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Michael J Rouse¹, Arijana Meštrović²

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The SMART Pharmacist Program enhanced pharmacist continuing education globally, improving patient care in areas like asthma, COPD, and diabetes. This initiative fostered significant practice changes at both individual and organizational levels.

Keywords:

SMART Pharmacist competencies continuing professional development indicators of quality pharmacist portfolio pharmacy education pharmacy services

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Pharmacy Education
Continuing Professional Development
Pharmaceutical Care

Background:

The SMART Pharmacist Program, launched in 2014 by ACPE and Pharma Expert, aimed to modernize pharmacist continuing education.
It was initially developed for the Turkish Pharmacists' Association to build future practice competencies.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel continuing education model for pharmacists.
To support the development of essential competencies for contemporary pharmaceutical practice.
To assess the global impact and implementation of this educational model.

Main Methods:

Implementation of globally validated tools and best practices within national contexts.
Development of national competency frameworks and quality indicators for pharmaceutical care.
Introduction of pharmacists' learning portfolios and patient care modules.

Main Results:

Successful expansion of the Program to 16 countries beyond Turkey.
Demonstrated positive impact on patient care outcomes in conditions such as Asthma, COPD, Hypertension, Dyslipidemia, and Diabetes.
Observed improvements in general patient care processes, including medication error reduction and enhanced interprofessional collaboration.

Conclusions:

The SMART Pharmacist Program has successfully transformed pharmacy practice and education globally.
The initiative has led to visible changes at both individual pharmacist and organizational levels.
The Program's success is supported by national health organizations, academia, government, and international bodies like the WHO.