PHILIPPINE PRACTICE STANDARDS FOR PHARMACISTS

(WEEK 6) Philippine Practice Standards for Pharmacists

Phil Practice Standards for Pharmacist (Phil PSPs)

- This is to guide, advise, and provide reference to Filipino pharmacists on how they can best fulfill their duties and responsibilities as health professionals.

Competency Standards:

- Specific functions to be carried out by a pharmacist who is deemed professionally qualified.

Performance Criteria:

- Evaluative statements that specify the activties and/or tasks needed to be accomplished in order to carry out specific processes.

Evidences:

- outputs, outcomes, and/or examples relevant in achieving the compentency.

Elements:

- Actions and processes that are expected to be performed in demonstrating a specific compentency.

CORE COMPETENCY STANDARDS

These are the common competency standards across the different practice areas.

  1. Practices in a professional, legal and ethical manner

    - Each Pharmacists must carry out professional duties with outmost competence and in accordance to legal and ethical standards.

  2. Places client’s/patient’s welfare at the center of practice

    - each pharmacist must consider at all times the well being of the client/patient as the most important professional concern.

  3. Demonstrates leadership and management skills

    - each pharmacist must exemplify leadership through managing conscientiously one’s work and improving client/patient outcomes by creating innovative and timely solutions.

  4. Demonstrates cultural competence and effective communication

    - each pharmacist must be able to relate and communicate with people of diverse values, beliefs, backgrounds and expectations in carrying out his/her important role as medication expert.

  5. Engages in interprofessional collaboration

    - each pharmacist must be able to actively work in an interprofessional and multidisciplinary environment.

  6. Commits oneself to continuing professional development

    - each pharmacist must proactively seek opportunities for life-long learning and professional development.

Competency Standards in the Different Areas of Pharmacy Practice

ACADEMIC PHARMACY

  1. Prepares students to become professional pharmacists through effective learning

  2. Contributes to existing body of knowledge through conduct of scientific research

  3. Shares technical expertise to the members of the community

  4. Enriches teaching with additional training and practice experience

    ELEMENT 4.1:

    • seek formal learning opportunities

    • to improve knowledge and professional skills.

    ELEMENT 4.2:

    • maintain up-to-date understanding of practice issues and developments

REGULATORY PHARMACY

  1. represents the organization to regulatory authorities

  2. coordinates pertinent regulatory-related marketing activities of the organization

  3. participates in the development of regulatory guidelines

  4. ensures quality regulatory documentation

  5. ensures compliance to health vigilance requirements

    ELEMENT 5.1:

    contributes to the development of a health vigilance system within the organization.

    ELEMENT 5.2:

    participates in post-marketing surveilliance (PMS).

    ELEMENT 5.3:

    participates in organization or regulatory authority-initiated product recalls.

MANUFACTURING PHARMACY

  1. participates in quality management system

  2. contributes in product life cycle management

  3. maintains adequate premises & equipment

  4. participates in health vigilance programs

COMMUNITY, HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTIONAL PHARMACY

  1. provides quality medicines and other health products appropriate to the needs of the client/patient

  2. compounds products in a manner that ensures product quality, safety and efficacy

  3. counsels client/patient on the safe and judicious use of medicines and other health products

  4. engages actively in client/patient safety and health promotion activities

    ELEMENT 4.1:

    ensures continuity of care and safety of clients/patients

    ELEMENT 4.2:

    contributes in the management of the client’s/patient’s disease states.

    ELEMENT 4.3:

    engages in health promotion, education and disease prevention activities.

  5. ensures business sustainability through efficient processes and systems

PUBLIC HEALTH PHARMACY

  1. identifies appropriately the health and pharmaceutical needs of the population as well as the appropriate interventions to address them

  2. supports activities aimed at protecting and improving the health and well-being of the population

  3. participates in policy and strategy development and implementation

  4. contributes to the evidence base on how medicines-related interventions, programs and policies improve and protect the health of the population through academic and/or pharmacy practice research

  5. ensures clinical governance and continuous quality improvement in service design and delivery

    ELEMENT 5.1:

    Maintains an effective and efficient quality assurance system in conjuction with stakeholders involved.