Need for Formal Specialization in Pharmacy in Canada: A Survey of Hospital Pharmacists

Penm, Jonathan; MacKinnon, Neil J.; Jorgenson, Derek; Ying, Jun; Smith, Jennifer

doi:10.4212/cjhp.v69i5.1590

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“…Credibility with patients was cited as the most common reason NCMP pharmacists pursued the credential, followed by increasing knowledge about menopause and credibility with other healthcare providers. These results align with the results from other studies evaluating other certification options for pharmacists 14,20,21 . Counseling on treatment options and education on a selected medication were the two most common actions of NCMP pharmacists in this study.…”

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A report on pharmacists with the NCMP credential

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Objective:To characterize the demographics and practices of pharmacists with The North American Menopause Society Certified Menopause Practitioner (NCMP) credential.Methods:A cross-sectional electronic survey was disseminated to pharmacists with the NCMP credential in June 2018. Twenty-four items were posed to respondents regarding demographics, educational background, and employment, in addition to perspectives regarding the utility of the credential in practice. The questions consisted of multiple choice, as well as open-ended responses.Results:Of the 40 pharmacists who were invited to participate, 26 (65%) responded. The majority of respondents were women (84%), practicing for at least 10 years (range 5-47 y), based in Canada (70%), and practicing in the community (43%) or compounding (39%) pharmacies. Most pharmacists reported pursuing the credential for credibility with patients (81%), to increase their knowledge about menopause (77%), and for credibility with other healthcare providers (73%). Almost all (88%) plan to renew their credential. Among these pharmacists, many are presently counseling about treatment options (78%) and educating about selected treatment (78%). Pharmacists are most interested in initiating systemic hormonal therapy (61%) and modifying or continuing systemic hormonal therapy (57%).Conclusions:Pharmacists find the NCMP credential to be valuable. Although pharmacists are engaged in counseling and recommendations, they desire prescriptive authority related to menopause care. Future studies should explore the various pharmacist care models and evaluate the impact of pharmacist care on organizational operations and patient outcomes.

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“…53 Respondents also strongly supported a national specialty accreditation program, and most reported that they would strongly consider pursuing speciality recognition if this were available. 53 A study by Penm and others 54 conducted in 2015 also showed that the vast majority of those surveyed would support formal certification for pharmacy specialization leading to advanced practice roles. However, the authors also pointed out that unique specialties are not necessary to be considered advanced practices, and that pharmacists specializing in general areas such as pharmacotherapy may be considered "advanced generalists".…”

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The Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner: A New Series in the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Shalansky

2019

CJHP

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“…The understanding and importance of the pharmacist in the hospital setting is perceptible and that his / her functions are very broad. Given that the main role of the hospital pharmacist is in the improvement of the use of medicines where it is going on the intervention by identifying the problems related to medications, and thus contributing for reducing this problem (2,11,12).…”

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Implantation Process of Medicine Suppliers Qualification used in a Domiciliary Assistance Service

Coqueiro¹,

Sanros²,

Dorado³

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The Hospital Pharmacy, is subjectively known as a "clinical care, technical and administrative unit, in which the activities performed are directed to pharmaceutical assistance, by constituting the organizational structure of the hospital and functionally integrated with the other administrative units and patient care," by having as responsible the pharmacist. The present study is about a descriptive research, using quantitative methods, in which the drugs suppliers of the Pharmaceutical Supply Center (PSC) of a Home Care in the city of Vitória da Conquista were evaluated in the period from February to April of 2019. The research field is an establishment classified as Home Care, that is a care service with patients in home care and urgency and emergency removals, specialized in the care from low to high complexity, with a spread of municipal care, regional and in some cities of the south, southwest and west of Bahia. It was identified in our results that a large number of drug suppliers had their own delivery, delivered the drug by the deadline, maintained the integrity of the drug, and all the ones had the lot equal to the electronic invoice (NFE). However, some suppliers did not have the vehicle suitability for transporting the medicines, the validity of the drug supplied was less than 12 months. It is perceived the importance of the pharmaceutical professional, both in storage as well as in transportation so that everything is done within the established standards by the health agencies. The handling of the medicines so that be prevented all kind of adverse events, be it contamination, expiration date, fake lots, damaged boxes must be taken into consideration all the aspects of safety.

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Need for Formal Specialization in Pharmacy in Canada: A Survey of Hospital Pharmacists

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

A report on pharmacists with the NCMP credential

A report on pharmacists with the NCMP credential

The Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner: A New Series in the Canadian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy

Implantation Process of Medicine Suppliers Qualification used in a Domiciliary Assistance Service

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