Pharmacists’ Role : Provide Pharmaceutical Care
- Pharmacists play an important role in healthcare delivery
- Over the years, the role of pharmacists have shifted from product-oriented to patient-oriented
- It is a direct, responsible provision of medication-related care
- End goal of a pharmacist is to improve individual patient’s quality of life through achievement of definite medication-related therapeutics outcomes.
Roles of pharmacists in different sectors :
INDUSTRIAL
(a) Manufacturing
- Control quality of medicines to ensure their quality and safety
- Revamp drug manufacturing processes to lower cost of medicines
- Involve in research and development
(b) Marketing
- Introduce and educate healthcare providers on new treatment options
HOSPITAL
- Provide professional advices on best choice of medicines for each patient
- Manage the inventory to ensure continuous supply of medicines
- Fill the patients’ prescriptions
- Formulate policies and treatment guidelines within hospitals
- Target diseases management in hospital
COMMUNITY
- Provide dispensing services
- Manage minor ailments such as cough and cold
- Provide smoking cessation counselling and weight management services
- Give advices on supplements and vitamins
- Promote public health
- Educate patients on drug usage
RESEARCH
- Find new cures for untreated illness or medicines with less side effects for the benefit of patient
- Play various roles from designing or implementing protocols to conducting of trials
- Study or compare effectiveness and safety of new medicines before it’s launch into market
ACADEMIA
- Play a pivotal role in educating future generations of pharmacists
- Engaging in research activities
REGULATORY ( LAW ENFORCER )
- Formulate and implements healthcare policies and protocols
- Prepare new drug applications
- Safeguard the import and registration of medicines and medical devices
JOURNALISM
- Educate public on health and medicine use
- Write pharmaceutical articles
- Prepare brochure for health campaign
Page created by Jin Ying, University of Malaya, Metamorphosis 2021 participant