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The World Health Organization has proposed an 8 - star Pharmacist model to describe various roles of Pharmacist in providing better pharmaceutical care and decision making. Taking this into account, if practiced under a well trained pharmacy professional, there is a possibility of achieving a better impact in the healthcare system.
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| Concept from World Health Organization |
Caregiver: Pharmacists provide caring services. They must view their practice as integrated and continuous with those of the health care professionals with highest quality.
Decision-maker: The appropriate, efficacious, safe and cost-effective use of resources should be the foundation of the pharmacist’s work. At the local and national levels, pharmacists play a role in setting medicines policy. Achieving this goal requires the ability to evaluate, synthesize data and information and decide upon the most appropriate course of action.
Communicator: The pharmacist is in an ideal position to provide a link between prescriber and patient, and to communicate information on health and medicines to the public. He or she must be knowledgeable and confident while interacting with other health professionals and the public.
Manager: Pharmacists must be able to manage resources and information effectively; they must also be comfortable being managed by others, whether by an employer or the manager/leader of a health care team.
Life-long-learner: It is impossible to acquire in pharmacy school all the knowledge and experience needed to pursue a life-long career as a pharmacist. The concepts, principles and commitment to lifelong learning must begin while attending pharmacy school and must be supported throughout the pharmacist’s career. Pharmacists should learn how to keep their knowledge and skills up to date.
Teacher: The pharmacist has a responsibility to assist with the education and training of future generations of pharmacists and the public. Participating as a teacher not only imparts knowledge to others, it offers an opportunity for the practitioner to gain new knowledge and to fine-tune existing skills.
Leader: In multidisciplinary caring situations or in areas where other health care providers are in short supply pharmacist should assume a leadership position in the overall welfare of the patient and the community. Leadership involves compassion and empathy as well as vision and the ability to make decisions, communicate, and manage effectively. A pharmacist whose leadership role is to be recognized must have vision and the ability to lead.
And the added function of:
Researcher: The pharmacist must be able to use the evidences effectively in order to advise on the rational use of medicines in the healthcare team. By sharing and documenting experiences, the pharmacist can also contribute to the evidence base with the goal of optimizing patient care and outcomes. As a researcher, the pharmacist is able to increase the accessibility of unbiased health and medicines-related information to the public and other healthcare professionals.
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Deepak Kumar Bandari,
Pharm.D Intern,
Vaagdevi College of Pharmacy - India
Elsevier Student Ambassador - South Asia
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