Practice of the Responsibility Development of Community Pharmacists in USA,UK,Australia and Its En-lightenment to China
10.6039/j.issn.1001-0408.2017.34.02
- VernacularTitle:美国、英国、澳大利亚社区药师职责扩展的实践及对我国的启示
- Author:
Yun CHEN
1
;
Yixuan ZOU
;
Rong SHAO
;
Bin ZHOU
;
Yongfa CHEN
Author Information
1. 中国药科大学国家药物政策与医药产业经济研究中心
- Keywords:
Community pharmacist;
USA;
UK;
Australia;
Responsibility development;
Practice;
Enlightenment
- From:
China Pharmacy
2017;28(34):4758-4762
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To provide reference for the development of community pharmacists in China. METHODS:Accord-ing to reviewing the practice in the responsibility development of community pharmacists in USA,UK,Australia,relevant experi-ence was summarized and relevant suggestions were put forward. RESULTS & CONCLUSIONS:Responsibility development of community pharmacists in USA,UK,Australia had made great progress,and their levels of practice and their own quality also made continuously improvement. Besides,they made certain achievements in prevention of chronic disease,minor illness manage-ment in community pharmacy,drug use review and prescription drug intervention,and health mission pharmacy,etc. In China, our government should promote the transforming of the responsibility of community pharmacists by considering the differences of re-gions in stage and step by step,encourage pharmacists actively and orderly expand the business scope,actively explore from sys-tem and develop multiple authentication,and steadily improve the service skills of pharmacists. Meanwhile,domestic pharmacies and pharmacists should take the initiative to change the concept to get ready for the coming changes.