scholarly journals The Sri Lankan Perspective of Implementing Clinical Pharmacy Services

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaranayake N.R.
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
The Status

Clinical Pharmacists provide pharmaceutical care to patients to ensure quality use of medicines and to improve patients’ quality of life. Although clinical pharmacy services have shown medication related benefits to patients, this service has still not been formerly established in Sri Lanka. This report is on the status of developing clinical pharmacy services in Sri Lanka as perceived by an academic who has been involved in teaching, research, and in the development of clinical pharmacy services in Sri Lanka. Keywords: Clinical pharmacy, Pharmacy education, Pharmaceutical care, Sri Lanka

scholarly journals Pediatric Pharmacy Services: Current Models and Justification for Expansion

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 438-444
Author(s):  
Stephen Webster ◽  
Christine Kane ◽  
Carly Brown ◽  
Heather Warhurst ◽  
Sandy Sedgley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Pharmacy Service ◽  
Financial Impact ◽  
Pharmacy Services ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy Services ◽  
Current State

Despite recommendations from numerous health care bodies, some hospitals that care for children have struggled to establish or expand pediatric pharmacy services. The current state of dedicated pediatric operational and clinical pharmacy services was characterized by results from a survey of hospitals that provide care to pediatric patients. The discussion of quality of care, safety, and financial impact is meant to provide concepts for justification of pediatric pharmacy service expansion.

scholarly journals Time to change to improve health: clinical pharmacy and pharmaceutical care education in Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-134
Author(s):  
Muhammed Yunus Bektay ◽  
Mesut Sancar ◽  
Saad Ahmed Ali Jadoo ◽  
Fikret Vehbi Izzettin
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Care ◽  
Clinical Pharmacy ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Modern World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Education In Turkey ◽  
Skills Education

The practice of clinical pharmacy had a positive impact on the profession by giving pharmacists more job opportunities. Moreover, the pharmacy began to gain the status it deserved, which was lost many years ago. In this paper, we aimed to give a brief explanation of the clinical pharmacy philosophy and definition of pharmaceutical care. What are the general and specific roles of clinical pharmacists in the modern world healthcare system? Also, how to implement clinical pharmacy in education to obtain competent pharmacists. We shared our observation and experience, specifically on the progress of implementation of clinical pharmacy education in Turkey. The stepwise method has been successfully followed in the implementation of clinical pharmacy education in Turkey. In the undergraduate program, the first step taken was the addition of clinical courses, such as the role of clinical pharmacy, patient education, etc. and practical hospital rounds (internal medicine, pediatrics, and surgery). The post-graduate program, such as master (MSc) and doctoral (Ph.D.) degrees, also offered to prepare clinically oriented pharmacy academicians. The continuous education programs were structured to implement clinical pharmacy idea for the pharmacists in practice. In conclusion, the stepwise approach significantly smoothed the transition from the product-oriented to the patient-oriented pharmacy education. Moreover, the adoption of the skills education system to educate pharmacists needs to review the policy regularly and gradually change it accordingly.

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