Revalidation of a Pharmacist’s Professional Qualification is Largely informed by Ethical Considerations.

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Over the last decade, many medical cases, such as the Bristol and Shipman Inquiry, demonstrates failure of doctors to act in competence and performance in order to achieve the best outcome for patients. (Pharmacyregulation.org, 2013). Although these cases principally concern the medical profession they have resulted in the mobilization of many healthcare professional regulatory bodies in the United Kingdom in order to review the principles behind competence and fit to practice. This necessity for evidence and re-examination of good practice of healthcare providers resulted in the release of White Paper ‘Trust, Assurance and Safety-The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century (Schafheutle et al, 2010). This paper concerns health professionals, including pharmacist, and aims to establish a system of regulations that will ensure the capability of pharmacist to act in best concern of the patient and guarantee their capability to do so. The white paper outlines the need for pharmacists to meet and maintain their standards in order to remain registered. This essay concerns itself with the idea of revalidation of professional pharmacists and their qualifications and how largely this idea is informed by ethical considerations. Revalidation is defined from the General Pharmaceutical council as the “The process by which assurance of continuing fitness to practice of registrants is provided and in a way which is aimed primarily at supporting and enhancing professional practice’’ (Pharmacyregulation.org, 2013).In other words Revalidation means the renewal of pharmacist’s original registration through the supplementation of evidence that they are still capable to work effectively, up to date and in accordance to ethic... ... middle of paper ... ...harmacyregulation.org. 2013. Revalidation | General Pharmaceutical Council. [online] Available at: http://pharmacyregulation.org/education/revalidation [Accessed: 25 Nov 2013]. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Code of ethics for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, August 2007. Seston, L. and Schafheutle,, E. 2010. A LITERATURE REVIEW ON FACTORS INFLUENCING PHARMACIST PERFORMANCE. [report] Manchester: National Clinical Assessment Service, pp. 7-10. Schafheutle, E.,Jacobs ,S.,Jee ,S et al. (2010). Revalidation in Pharmacy: Evaluation of appraisal and alternative sources of evidence .School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences The University of Mancheste. 1 Wang, P.S., Schneeweiss ,S., Avorn ,J et al. (2005). Risk of Death in Elderly Users of Conventional vs. Atypical Antipsychotic Medications.The New Engand Journal of Medicine. 10 (353), 2335-2341.

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