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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.
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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
Recognition for continuing professional development
Pharmacy practice reviews are recognised by the following professional pharmacy bodies:
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia Continuing Professional Development & Practice Improvement (PSA CPD&PI) program for 8 credit points The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia Continuing Professional Development (SHPA CPD) program for 8 hours of content as a Group 2 activity - Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacists (AACP) for 8 credit points
- Pharmacy Board of South Australia ENRICH program for up to 8 ENRICH credits.
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 2003:
Competency Unit 1.2: Practise to accepted standards
Competency Unit 1.3: Pursue life-long professional learning & contribute to the development of others
Competency Unit 2.1: Apply communication skills
Competency Unit 2.3: Address problems
Competency Unit 3.1: Participate in therapeutic decision making
Competency Unit 3.2: Provide ongoing pharmaceutical management
Competency Unit 4.2: Evaluate prescribed medicines
Competency Unit 4.3: Supply prescribed medicines
Competency Unit 6.1: Assess primary health care needs
Competency Unit 6.2: Address primary health care needs of patients
Competency Unit 6.3: Promote good health in the community
Competency Unit 7.3: Disseminate information
Competency Unit 8.1: Plan and manage work time
Competency Unit 8.4: Work in partnership with others
