Military and Emergency Pharmacy
In
Beijing
sessions will focus on the key trend in Military Pharmacy of preparedness of the pharmacy profession, both in practice and science, in response to global and local emergencies. Integration of technology and patient/data/information management (patient privacy issues) are important to support increased roles of the pharmacist in a crisis.
The FIP Military and Emergency Pharmacy programme gives pharmacists an opportunity to examine the types of local and global emergencies which can occur, as well as their potential impact on practice. Using "real life" examples, a critical examination of responses to emergency situations will be undertaken in order to allow pharmacists to strengthen their ability to create emergency preparedness plans. Speakers from the Chinese Armed Forces and the Uruguay Armed Forces will describe the concept of the Prescription Automatic Screening System (PASS) and the process of using new medications, respectively.
Over the past several years pharmacists have begun to make a significant contribution to emergency response situations necessitated by both natural and man-made catastrophes. During this session the importance of pharmacists’ contribution to the theory and practice of drug donations to affected areas will be stressed, and how pharmacists are imperative for the safe and effective delivery to the ultimate destination: victims in need. In addition, representatives from the Chinese and Uruguay armed forces will advise on current medication protocols.
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This session will explore issues pertaining to the regulation of community pharmacy services in achieving optimum outcomes for society. Participants will be keen to hear from an Asian and African perspective on how to best convince decision makers of the value of pharmacists in primary health care.
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The safe use of medicines depends on many factors, such as safe storage, safe prescribing, safe dispensing, safe administering and counselling. Various techniques have been developed to improve and support these practices. The use of informatics has been identified as a crucial component in improving medication safety. This session will evaluate the various techniques, describe the importance of risk assessment tools, and offer some valuable insight from projects where effective use of informatics has made a significant contribution to safe use of medicines.
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Limiting the spread of substances that do not occur naturally in the environment is central to its protection. Environmental activities must, therefore, concentrate on investigating and revealing their properties and on ensuring that they have minimal impact on the environment and that their use and disposal take place in a manner that, as far as possible, prevents them from spreading.
Pharmaceuticals contain chemical substances and are, therefore, an important area to take into account in the endeavour to achieve a non-toxic environment. Having knowledge and the ability to manipulate environmental effects are essential when drugs are developed, and contributes to safe and proper utilisation. Environmental issues should never become a reason to refrain from pharmacological treatment choices.
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The safe use of medicines depends on many factors, such as safe storage, safe prescribing, safe dispensing and counselling. Various techniques have been developed to support these processes in which effective risk communication has been identified as crucial part of improving patient safety. This session will focus on the role of the pharmacist in improving risk communication, especially by using pictograms. Valuable insight from projects where effective risk communication has made a significant contribution to safe and effective use of medicines will be provided.
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No matter where in the world community pharmacists are practicing, issues such as pharmacist prescribing (
USA
: Collaborative practice), deregulation of the pharmacy sector, leadership and succession, and the role of the pharmacist are being discussed. It is crucial to maintain an open debate within the profession, encompassing policy makers and practicing pharmacists as well as future professionals.
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* These sessions are accredited by ACPE for continuing education units. For more information on accreditation, please email congress@fip.org
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