A Dentist, Pilot, and Pastry Chef Walk into a Bar…Why Teaching PPCP is Not Enough

Area of Science:

• Pharmacy Education
• Clinical Pharmacy Practice

Background:

• The Joint Commission of Pharmacy Practitioner's Patient Care Process highlights the need for defined pharmacist care processes.
• There is a need to differentiate pharmacy's unique role in patient care management within interprofessional healthcare teams.

Purpose of the Study:

• To emphasize the necessity for pharmacy educators to prepare students to uniquely contribute to and articulate their roles in patient care.
• To outline key strategies for integrating and evaluating unique pharmacist care frameworks in curricula.

Main Methods:

• The study emphasizes the importance of intentional teaching of explicit clinical assessment processes.
• It advocates for the use of recognized taxonomies for communicating medication-related needs.
• The need for critical evaluation of care process instruction and external stakeholder partnerships is highlighted.

Main Results:

• Graduates must be equipped to establish their distinct roles in patient care management.
• Effective communication of unique contributions is essential for pharmacists within healthcare teams.
• Integration of pharmacy-specific care frameworks into curricula is crucial.

Conclusions:

• Pharmacy education must evolve to explicitly teach unique clinical assessment and communication skills.
• Curricula require integration of pharmacy-centric patient care models.
• Continuous evaluation and collaboration with stakeholders are vital for defining pharmacists' distinct contributions to team-based care.