This e-lecture identifies the principal drivers for change in the Practice of Pharmacy and proposes ways in which the Pharmacy workforce may adapt to changes in the practice standards to ensure that all Patients receive “Medication Without Harm” in line with the WHO directive 2020. This course identifies the additional skills required by the Pharmacy workforce for working in each of the sectors of pharmacy, and specifies the additional learning as part of the Continued Professional Development.
Credits: 3 CPD / CME
No. of Hours: 3 hrs
Learning Objectives:
This training course introduces the skills required to be able to take advantage of the “New Developments in Pharmacy Practice" and to introduce the Four Principal changes required to be made to the Practice of Pharmacy in order to assure greater care and safety of Patients.
The four Principal changes required in the Practice of Pharmacy are as follows.
- Support the technology which has lead Development of Biopharmaceutical products that has led to development of the Covid-19 vaccine and Personalised medicine such as treatment for cystic fibrosis.
- Adopt the use of Artificial Intelligence, and Manufacturing Intelligence to provide information to allow for improved diagnosis and treatment.
- To improve Quality and Safety of medicines in the Global supply chain by excluding adulterated and counterfeit medicines and providing traceability of the origin of medicines to identify the sources of those drugs that provide unexpected adverse events
- Improve the Affordability of essential drugs by rationalizing the manufacture and distribution of medicines and eliminating all non-value adding activity ensuring that lifesaving medicines are available to all.
The IAPPS training program if followed will help to ensure the achievement of the above 4 objectives over the next decade
Who Should Enroll:
Registered pharmacist practitioners, pharmaceutical scientists, pharmacy technicians and other pharmacy support workforce cadres, pre-service students/trainees) working in a diversity of settings (e.g. community, hospital, research and development, industry, military, regulatory, academia and other sectors) with a diversity of scope of practice