Enactment of mandatory pharmacy technician certification in Kansas

Lucas, Amber J.; Massey, Lindsay; Gill, Taylor; Burger, Gregory S; Little, Jeff

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“…Beginning in 2020, PTCB will require new candidates for certification to complete an ASHP/ACPE-accredited pharmacy technician education program [18]. Driving toward a national standard for pharmacy technician education, certification, and registration/licensure will expand the scope of technician practice, allowing for further reallocation of pharmacist resources to direct patient care and advanced practice [19, 20]. …”

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A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

Knoer

Eck

Lucas

2016

J Pharm Health Care Sci

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In the United States, pharmacists are responsible for the provision of safe, effective, efficient, and accountable medication related-care for hospital and health-system patients. Leveraging automated technologies, pharmacy technicians, and pharmacist extenders are the means through which efficient, effective, and safe medication use processes are created and maintained. These strategies limit the amount of pharmacist resources needed for nonjudgmental tasks such as medication distribution, allowing more capacity for advanced direct patient care roles.Pharmacists are directly integrated into interprofessional medical teams. Pharmacists optimize patient outcomes through a variety of channels, including: providing recommendations for evidence-based medication selection on patient care rounds; offering drug information to other health care providers and patients; monitoring therapeutic responses; and reconciling medications as patients transition across the continuum of care.Achieving the highest level of pharmacy practice necessitates that United States pharmacists are soundly educated and trained. Pharmacist education, training, and professional practice models closely mirror those of physicians. Many health-systems also pursue credentialing and privileging of pharmacists to ensure competency and facilitate growth and development. Advanced training, along with credentialing, privileging, and collaborative practice agreements have positioned pharmacists to serve as stewards of the medication use system, champions of patient safety, and essential contributors to optimal patient outcomes.

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A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

Knoer

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Lucas

2016

J Pharm Health Care Sci

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“…Advocacy is formally endorsed as a professional obligation in pharmacy and is a necessary component to a successful legislative strategy. [1][2][3] New York State lags behind other states when it comes to pharmacy practice advancement legislation, possibly related to lacking a unified pharmacy organization or to inconsistent member engagement. Members of professional organizations often participate in an annual "Lobby Day" but have not historically been provided with an infrastructure for sustained advocacy involvement throughout the year.…”

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Expanding Advocacy to the Grassroots Level: The New York State Model

Kaplan

Berger

2020

Journal of Pharmacy Practice

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New York State has achieved pharmacy practice advancement legislation more slowly than other states. Despite the benefits of pharmacy advocacy in shaping legislation, in New York State advocacy activities have generally been limited to once per year during Lobby Day. Implementation of a grassroots advocacy infrastructure has been able to organize and sustain legislative engagement among members of our professional organization, with more than 100 legislative visits completed since creation of the Grassroots Advocacy Committee. A committee with infrastructure including a buddy system and legislative visit tracking process and educational programs, such as simulation training, have reduced the perceived burdens of participation. Other pharmacy organizations who have identified advocacy as a priority can utilize these tools to organize their members to support legislative goals.

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“…Regulations restricting the activities of pharmacy technicians are frequently cited as barriers to the advancement of both the technician and the pharmacist. [7][8][9][10][11][12] Additionally, a deficit of a national standard for pharmacy technician training has been cited as a barrier to the advancement of this profession. 13 We demonstrate that an unreported barrier is the dissonance in definition of "advancement" itself between pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.…”

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Defining the Role of the Advanced Pharmacy Technician: Perspective Dissonance

Dering-Anderson

Blaha

Neville

2020

Journal of Pharmacy Technology

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Background: Pharmacy technicians serve as pharmacist extenders. Attempts at advancing their practice have not been as rapid as the profession would prefer. We postulated that a barrier to this advancement is lack of agreement between pharmacists and technicians on how advancement should occur and on what it means. Objective: The objectives were to evaluate the differences in definitions and expectations of “technician advancement” between pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as potential impediments to advancement. Methods: Multimodal: An initial questionnaire for pharmacy technicians was collected during the American Association of Pharmacy Technicians Annual Convention to identify major topics for further survey. From those data, a survey was developed to ask pharmacists and pharmacy technicians about “technician advancement.” Surveys were provided to technicians in seminar settings; to members of the Nebraska Pharmacists Association; and via online platforms such as Facebook. Additionally, face-to-face targeted interviews were conducted with pharmacy technicians attending American Association of Pharmacy Technicians conventions and with the pharmacy technician and pharmacist leaders at the Nebraska Pharmacists Association. Results: Responses show that pharmacists’ expectations for advancing the practice of pharmacy technicians and the expectations of the technicians themselves vary widely. A notable finding is that 96% of all technicians responding see technician payment as a significant issue in advancement, while less than 4% of pharmacists commented on rate of pay. Conclusion: While both pharmacists and pharmacy technicians are hopeful for pharmacy technician role advancement, there is substantial disagreement about the definition of advancement that may be a barrier to the process.

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Enactment of mandatory pharmacy technician certification in Kansas

Abstract: The formation of a task force led to the successful passage of a bill granting the Kansas Board of Pharmacy the authority to issue regulations regarding mandatory pharmacy technician certification.

Cited by 7 publications

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A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

A review of American pharmacy: education, training, technology, and practice

Expanding Advocacy to the Grassroots Level: The New York State Model

Defining the Role of the Advanced Pharmacy Technician: Perspective Dissonance

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