Domain | 2. As Care Providers, primary health care pharmacists use their knowledge and skills to provide pharmaceutical care and to facilitate management of patient's medication and overall health needs. |
Description | Primary health care pharmacists possess the core knowledge, skills and attitudes required to be able to: i. manage patients: • who require the pharmacist's participation in their care; • who are willing and able to accept the responsibilities required by this care; • with common and uncommon medication-therapy problems or complex medication-related needs; and identify patients with highly complex medication-related needs. • who require urgent care and provide basic first aid and CPR; ii. are able to acquire the knowledge and skills required to manage patients with highly complex medication-related needs. iii. provide care in accordance with accepted frameworks that expand the pharmacist's scope of practice (e.g. medical directives); iv. recommend appropriate sources of support for patients experiencing common difficulties in daily living; v. advise patients on common, current health promotion campaigns; vi. are able to refer patients for the management of medication therapy needs that fall beyond their individual scope of practice; vii . are able to triage patients to other primary health care providers. |
Element | Elicit and complete an assessment of required information to determine the patient's medication-related and relevant health needs. |
Sub-element | elicit the reason(s) for the patient's visit or referral to the pharmacist; |
Sub-element | obtain and evaluate relevant history from the patient, his/her chart, caregivers and other health care professionals (e.g. medication experience, medication history, current medication record, past and current medical history, allergies, immunizations, social drug use, previous adverse reactions, etc); |
Sub-element | order and/or retrieve and assess relevant lab tests and diagnostic tests; |
Sub-element | perform and interpret findings of relevant physical assessment; |
Sub-element | complete an assessment of the patient's ability to take/use/administer his/her medications. |