To fill the gap with a pharmacy-specific educational path for BC pharmacists to become professional leaders, the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences is developing a new pharmacy Professional Master's degree program focused on leadership, patient and professional education, practice in the primary care setting, and advanced topics in healthcare delivery and therapeutics.
The Practice Review Program (PRP) has recently introduced community pharmacy review criteria for drug administration. During reviews, Compliance Officers are reviewing drug administration services to ensure that pharmacists are practicing in accordance with the established standards, limits and conditions. Compliance Officers may identify areas of non-compliance, for which they will then work with pharmacy managers to ensure deficiencies are addressed through establishment and implementation of corrective measures.
This article will focus on some of the early findings regarding areas of non-compliance observed by Compliance Officers when reviewing these services.