Competency consultation
March 30, 2016
FOLLOWING on from 2015’s
public consultation activities,
the Pharmacy Practitioner
Development Committee (PPDC),
a profession-wide collaborative
forum, has opened consultation on
a revised draft of the profession’s
competency standards framework.
The PPDC has said it has been
revising the current document, the
National competency standards
framework for pharmacists in
Australia, to ensure it is consistent
with contemporary pharmacist
practice and the interests of public
safety, and reflects future needs of
Australian health care consumers.
The review work has resulted
in consolidation of the eight
Domains into five by amalgamating
four Domains (numbers four to
seven) to balance the emphasis
on dispensing, patient care
and education functions of the
pharmacist.
Another change in the document
sees the Leadership and
Management Domain expanded
into two universally applicable
pharmacists Standards, ‘Show
leadership of self’ and ‘Manage
professional contribution’.
In addition, the Advanced
Pharmacy Practice Framework
has been integrated into the
revised draft to create a single
competency standards framework,
a recommendation emanating from
the 2015 consultation feedback.
The PPDC is calling upon as many
individuals and organisations as
possible to provide input on the
revised draft with a specific request
for feedback from members of
the pharmacy profession as well
as other interested stakeholders
including consumers, other
health professional groups
and practitioners, educators,
researchers and government
bodies.
The consultation closes 28 April.
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