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Opportunities for pharmacists

to provide preventive services, such as immunizations, tobacco cessation programs, healthy diet
and exercise information, and point-of-care testing to patients who may have difficulty accessing a
primary care provider.

Pharmacist expanded roles?

PHARMACISTS' PATIENT CARE PROCESS ?

WHAT CAN COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS DO?

Good Pharmacy Practice

The mission of PP is to contribute to health improvement and to help patients to make the best
use of their medicines
GPP is the practice of pharmacy that responds to the needs of the people who use the
pharmacists' services to provide optimal, evidence-based care.
To support this practice it is essential that there be an established national framework of
quality standards and guidelines

Dimensions of pharmacy practice

1. Pharmaceutical care .. as a key component of pharmacy practice
2. Evidence-based pharmacy .?
3. Chronic patient care – HIV/AIDS …pt education
4. Self-medication ….OTC products
5. Quality assurance of pharmaceutical care services
6. Clinical pharmacy ….
7. Pharmacovigilance …next lecture
8. Medication therapy manager (MTM)..

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