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A14 LOCAL
Wednesday 23 May 2018
Caribbean Pharmacists on the Move to Innovation
this law through the con- Committee which is sup-
tract with the Pharmacy ported by the CAP. In this
Owner’s Association. Most case, the Local Committee
pharmacies in Aruba are consists of SBFZ members,
owned by non-pharmacist. which is the educational
The owners have an asso- arm of the VAA (Verenig-
ciation and sign a contract ing van Apothekers Aruba)
with the AZV. By contract and VAA members. This
the Pharmacists and phar- committee has set up an
macist-assistants have to educational and fun agen-
earn a certain amount of da for all participants, to
Points of Continued Educa- not only help in their further
tion. The owners have to in- development but also to
vest in their pharmacists by promote networking, local-
financing the attendance ly and internationally, and
of continued education learn how to work togeth-
sessions. er to solve problems. The
It is a great opportunity for spring meeting allocates
local Pharmacists and Assis- points to those members
tant – Pharmacists to get to who need to keep their sta-
know the CAP, and to par- tus as active pharmacists in
ticipate in a conference in the Caribbean.
their own field of work, that
will further develop their The Caribbean Associa-
knowledge. It is also an op- tion of Pharmacists was
portunity for Aruba to pro- formed at a meeting of
ARUBA — For the second Advancement of Pharma- way, partake in the Con- file itself to our sister Islands several leading pharmacy
time around, the CAP (Ca- ceutical Care), which is the tinued Education (CE) pro- in the Caribbean. figures in the English speak-
ribbean Association of educational committee of cess which is an integral This time most of the Carib- ing Caribbean in Kingston,
Pharmacist) organized its the VAA (Vereniging van part of the CAP philoso- bean audience came from Jamaica, in September
Spring Meeting in Aruba. Apothekers op Aruba) (As- phy. The program consist- Curacao, Sint Maarten, Ja- 1976. The vision of the CAP
This year’s meeting was on sociation of Pharmacists on ed of 1 half day and 1 full maica, Guyana, Barbados, is advancing the develop-
19-20 May, and is orga- Aruba) day, which amounts to a Bahamas, Trinidad & Toba- ing and empowerment of
nized in collaboration with total of 8 CE sessions and 2 go, etc. the people of the Carib-
the SBFZ (Stichting ter Bev- The participants had the social events. bean through excellence
ordering Farmaceutische opportunity to follow some The targeted audience in- The Spring Meeting is al- in provision of all aspects of
Zorg) (Foundation for the great lectures and, in this cluded healthcare profes- ways organized by a Local pharmacy practice. q
sionals, such as pharma-
cists and their assistants,
(general) physicians, gov-
ernment agencies and
Paradise in the Caribbean medical insurance em-
ployees. We had about 90
registered delegates both
from the local and interna-
tional/Caribbean region.
This 2018 CAP spring meet-
ing hosted by Aruba, coin-
cides with the implemen-
tation of laws by the Local
Inspection Body. Pharma-
cists, as partners in patient-
care, are now required to
register and follow CE, in
order to maintain registra-
tion of pharmacy practice
in Aruba.
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