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NPS Pharmacy Practice Reviews
Our pharmacy practice reviews are free quality improvement activities that help pharmacists and intern pharmacists to review their current practice for patients with certain conditions compared to current best practice standards, guidelines and pharmacist competencies.
Current Pharmacy Practice Reviews
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| Reducing CVD risk (online activity) |
Available from January 2012
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Previous Pharmacy Practice Reviews
Sample packs of past activities.
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| Reducing CVD risk (paper-based activity) |
2011 - Closed |
| 2010 - Closed |
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| Quality use of prescription PPIs |
2009 - Closed |
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About pharmacy practice reviews
Pharmacy practice reviews use best practice standards and guidelines to help pharmacists review current practice, consider implementing changes to practice, review and reflect on these changes, and monitor progress.
Review materials also focus on identifying priorities for patient counselling, provide tools to assist effective counselling and identify pharmacist competencies which will be addressed by completion of the activity.
All participants complete data collection for 10 patients, receive a feedback report that includes individual results, aggregate results of all participants' practices and an expert commentary on the aggregate results. Participants are provided with a template to record their development and learning plan.
One pharmacy practice review is available each year, with two opportunities to complete the activity.
Qualifying for CPD points
| This activity has been accredited for 8 hours of Group 2 CPD (or 16 CPD credits) suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist's CPD plan. |
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Recognition for continuing professional development
For information about recording continuing professional development, see About points, incentives and QPI
Pharmacy practice reviews assist pharmacists to meet the following competency standards as set out in the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Competency Standards for Pharmacists in Australia 2010:
Standard 1.2 Practise to accepted standards
Standard 1.3 Deliver ‘patient-centred’ care
Standard 1.5 Maintain and extend professional competence
Standard 2.1 Communicate effectively
Standard 2.2 Work to resolve problems
Standard 2.3 Collaborate with members of the health care team
Standard 3.4 Manage quality service delivery
Standard 4.2 Consider the appropriateness of prescribed medicines
Standard 4.3 Dispense prescribed medicines
Standard 6.1 Assess primary health care needs
Standard 6.2 Deliver primary health care
Standard 6.3 Contribute to public and preventive health
Standard 7.1 Contribute to therapeutic decision-making
Standard 7.3 Influence patterns of medicine use
Date published: 2008-02-12 00:00:00
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