Do you want to become a pharmacist who is a tool or a provider of health solutions? From a student point of view. Short presentation about Switzerland and Australia, as part of a panel of international collaborator in a lecture of the University of Sydney about pharmacy in the world. Thaïland, Ethiopia, Jordan, Canada.

1. They are all proud to be pharmacist. But they have
totally different daily practice. So what’s a pharmacist?
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2. The pharmacist is
a provider of health solutions
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3. Health solutions providers in the world?
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4. Pharmacist
Health related solutions
within different…
Professionals
GPs
Specialists
Nurses
Homecare providers
Patients
Chronic
Elderly
Getting out of hospital
Settings
Primary care
Hospital
Industry
Public health
diseases
Epidemic
RareCrisis
Prevention
Players/stakeholders
State
Insurances
Professional
associations
universities
level
Local, national, international
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5. Health solutions in community pharmacy =
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Example
Issue => Optimizing medication therapy
(Better outcomes, less costs,…)
Zoom
=
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Ø Patient
GP
Ø Patient
GP
Ø Patient
GP
Ø …
Ø A
group
of 5-10
GPs
Ø Patients…
Ø Patients…
Ø Patients…
Ø Patients…
Ø Patients…
Ø …
Home medication review
Quality circles GP/pharmacist
Medica:on
review
Sending
report
Same
tool
=
Updated
knowledge
about
medica:on
use
But
different
solu:ons
3-­‐5
mee:ngs
a
year
Evalua:on
of
prescribing
prac:ce
Monitoring,
feedback
and
decision
for
consensus
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6. Once upon a time
Quality circles GP/pharmacist, start in Romont, 1997
2 pharmacists, good contact with local GPs
Research + practice
4 yr for free volunteering
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7. After 4 years of volunteering,
Insurance took part of the project ($), the Swiss
society of pharmacists and few more GPs more
After 9 years…
They showed:
About 300’000 AUD per GP each year were saved
Then it has been generalised:
Remuneration, training, accreditation, etc…
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8. Do YOU want to study pharmacy
to become a « Tool » or…
Stakeholders,
system,
GPs
You,
pharmacist
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9. … to become
a provider of health solutions?
Pharmacist
Competence,
knowledges
about
drugs
Communica:on
and
leadership
skills
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10. We can become players in health systems if we…
Understand, Connect, and Take Action !
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11. And for you, as 1st in UniSyd,
to prepare yourself as futur pharmacist…
Let’s get involved together!
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