Practice, Skill Mix, and Education: The Evolving Role of Pharmacy Technicians in Great Britain [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2020 Pharmacy technicians’ roles are rapidly evolving in Great Britain (GB) as they undertake more extended activities with increased autonomy across the different pharmacy sectors.
Melanie Boughen, Tess Fenn
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Mapping of Danish Pharmacy Technician Students’ Third-Year Projects in a Year with the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2022 To graduate, pharmacy technician students write a project in their third year. They choose between six elective courses, and work with a subject related to their education and everyday practice at community or hospital pharmacies.
Bjarke Abrahamsen +4 more
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Pharmacy Technicians’ Willingness to Perform Emerging Tasks in Community Practice [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2018 New tasks are being developed for pharmacy technicians in community practice. The objectives of this study were to (1) assess the willingness of community pharmacy technicians to perform new tasks, and (2) to identify factors affecting technicians in ...
William R. Doucette, Jon C. Schommer
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Advancing Community Pharmacy Practice – A Technician Product Verification Pilot to Optimize Care [PDF]
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2020 Elevating the technical role of pharmacy technicians to perform Technician Product Verification (TPV) is one strategy that has shown promise to optimize pharmacy practice models. This is done by better positioning pharmacists to provide clinical care, in
Michael Andreski +3 more
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Description of Position Ads for Pharmacy Technicians [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2020 Pharmacy technician roles are evolving alongside the changing role of a pharmacist. There is currently no uniform definition of a pharmacy technician’s role in the pharmacy workforce.
Juanita A. Draime +4 more
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The Value and Potential Integration of Pharmacy Technician National Certification into Processes That Help Assure a Competent Workforce [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2019 The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine pharmacists’ perceptions of the impact of certification on competence in specific job skills, its impact in combination with job experience, and its impact in combination with other types of ...
Shane P. Desselle +2 more
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Evaluating the implementation and impact of a pharmacy technician-supported medicines administration service designed to reduce omitted doses in hospitals: a qualitative study [PDF]
BMC Health Services Research, 2019 Background Of the various types of medication administration error that occur in hospitals, dose omissions are consistently reported as among the most common.
Elizabeth M. Seston +4 more
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Exploring Pharmacy Technician Roles in the Implementation of an Appointment-Based Medication Synchronization Program [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2020 The objective of this study was to qualitatively explore the role of pharmacy technicians in the implementation of an appointment-based model (ABM) medication synchronization program.
Chelsea Renfro +6 more
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Impact of a pharmacy technician-centered medication reconciliation program on medication discrepancies and implementation of recommendations [PDF]
Pharmacy Practice, 2017 Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a pharmacy-technician centered medication reconciliation (PTMR) program by identifying and quantifying medication discrepancies and outcomes of pharmacist medication reconciliation recommendations.
Kraus SK, Sen S, Murphy M, Pontiggia L.
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Pharmacy Technician Review of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) within Care Homes [PDF]
Pharmacy, 2019 Up to 42% of patients admitted to care homes are at risk of malnutrition. Oral nutritional supplements (ONS) can be prescribed to increase nutritional intake when diet alone is insufficient to meet daily nutritional requirements.
Clare Collins +4 more
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