Pharmacist Characteristics

Aira Joy D. Cruz 11-18-15

4EPH

CHARACTERISTICS OF 7 STAR PHARMACIST

There are lots of opportunities for the pharmacists. It is a dynamic, information driven, patient- oriented profession. The pharmacists have the most direct contact with the buyer/ consumers regarding their medications. We can see pharmacists who are in regulatory control and drug management, your law enforcer where they formulate and implements healthcare policies and regulations, they also prepare new drug application to enable timely access of safe, efficacious and high quality medicines ; Community pharmacy, the most accessible where patients ask to fill their prescriptions; hospital pharmacy, your patient- care team player where they provides professional advice

Every graduate of pharmacy must know and possess the concepts and principle of and a commitment to a lifelong learning, fulling and advancing the practice and professional role of the pharmacist in society. It is impossible to learn all the things all at once in the school in the practice of a pharmacist career. The learning must be a life- long learning. It should not be end in the school. After you graduate, the learning must be continuous in your workplace, it should be always update because of the never ending new learning in the medical fields now a day. You will encounter different people with different cases of disease, every situations will make you learn something new one at a time. The pharmacist should also have the support of their education regularly in order to development their knowledge about drugs and medical devices, enhance and maintain their competence in their workplace. The pharmacist must have a precise way in delivering care to their patients, and also working with the other healthcare provider/ professionals to give a quality improvement in the

We can say that it is the heart of our healthcare system. From the traditional role of the pharmacists to its current role today, lots have change since then. Not only the technology but also how we catered each life of the patients that we meet. With the evolution of the advanced clinical information technology in healthcare, the major steps in the medication use process have been addressed with the targeted patients. We are essential in the lives of our patients we encountered. And with that we must always feel proud of our profession. We must practice our profession through the guide of the World Health Organization to become a seven- star pharmacists. Many organizations and initiatives are attempting to create a higher quality in healthcare. As health care providers/ professionals, it is important for pharmacists to be familiar with leading quality healthcare. A good place to learn more about how to provide good quality services for the general public is to become familiar with the characteristics that the pharmacists should possess. Pharmacists should offer structured framework of practice management