PCPM101: Perspectives in Pharmacy
Module 2: Roles of Pharmacists Roles of Pharmacist - Seven star
Pharmacist (Video)
Who are the Pharmacists? - Care Giver
• Provide care services
Introduction • The pharmacist must be comfortable
interacting with individuals and
A pharmacist is a person who population
is professionally qualified to prepare
and dispense medicinal agents. - Decision Maker
• Make good decisions especially
What does it takes to become a when giving suggestions for your
pharmacist? patients to help solve their problems
and concerns
In this module, you will learn the
following: - Communicator
- qualities of being a Ten Star • Verbal communication
pharmacists • Non verbal communication
- The specific duties and responsibilities • Writing skills
of being a pharmacist • Listening skills
- The establishments and outlets
requiring the presence of a pharmacist. - Leader
• Must have empathy
Learning Outcomes: • Ability
• Power
At the end of this module you should be • Compassion
able to: • Decision
1. Identify the characteristics of a Ten- - Manager
Star Pharmacists • Must manage resources and provide
2. Compare the exclusive and non- information, more information
exclusive functions of a pharmacist
based on the RA 10918 the - Life long learner
“Philippine Pharmacy Act of 2016” • Pharmacists should learn how to
3. Present the different drug learn
establishments where a pharmacist is
required. - Teacher
• Should assist with training of future
Roles of Pharmacist generation of pharmacists.
Watch YT Video: https:// Discussion Part 1: The Ten Star
[Link]/watch? Pharmacists
v=6QW8SAAe1nU
In 2004, the World Pharmacy Educators
Congress was held in New Orleans with
the aim of preparing a standard
Pharmacy curriculum. However, because
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of the diversity of the needs of different 4. Leader
countries, the body agreed to come up - Whether the pharmacist finds him/
with the 7 star pharmacists which are herself in multidisciplinary (e.g., team)
enumerated below. In addition, 3 more caring situations or in areas where
attributes were added in the other health care providers are in short
Philippines by Dr. Olivia Limuaco, supply or non-existent, he/she is
(Former Dean of School of Pharmacy of obligated to assume a leadership
Centro Escolar University). position in the overall welfare of the
community.
Pharmacists are medication experts. This
expertise includes the preparation, 5. Manager
control, use, and assuring desired - The pharmacist must effectively
outcomes of medicines in patients, manage resources (human, physical
beginning with drug discovery and and fiscal) and information; he or she
continues through their benefit to society. must also be comfortable being
managed by others, whether an
Future pharmacists must possess employer or the manager/leader of a
specific knowledge, attributes, skills, and health care team.
behaviors that support this expertise.
6. Life long learner
1. Care giver - The concepts, principles and
- The pharmacist provides caring commitment to life-long learning must
services. Whether these services are begin while attending pharmacy school
clinical, analytical, technological or and must be supported throughout the
regulatory, the pharmacist must be pharmacist’s career. Pharmacists
comfortable interacting with individuals should learn how to learn.
and populations.
7. Teacher
2. Decision maker - The pharmacist has a responsibility to
- The appropriate, efficacious and cost assist with the education and training
effective use of resources (e.g., of future generations of pharmacists.
personnel, medicines, chemicals,
equipment, procedures, and practices) 8. Entrepreneur
should be at the foundation of the - The pharmacist must learn how to
pharmacist’s work. make market survey in the chosen
area, plan, direct, manage a new
3. Communicator pharmacy business.
- The pharmacist is in an ideal position
between physician and patient. As 9. Researcher
such, he or she must be - The pharmacist must conduct research
knowledgeable and confident while that will investigate new molecules,
interacting with other health design new models of practice,
professionals and the public. introduce new pharmacy services,
Communication involves verbal, non- share best practices in pharmacy etc.
verbal, listening and writing skills.
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10. Agent for positive change helping those who wants to stop
- The pharmacist must be the lead in smoking.
creating change in pharmacy practice - When a patient wants to start a family,
to improve patient care, pharmacy pharmacists can advice what
services and inter-professional supplements are recommended to
collaboration. lower the risk of birth defects as well as
stopping previous prescriptions that
Note: may harm the baby.
- Dr. Olivia M. Limuaco, Former Dean - They can also advice the pregnant
of CEU, School of Pharmacy, added women on what foods to avoid
the last 3 attributes which are: - They can administer seasonal flu
• Entrepreneur vaccinations to high-risk groups such
• Researcher pregnant women and the elderly.
• Agent for positive change - Pharmacists prescribers can help
people to live more comfortably with
Here’s a video presentation to show the long term conditions.
importance of the roles of pharmacists to - Medicine management pharmacists
the patient, other heath care providers research the most appropriate drugs
and to the entire community. on the market producing guidelines to
ensure the patients receive the most
Watch YT Video: suitable medicine for their condition.
[Link] - The community pharmacists can show
v=Hj2cMVe1DdE&t=7s you how to use them so you can free
up both the doctor’s time and yours
The role of Pharmacist
Exclusive and Non-exclusive
- They provide over-the-counter advice Functions of a Pharmacist Based on
and treatments to help patient feel RA 10918
better.
- If more serious symptoms occur, a Functions of a Pharmacist
pharmacist can quickly signpost
patients to the correct health care Based on Philippine Pharmacy Act (RA
professional. 10918), the scope of the pharmacy
- Hospital pharmacists are on hand to practice/functions of the pharmacists are
monitor the medication received by the divided into exclusive and non-
patients and help them to understand exclusive.
any possible side effects
- They don’t just dispense medicine, Exclusive functions means: only the
they also dispense advice pharmacist can do it while
- A private consultation room is available
to give information about sexual health Non-exclusive functions: can be done
with complete anonymity also by other professional.
- They also help people maintain a
healthy lifestyle by offering advice
about drinking in moderation and
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Exclusive Functions licensed pharmacist is required
under pertinent provision of law
1. Preparation, compounding or
manufacturing, and even storage, Read and study the PDF provided
distribution, procurement, sale or
dispensing of any pharmaceutical Non-Exclusive
product or its raw material
2. Render services, such as clinical 1. Chemical, biological or
pharmacy services, drug microbiological analysis and assay
information services, regulatory of pharmaceutical products, food/
services, pharmaceutical dietary supplements, health
marketing, medication supplements, and cosmetics
management, or whenever the
expertise and technical knowledge of 2. Physicochemical analysis for
the pharmacist is required medical devices used in aid of
3. Teaching scientific, technical, or administration of pharmaceutical
professional pharmacy courses in products
a school or college of pharmacy
4. Dispensing pharmaceutical 3. Administration of adult vaccines as
products in situations where approved by the Food and Drug
supervision is required. Administration (FDA):
5. Provide other services where - Provided, that (1) they shall undergo
pharmaceutical knowledge is the training on the safe administration
required. of adult vaccines and management of
adverse event following immunization
3 Types of Drug Establishment and for pharmacists & hold a certificate of
Outlet where Pharmacist is Required training issued by an institution duly
accredited by the Professional
There are two categories of Regulation Commission (PRC);
establishments where the pharmacist provided, further, that the safe
could practice his/her profession. administration of vaccines be part
of the higher education curriculum
- Category A for pharmacists
• Pharmaceutical establishment/
outlets where the direct and 4. Conduct or undertake scientific
immediate control and research in all aspects involving
supervision of a duly registered pharmaceutical products & health
and licensed pharmacist is care
required, per establishment,
whether in-store or online
- Category B
• Pharmaceutical establishments/
outlets where the supervision and
oversight of a duly registered and
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