Education! What would you define as education? Is it just, what you learn in school and university; or is it also those vital lessons of life, which you learn from practice and experience. The role of pharmacists in practice is changing; hence modifying the future of pharmacy education.
The NHS is a key player, with regards to the future of pharmacy education. Since 2010 the NHS has faced dramatic changes, due to the Conservative government. Figures show that around 7060 clinical staff across the NHS, have been made redundant since 2010, although the overall size of the NHS, is almost unchanged over the last four years. ‘In October 2009, the English NHS (excluding GPs and their staff) employed the full-time equivalent of 1.052m people. Four …show more content…
To accomplish this, it has been said that pharmacists, as well pharmacy technicians will be able to access patient records; hence enabling them to provide beneficial support to patients. This links into pharmacy education, as future pharmacists will need to be trained differently in order for them to comply with these changes, this can be achieved easily by integrating this knowledge in their pharmacy course at university, although for already qualified pharmacists it will be harder for them to learn the new tricks of the trade. A benefit attained from this scheme is that a lot of job opportunities will become available, counteracting the cuts that have been made over the years; but compared to the number of pharmacy students out there (a considerably large figure), the number of jobs available will be minute.
Leading on from this; the use of robots currently occurring, will have a great impact on the future of pharmacy education, because instead of spending money on training future pharmacy dispensers, money will be spent on improving the ability of robots to carry out these jobs. While current pharmacy dispensers will be given more responsibilities; hence pharmacists will be able to undertake jobs currently carried out by GP’s presenting them with less burden hence allowing them to focus on improving patient care. Nonetheless this is only possible if pharmacy education is …show more content…
The current MPharm degree and pre-registration training do not highlight these areas and cover them properly, therefore they should be redevised and improved to fit these criteria points, bettering the future of healthcare. Also for Pharmacy Technicians these skills should be imbedded in their training, and they should demonstrate these skills before they are able to obtain a pharmacy technician qualification. Providing this beneficial training to students will help them in many ways, first and foremost, it will allow them to think and act like professionals easing their transition into the world of work, other than this it will help them grow as individuals. Enhancing pharmacy education and training, most importantly means better qualified individuals helping our community. These skills should be imbedded in their training, and they should be examined to see whether they possess these skills, before they are able to obtain their pharmacy technician
The NHS is a key player, with regards to the future of pharmacy education. Since 2010 the NHS has faced dramatic changes, due to the Conservative government. Figures show that around 7060 clinical staff across the NHS, have been made redundant since 2010, although the overall size of the NHS, is almost unchanged over the last four years. ‘In October 2009, the English NHS (excluding GPs and their staff) employed the full-time equivalent of 1.052m people. Four …show more content…
To accomplish this, it has been said that pharmacists, as well pharmacy technicians will be able to access patient records; hence enabling them to provide beneficial support to patients. This links into pharmacy education, as future pharmacists will need to be trained differently in order for them to comply with these changes, this can be achieved easily by integrating this knowledge in their pharmacy course at university, although for already qualified pharmacists it will be harder for them to learn the new tricks of the trade. A benefit attained from this scheme is that a lot of job opportunities will become available, counteracting the cuts that have been made over the years; but compared to the number of pharmacy students out there (a considerably large figure), the number of jobs available will be minute.
Leading on from this; the use of robots currently occurring, will have a great impact on the future of pharmacy education, because instead of spending money on training future pharmacy dispensers, money will be spent on improving the ability of robots to carry out these jobs. While current pharmacy dispensers will be given more responsibilities; hence pharmacists will be able to undertake jobs currently carried out by GP’s presenting them with less burden hence allowing them to focus on improving patient care. Nonetheless this is only possible if pharmacy education is …show more content…
The current MPharm degree and pre-registration training do not highlight these areas and cover them properly, therefore they should be redevised and improved to fit these criteria points, bettering the future of healthcare. Also for Pharmacy Technicians these skills should be imbedded in their training, and they should demonstrate these skills before they are able to obtain a pharmacy technician qualification. Providing this beneficial training to students will help them in many ways, first and foremost, it will allow them to think and act like professionals easing their transition into the world of work, other than this it will help them grow as individuals. Enhancing pharmacy education and training, most importantly means better qualified individuals helping our community. These skills should be imbedded in their training, and they should be examined to see whether they possess these skills, before they are able to obtain their pharmacy technician