PSA competency
December 6, 2010
THE Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia has today announced the
release of the updated National
Competency Standards Framework
for Pharmacists in Australia 2010.
The new document includes a
consolidation of eight Domains
(previously Functional Areas) and
33 Standards to “represent the total
competency framework for the
profession”.
Standards in the document
relating to leadership and
management; extemporaneous
preparation; researchers and
educators; collaboration; primary
and preventive health care, have
also been strengthened.
Additional changes to the
standards include a clear
articulation of performance criteria
expected at initial registration as
well as the introduction of the
concept of advanced practice to the
profession.
The updated competency
standards also highlight the
importance and relevance of the
competency standards to all stages
of a pharmacist’s professional life,
and outline how pharmacists can
develop their professional practice
profile and competencies required
for specific roles, positions or
services.
The updated standards are the
result of a review led by the PSA
and involving The Pharmacy Guild
of Australia; Association of Hospital
Pharmacists; Association of
Professional Engineers, Scientists
and Managers, Australia;
Australian Association of
Consultant Pharmacy; Australian
College of Pharmacy; Australian
Pharmacy Council; Council of
Pharmacy Schools: Australia and
New Zealand; and the Society of
Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
“The commitment and
cooperation of all of the steering
committee members and their
respective organisations was a key
to the successful outcomes of this
review,” said PSA Board Member
and Chair of the Competency
Standards Review Steering
Committee, Dr Shane Jackson.
The new publication will be
distributed by the Pharmacy Board
of Australia to all registrants, and
can also be accessed through the
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s
website, www.psa.org.au/
competencystandards.
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