CPD Guidelines for Pharmacists and Providers

26 March,2012  INFORMATION FOR PHARMACISTS AND PROVIDERS / ORGANISERS A. FOR PHARMACISTS Continuing Professional Development has been defined as the responsibility of individual pharmacists for systematic maintenance, development and broadening…

Medical Progress Specialty Workshop On Urology for Pharmacist

Date:Sunday, 15th April 2012 Time:12:30 pm - 5:30 pm Venue:The G Tower Hotel, Kuala Lumpur  For complete content, please click: Medical Progress Specialty Workshop On Urology for Pharmacist

A Stand Alone Community Pharmacist

6 April,2012 Being in the community pharmacy for over a decade, I still face the same challenge a decade ago. Besides providing good customer service, being able to offer a better price is the key to survive in the business. Most of the time…

Advanced Pharmacy Practice A Consultation Paper for the Pharmacy Profession

March,2012 Executive Summary Professional Pharmacy Practice has both a horizontal and a vertical dimension.  The horizontal dimension, or breadth of practice, is described by the term ‘scope of practice’. The vertical dimension, or…

Australian Pharmacist Examines Immunisation Debate

9 April 2012 In-pharmacy immunisation programs have long been on the wish list of those seeking to broaden community pharmacy’s role in health care and in this month’s Australian Pharmacist the issued is examined in detail.  Immunisation…

Weekend Education Feast

5 April 2012 The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s exciting new pharmacy professional development and practice support event will feature weekend programs allowing delegates to make the most of the educational opportunities being presented. …

Responsible Dispensing of Generic Medicines

4 April 2012 Reports that pharmacists may possibly be dispensing a ”pharmacy-preferred brand” of generic drugs without proper consultation with the patient would be contravening the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Guidelines on…

PGA-Newsletter Vol.2, No.12,4 April,2012

A report in the Sydney Morning Herald today accuses some communitypharmacies of seeking to “impose” generic medicines on elderly patients. The Pharmacy Guild would not support any pharmacist imposing genericmedicines on any patient –…

PGA-Newsletter Vol 2.No.11,28 March,2012

A new survey from the National Prescribing Service (NPS) has found that 57 per cent of Australians report they have made a mistake with theirmedicines in the past 12 months. In a survey of 1205 people, 44 per cent said they had forgotten…

Community Pharmacies Are Responsible Employers

2 April 2012 The Pharmacy Guild of Australia is confident that the overwhelming majority of community pharmacies act in good faith to comply fully with the Pharmacy Industry Award 2010. The Guild urges its members to pay all employees according…