Pharmacist and need for his development

1. REVITALIZING THE PHARMACISTS’ ROLE
FROM DEALER TO HEALER
N.MEGHANA
4th YEAR,
PHARMACY STUDENT,
BNPCW.

2. HISTORY:
The western or the so-called Allopathic system came
into India with the British traders who later become
the rulers.
Foreign manufacturers dumped inferior quality
medicines and adulterated drugs.
Markets were full of all sorts of useless and
deleterious drugs were sold by unqualified men.
In ancient India the sources of drugs were of
vegetable, animal and mineral origin. They were
prepared empirically by few experienced persons.
Knowledge of that medical system was usually kept
secret within a family. There were no scientific
methods of standardization of drugs.
Government of India on 11th August 1930 , appointed
a committee under the chairmanship of Late Col.
R.N.Chopra to see into the problems of Pharmacy in
India and recommend the measures to be taken. This
committee published its report in 1931.
Ancient times / Stone age
Invasion period
British rule
Pre &Post - Independence

3. Why
Who
How
Are they ?
To make use
of them?
Are they useful to
society?
Pharmacists, also known as chemists or
druggists, are healthcare professionals who
practice in pharmacy, the field of health sciences
focusing on safe and effective medication use.
Apart from this, Pharmacist is the one who deals
with all the fields related to medicine.
From cultivation of medicinal plant, Extraction,
Synthesis, Clinical and non clinical experiments,
Dispensing, monitoring, Pharmacovigilance.
Pharmacists are professionals, uniquely
prepared and available, committed to public
service and to the achievement of this goal.

4. Frontline of healthcare; Bridge between General Physician, Nurses, other health professionals and
Public
Work from Pharmacies, With the responsibility of dispensing and distributing medicine in
Supermarkets, Pharmacy shops, Health care centres
checking dosage and ensuring that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled
counselling and advising the public on the treatment of minor ailments
Monitoring blood pressure and cholesterol levels;
Offering a diabetes screening service;
Family Planning, Alcohol withdrawal, Life style and Nutrition Habits Community Pharmacy
Work in larger hospital and institutional pharmacies, frequently Interact with prescribers and Doctors.
MAINTAINS medical records, influence the SELECTION OF DRUGS and dosage regimens,
MONITOR patient compliance and therapeutic response to drugs, and to recognize and report
ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS; PARTICIPATES in studies to determine the beneficial or adverse
effects of drugs, and is involved in the analysis of drugs in body fluids;
PROCUREMENT and INVENTORY management of drugs
Planning and implementation of CLINICAL TRIALS. Hospital Pharmacy
What they strive to do?

5.  Pharmacists also educate patients on the use of prescriptions and over-the-
counter medications, as well as provide population based care in institutional
settings. Pharmacists educate and advise physicians, nurses, and other
health professionals on medication therapy decisions. Pharmacists also
provide expertise about the composition of drugs, including their chemical,
biological, and physical properties and their manufacture and use. They
ensure drug purity and strength and make sure that drugs do not interact in a
harmful way. Pharmacists are medication experts ultimately concerned about
their patients’ health and wellness.
 While responsibilities vary among the different areas of pharmacy practice,
the bottom line is that pharmacists help patients get well. Pharmacists
practice in nearly all areas and specialties in healthcare – sometimes behind
the scenes and not obvious to the public eye, but as the medication expert on
the healthcare team, pharmacists are necessary in all facets of healthcare.
Pharmacist responsibilities include a range of care for patients, from
dispensing medications to monitoring patient health and progress to optimize
their response to medication therapies.

6. Pharmacists:
HP
CP
IP
CompP
HCP
VP
RP
AP
CLP
NP
IndusP
ConsP
 Community Pharmacy
 Hospital Pharmacy
 Clinical Pharmacy
 Industrial Pharmacy
 Compounding Pharmacy
 Consulting Pharmacy
 Ambulatory Care
Pharmacy
 Regulatory Pharmacy
 Home Care Pharmacy
 Vertinary Pharmacy
 Nuclear Pharmacy
 Internet Pharmacy

7. REVITALIZING THE PHARMACISTS’ ROLE
Aim: To revitalize the pharmacists’ role to enrich the health care system.
Objective:
 To Uplift the role from Dealer to Healer,
 To create awareness in the society
Procedure: Modifying certain laws, provisions; strengthening the standard of
education.
Inference: A better and renovated healthcare system can be obtained.
Conclusion: Thus from the above inference it can be assured that revitalizing of
the pharmacist’s role can be done.
Experiment

8. THE WAYS TO ENRICH THE HEALTH
CARE SYSTEM:
• For pharmacists, a collaborative approach to combat today’s public health challenges should
be viewed as an opportunity for the profession to assume previously inaccessible service
roles and, in the process, reinforce their professional image.
• As the custodians of medicines — a component that draws up to 60 per cent of healthcare
budgets in some developing countries during an era when vast resources are made available
by the international community for pharmaceuticals — never before has there been a better
opportunity for pharmacists in developing countries to assume leadership positions to
manage resources effectively; thus paving a way to develop it.
• Changes in mind sets, perceptions, curricula and teaching methodologies are some of the
ammunition required to catalyse the process of modernising the profession of pharmacy in
developing countries. More importantly, the onus is on the profession to carve its tunnel to
professional progression or to swaddle itself in the dispensing comfort of yesteryear while
others dig its grave.
• Although these opportunities herald exciting times for pharmacists, it is important that the
profession approaches them cautiously and in a systematic manner.

9. To develop pharmacy stores for
Transgenders and to allot
pharmacists for the special gender.
This can enhance the health
conditions and reduce the
prevailing diseases in them.Past:
Present:
HOW?
THEY ARE
BEING USED!
TO MAKE USE OF
THEM!

10. CONCLUSION:
 The definition of public health has evolved over the years. It is described as the science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life and promoting physical and mental health and well-being through the organised efforts
of the community.
 Since public health is linked to societal values, behaviours and systems, the field is dynamic and tends to
change according to these three parameters. In developing countries, particularly in Africa, the provision of
health services leans heavily towards today’s epidemics, including HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and
other infectious diseases.
 Pharmacy is a dynamic profession. However, in developing countries, the profession has remained stagnant in
a quagmire of yester-glory, risking the very essence of its existence. To arrest the waning image of the
profession in developing countries, particularly in Africa, there is need to identify service opportunities that
would perpetuate the continued relevance of the profession to health systems and communities.
 Serve as a member of policy-making committees, including those concerned with drug selection, the use of
antibiotics, and hospital infections (DRUG AND THERAPEUTICS COMMITTEE) and thereby influences the
preparation and composition of an essential-drug list or formulary;
 EDUCATE other health professionals about the rational use of drugs
 If medicine is the heart of public health, Pharmacy is the brain that stimulate it.

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