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31/10/2025, 23:40 Community Pharmacy Practice - Course Materials

Excellent opportunity for the community pharmacist
to…..

Provide pt education
Assist with product selection to ensure safe/appropriate and effective use

A pharmacist can help a patient improve a condition by recommending the best nonprescription
product and/or recommending non pharmacologic measures (e.g., diet, lifestyle changes)

"Patients will achieve optimal health and medication outcomes when pharmacists are
included as essential and accountable members of patient-centered healthcare teams."
the Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioners (JCPP)

Product-dispensing role

Patient care provider who helps patients improve their
medication use and advances their health and wellness.

Be familiar with the currently available products and product labels
Gather pt specific information to make an assessment
Determine if self treatment is appropriate/ or refer to a doctor
Develop individual action plan ( select OTC product- set therapeutic goals- and end points)
Provide pt education
Provide pt follow up (situation in Egypt?)
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Pharmacist's Restricted Role

Many community pharmacists in developing and underdeveloped countries restrict their role only
to dispensing medicines to patients.

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