Weekly Comment 06 Jul 15
July 6, 2015
Advancing Practice: formal recognition of
your professional impact.
Late last year, the Australian
Pharmacy Council was endorsed
as the independent entity
responsible and accountable for
the credentialing of advanced
practitioners in Australia.
A call for expressions of interest
resulted in 138 pharmacists
declaring their interest in being
evaluated as advanced practice
pharmacists. This sends a strong
message to our profession, and
to other healthcare practitioners,
that pharmacists are not content
to be undifferentiated, and are
seeking a way of demonstrating
their performance and impact.
The pilot credentialing process
involved many hours of work
to justify practice at a level of
performance above that of an
entry-level pharmacist.
The Advanced Pharmacy
Practice Framework forms the
basis of the credential and offers
pharmacists the opportunity to
map their performance at three
levels across 30 competencies.
43 pharmacists undertook this
journey and by the end of 2015
it is expected a number of those
will be credentialed as Advanced
Practice Pharmacists.
This is truly a step forward in
the maturation of our profession
and will require many more
individuals to engage in a process
of understanding what advanced
practice means, and that the
journey to advancement is one
which all pharmacists, regardless
of their practice setting, can take.
- This week’s
contributor is Kirstie
Galbraith, from Monash
University.
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