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EDITORIAL
UNDERSTANDING
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By
Neil Johnston
I thought
it was an opportune time to look outside pharmacy to try and benchmark
specific skill areas in well managed retail businesses, compared to
pharmacy.
The retailer I usually like to keep tabs on is Woolworths, because it
traditionally has been regarded as having the best retail managerial
skills in Australia, and this is reflected in current share prices.
Looking at such an enterprise is a valid exercise, for although there
is a trend in pharmacy to concentrate on professional services, many
concepts and systems that are developed by Woolworths, can be adapted
and transferred to pharmacy, whether it be at the commercial or professional
end of the pharmacy scale of activity. ELDP is a concept worth examining.
A
VIEW TO THE FUTURE?
By
Ken Stafford
Every now
and then something happens to give me hope that my dream of a pharmacy
profession recognised and rewarded for intellectual input is not pie
in the sky.
One of these fillips appeared a couple of weeks ago. Twenty or so accredited
consultant pharmacists met in Perth to discuss the treatment of arthritic
conditions and issues relating to NSAID therapy.
"So what?" you may ask, "Pharmacists meet for CE sessions
regularly."
You're correct, but two things made this particular evening important
for me.
THIS
SURVEY IS IMPORTANT
By Rollo Manning
The shortage
of pharmacists may be a symptom of poor salaries. The need for money
to be earned for professional services is obvious and it is to be hoped
the Con Berbatis "Survey of Australia's Community Pharmacies 2002"
will be a starting point to value the worth to public health of the
many tasks provided "free" by pharmacies around Australia.
AN
OPEN LETTER
By Simon Rudderham
AN
OPEN LETTER TO FINAL YEAR PHARMACY STUDENTS, PRECEPTORS AND THOSE CONSIDERING
TAKING ON A GRADUATE.
Final
year pharmacy students, the time is almost upon you to decide what area
of pharmacy you are about to enter. I am not simply referring to "community"
and "hospital". I am also referring to "pharmacy practice
model", "information provider" or "just putting
the scripts through".
Rest assured, the choice of placement you choose for your graduate year
has a bearing on your enjoyment of pharmacy, and the future path which
you shall take in your pharmacy career.
STRATEGIC
ALLIANCES
By Karalyn Huxhagen
Strategic
alliances is the one of the 'buzz' phrases of the new PSA president,
Jay Hooper.
Jay has spent the last few years trying to form as many alliances and
partnerships as possible with Government, industry bodies and related
organizations to ensure Pharmacy gains the recognition it deserves when
policies are being formulated.
As a Pharmacist manager in a very competitive regional centre I have
tried to form my own strategic alliances to try and raise the profile
of Pharmacists in the local health care industry.
A
TRIBUTE TO A DIVISION OF GENERAL PRACTICE
By Ayron Teed
The last
few editions of this story illustrated the many small events that culminated
in this aged pharmacist without any community pharmacy experience purchasing
a really remote Victorian pharmacy.
This edition will explain the reasons for the success of the venture.
The purchase of the pharmacy was really a challenge - to change the
concept of pharmacy practice in rural areas.
A
PRACTICE CHECKLIST
By Peter Sayers
With the
advent of new professional services being on offer from pharmacy environments,
more attention needs to be focused on explaining in detail, and promoting
the benefits of these services.
As a pharmacist deeply committed to consultant pharmacy and all of its
offshoots, I must say that I am surprised to find very little in the
daily suburban or national newspapers, radio, television or magazine
media.
Isn't this a little strange?
ELECTRONIC
PUBLICATIONS OVER THE INTERNET FOR PHARMACY
By Neil Johnston
The following
is a copy of a paper delivered to the E-Pharma Conference held in May
of this year.
I have decided to publish in i2P in case any pharmacists need some background
to establishing their own publications.
The need for Internet and hard-copy publications increases as professional
services build as a major income stream.
It is not easy to design, build and maintain a publication on a continuing
basis.
Backup is often needed.
Should any pharmacist require business coaching, or a backup service
in any publishing venture, then please contact the editor at neilj@computachem.com.au.
You will find the slide presentation to accompany these notes at
this link.
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE WILD WEST OF TEXAS
Having
just returned from a month in the US I find myself reflecting on some
of the pharmaceutical and medical observations I made while on holidays.
These are very much tempered by just that - on holidays in a relaxed
frame of mind you see more, I think than one does on a geared up 'business'
reconnoiter.
To start with I got to talk to many folks and be involved in conversations
that involved 'health' talk.
It is very different at this level than as a 'professional' - perhaps
more honest and the feelings and emotions are more evident, providing
a more profound perspective perhaps?
POSTCARDS
FROM THECOALFACE
Editor's
Note: Terry has been busy working in a large community pharmacy in the
south-west of New South Wales.
We asked if he could give us a snapshot of some of the everyday problems
he faced in a rural environment, or had observed during his recent travels.
He obliged with the items that follow, which may have a familiar ring
to them.
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