboration across settings and sectors. There is an opportunity for these roles to align with the new nationally endorsed framework for advanced practice in pharmacy. What are the implications for practitioners? These new positions strengthen the links between the hospital and community pharmacy sectors to enhance a quality use of medicines approach with improved access to end-of-life medicines for home-based palliative care clients, which actively facilitates a home death for those who choose it.

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“…15,16,20,[22][23][24][25] This paper aims to clarify current theories regarding the concept of capability at the level of the individual, and to make more explicit what is known about the phenomenon, but more particularly, how we know what we know. This has been achieved by critically probing the research paradigms which underpin the different literature based understandings of the phenomenon capability and the related phenomenon of competence.…”

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confidence: 99%