PHA613 PersPharm - Pharmacy in Action

Question 1

Name the 10-Star Pharmacist

Answer 1

1. Pharmaceutical Care Provider
2. Decision Maker
3. Communicator
4. Manager
5. Entrepreneur
6. Life-long Learner
7. Teacher
8. Leader
9. Researcher
10. Agent of Positive Change

Question 2

• Pharmaceutical care – responsible provision of medication-related care for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life.

Answer 2

Pharmaceutical Care Provider

Question 3

• Pharmacists should be able to provide pharmaceutical care in all areas

Answer 3

Pharmaceutical Care Provider

Question 4

responsible provision of medication-related care for the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life.

Answer 4

Pharmaceutical care

Question 5

• Pharmacists are at the center of the triangular relationship between the physician and the patient. As such, he/she must be knowledgeable and confident while interacting with other healthcare professionals and the general public.

Answer 5

COMMUNICATOR

Question 5

• Pharmacists must be able to choose the most appropriate, efficacious, and cost-effective use of resources in their respective fields of practice

Answer 5

DECISION MAKER

Question 5

• Pharmacists must have the ability to evaluate, synthesize, and decide upon the most appropriate course of action

Answer 5

DECISION MAKER

Question 6

• Communication involves verbal, non-verbal, listening, and writing skills, among other

Answer 6

COMMUNICATOR

Question 7

• Pharmacists must be able to effectively manage resources and information. He/she must also be comfortable being managed by others, whether an employer, an immediate superior, or the leader of a healthcare team.

Answer 7

MANAGER

Question 8

• Pharmapreneurism ¬- describe the process by which pharmacy entrepreneurs achieve their career aspirations by addressing the nation’s health care, research, policy, and societal needs through _________, _________, and ________.

Answer 8

Entrepreneur

Question 9

describe the process by which pharmacy entrepreneurs achieve their career aspirations by addressing the nation’s health care, research, policy, and societal needs through leadership, creativity, and innovation.

Answer 9

Pharmapreneurism

Question 10

TRUE OR FALSE
* Pharmacists may be defined as “social entrepreneurs” rather than the standard “business

Answer 10

TRUE

Question 11

is the responsibility of individual pharmacists for systematic maintenance, development and broadening of knowledge, skills and attitudes, to ensure competence as a professional, throughout their careers.

Answer 11

Life-long Learner

Question 12

• As critical members of the ever-changing healthcare system, this quality is important to sustain the pharmacists’ competence and ensure the provision of quality patient care

Answer 12

Life-long Learner

Question 13

• Aside from educating patients and other healthcare professionals regarding the rational use of medicines, the pharmacist also has the responsibility to assist with the education and training of future generations of pharmacists.

Answer 13

Teacher

Question 14

• Participating as a teacher not only imparts knowledge to others, it also offers an opportunity to gain new knowledge and to fine-tune existing skills.

Answer 14

Teacher

Question 15

• In medication therapy management, the pharmacists take the lead in multidisciplinary caring situations.

Answer 15

Leader

Question 16

• Leadership must involve ______ and ______, as well as the ability to make __________, ________, and manage _________.

Answer 16

compassion, empathy, decisions, communicate, effectively

Question 17

• Pharmacists must be able to use the evidence-based approach effectively in order to provide proper advice on the rational use of medicines.

Answer 17

Researcher

Question 18

• Pharmacists must be able to increase the availability of unbiased health and drug-related information to the public and other health care professionals.

Answer 18

Researcher

Question 19

• In all areas of practice, the pharmacist must be able to proactively recognize an opportunity for improvement and act on it.

Answer 19

Agent of Positive Change

Question 20

• He/she must be able to motivate, inspire, catalyze, and potentially lead the change process to achieve a positive outcome, especially in patient care.

Answer 20

Agent of Positive Change

Question 21

• He/she must be able to _______, ______, ________, and potentially ________ the change process to achieve a _______ outcome, especially in patient care.

Answer 21

motivate, inspire, catalyze, lead, positive