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FADIC Pharmacist Development Toolkit
Introduction
- Pharmacists, Pre-registration Pharmacists and Undergraduate Pharmacy students undergo structured education to gain their Pharmacy qualification. During these processes it can be difficult to be sure that competency levels are met along the way.
Definitions
- Pharmacy Consultant: a practitioner who provides care to long-term conditions within a multidisciplinary setting.
- Leadership: a role which involves leading change.
- Quality: involves the creation of a safe and efficient service.
- Research: involvement within the development of pharmaceutical products or change in their use.
- Academic: a role centred around conducting research in order to improve practices or public health.
- Advanced: a well-established practitioner who has gained firm foundation prior to conducting this role.
- Specialties: a practitioner who chooses an area of practice. This area can be:
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacy
- Infectious Disease Pharmacy
- Cardiology Pharmacy
- Compounded Sterile
- Preparations Pharmacy
- Critical Care Pharmacy
- Geriatric Pharmacy
- Nuclear Pharmacy
- Nutrition Support Pharmacy
- Oncology Pharmacy
- Pediatric Pharmacy
- Pharmacotherapy
- Psychiatric Pharmacy
- Solid Organ Transplantation Pharmacy
- Foundation: newly qualified role.
- Pre-registration: post university graduate role to gain professional registration.
- Undergraduate: the role undertaken when studying a degree after gaining required qualifications.
- AUS: Australia
- CA: Canada
- FIP: International Pharmaceutical Federation
- UK: United Kingdom
- US: United States of America
Who Will Use This Toolkit
- This Pharmacist development toolkit provides an outline to available competency programmes for Pharmacists, Pre-registration Pharmacists and Undergraduate students.
- The UK, US, Australian, and Middle Eastern resources available within this toolkit can provide:
- a benchmark of pharmacy practice expectation,
- a basis for those interested in pursuing a specific area or,
- can be utilised as an appraisal tool to assess competencies.
- Some resources require authorisation prior to access e.g. RPSGB, UKCPA.
UNDERGRADUATE
- Middle East (KSA, UAE, Qatar): FADIC: Prometric Pharmacy
- NICE: Case scenarios – UK
- ACCP: Student Clinical Compass – USA
PRE-REGISTRATION
- Australian Pharmacy Council – Competency Assessments – AUS
- Saudi Commission for Healthcare Specialities – Saudi Pharmacist Licensure Examination (SPLE) – Saudi Arabia
- General Pharmaceutical Council – Pre-registration Manual – UK
- NHS Health Education England – Pre-registration Pharmacist in General Practice – UK
FOUNDATION
- Pharmaceutical Society of Australia – National Competency Standard Framework – AUS
- International Pharmaceutical Federation – Global Competency Framework – FIP
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Foundation Pharmacist Framework – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Pharmacotherapy – US
SPECIALIST AREAS
AMBULATORY CARE
- Board of Pharmacy Specialities – Ambulatory Care Pharmacy – US
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy – Ambulatory Care – US
CARDIOLOGY
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Cardiovascular – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Cardiology – US
COMPOUNDED STERILE PREPARATIONS
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Sterile Compounding – US
CRITICAL CARE
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Critical Care – UK
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Critical Care – UK
DIABETES & ENDOCRINOLOGY
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Diabetes & Endocrinology – UK
DRUG INFORMATION
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Medicines Information – UK
- United Kingdom Medicines Information – Competency Framework – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Drug Information – US
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
- American Society of Health-Society Pharmacists – Emergency Medicine – US
GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Gastroenterology & Hepatology – UK
GERIATRIC
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Care of Older People – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Geriatric – US
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Infection and Antimicrobial Stewardship – UK
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Infection – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Infectious diseases – US
MENTAL HEALTH
- NHS Health Education England – Competency Guideline for Mental Health – UK
NEUROSCIENCE
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Neurosciences – UK
NUCLEAR PHARMACY
- Board of Pharmacy Specialties – Nuclear Pharmacy – US
NUTRITION
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Nutrition Support – US
ONCOLOGY
- Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland – National Competency – UK
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Cancer Care – UK
OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) MEDICINES and COMMUNITY
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Community Health Services – UK
PAEDIATRICS and NEONATES
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Paediatric and Neonates – UK
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Pediatrics – US
PAIN
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Pain Management – UK
PHARMACOTHERAPY
- Board of Pharmacy Specialties – Pharmacotherapy – US
PSYCHIATRIC
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Psychiatry – US
RESPIRATORY
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Respiratory – UK
SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION
- American Society of Health-System Pharmacists – Solid Organ Transplantation – US
SURGERY & THEATRES
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Surgery & Theatres – UK
WOMEN’S HEALTH
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Women’s health – UK
- American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy – Women’s Health – US
VACCINATION
ADVANCED
- Tele-pharmacy: Guidelines – CA
- Education and Development – UK
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Advanced – UK
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy – Teaching and Learning – US
- The American College of Clinical Pharmacy – Practice Development – US
PRESCRIBING
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Competency Framework Prescribers – UK
RESEARCH
- National Health and Medical Research Council – Good Clinical Practice (GCP) – AUS
- The National Institute for Health Research – Good Clinical Practice (GCP) – UK
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy – Research and Outcomes Assessment – US
- CITI – Good Clinical Practice (GCP) – US
CONSULTANCY – LEADERSHIP – QUALITY
- International Pharmaceutical Federation – Quality Assurance – FIP
- National Health Service – Consultant Pharmacist Guidance – UK
- Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Consultant Pharmacist – UK
- The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain: Handbook – UK
- UK Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain – Leadership – UK
- United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association – Medicines, Safety & Quality – UK
- American College of Clinical Pharmacy – Leadership and Administration – UK
Reviewed & Written By:
BCPS – AQ (ID), CPHQ, TQM (AUC), Dr. Rasha is a CEO of FADIC. She was in Tanta university hospital, Egypt. In 2013, she received TQM from American university, BCPS, CPHQ, and M.Sc. of Clinical Pharmacy. She received certification from SIDP. She obtained the add qualification from American board in infectious disease. Leaded MM CBAHI Saudi accreditation. Established stewardship committee, and implementation in MCH, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. She shared in item exam writing for BCIDP Exam. She shared as a reviewer in infectious diseases PSAP. Authorship for published around 20 papers. One paper about vision of 2030 of general pharmaceutical department in Saudi Arabia. She received TLC certification from ACCP academy. Moreover, consultant on personal, professional, stewardship leadership, research. Share in strategic planning; hospital accreditation; and stewardship education.Dr. Rasha Abdelsalam
Master & Diploma of clinical pharmacy.
Quantitative Research Certification.
Antimicrobial Stewardship Certification/SIDP.
Item Writing American Board of Infectious Disease.
Reviewer for PSAP ID 2018 Series
MPharm, MRPharmS, CertClinPharm, DipClinPharm, IP, MBA Amena Bhatti is an experienced Pharmacist with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry within the United Kingdom. Skilled in Pharmacy Practice, Patient Safety and Clinical Research. Amena has a Master Of Pharmacy, Certificate and Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy, and Independent prescribing accreditation. With recent Middle East exposure, Amena’s professional experience spans over a 16-year period; ranging from clinical, operational and management roles. Amena has an eye for change management and is driven to shape the future of her profession using her patient’s interest as the end goal. Dr. Amena Bhatti
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