OBJECTIVE To suggest revisions to the Thai pharmacy competency standards and determine the perceptions of Thai pharmacy practitioners and faculty about the proposed pharmacy competency standards. METHODS The current competency standards were revised by brainstorming session with nine Thai pharmacy experts according to their perceptions of society's pharmacy needs. The revised standards were p...

Eric M. Tichy, NicolE A. Pilch, loNNiE D. SMiTh, ANgElA Q. MAlDoNADo, AND DAviD J. TAbEr, oN bEhAlf of ThE AMEricAN SociETy of TrANSPlANTATioN PhArMAcy coMMuNiTy of PrAcTicE, ThE AMEricAN SociETy of hEAlThSySTEM PhArMAciSTS SEcTioN of cliNicAl SPEciAliSTS AND SciENTiSTS TrANSPlANTATioN/iMMuNology NETwork, AND ThE AMEricAN collEgE of cliNicAl PhArMAcy iMMuNology/ TrANSPlANTATioN PrAcTicE AND rES...

In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) in Asia, pharmacies are often patients' first point of contact with the health care system and their preferred channel for purchasing medicines. Unfortunately, pharmacy practice in these settings has been characterized by deficient knowledge and inappropriate treatment. This paper systematically reviews both the performance of all types of pharmacies a...

Clinical pharmacy has a rich history of advancing practice through innovation. These innovations helped to mold clinical pharmacy into a patient-centered discipline recognized for its contributions to improving medication therapy outcomes. However, innovations in clinical pharmacy practice have now waned. In our view, the growth of academic–practice partnerships could reverse this trend and sti...

OBJECTIVE To describe the practice, education and research concerning medication adherence in Danish community pharmacy. METHODS The authors supplemented their expertise in the area of medication adherence through their contacts with other educators and researchers as well as by conducting searches in the Danish Pharmacy Practice Evidence Database, which provides annually updated literature r...

Interactive pharmacy case studies are an essential component of the pharmacy curriculum. We recently developed an elective course at the Rangel College of Pharmacy in pharmacy case studies for second- and third-year Doctor of Pharmacy students using Second Life® (SL), an interactive three-dimensional virtual environment that simulates the real world. This course explored the use of SL for educa...

OBJECTIVES To provide background information related to the development of the Nuclear Pharmacy Compounding Guidelines, to discuss regulatory complexities related to radiopharmaceutical compounding practice, and to summarize the gaps in the current compounding regulations for radiopharmaceuticals. DATA SOURCES The Guidelines closely follow the provisions of section 503A of the Federal Food, D...

BACKGROUND Traditionally, pharmacy technicians have worked alongside pharmacists in community and hospital pharmacy. Changes within pharmacy provide opportunity for role expansion and with no apparent career pathway, there is a need to define the current pharmacy technician role and role in medicines optimisation. AIM To capture the current roles of pharmacy technicians and identify how their...

The overall purpose of this article is to serve as an invitation for submissions to the ‘Practice-Based Research’ section of INNOVATIONS in pharmacy. To provide background about this section of the journal, this paper describes: (1) the concept of innovations that we will apply, (2) the practice-based research domain, and (3) the use of practice-based research networks for this area of inquiry....