Incorporating assessment and prescribing for ambulatory ailments skills into practice: An environmental scan of continuing education for pharmacist prescribing in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Pharmacists in Canadian provinces are at different stages of applying prescribing legislation into practice. The purpose of this environmental scan was to examine differences in legislation, remuneration, professional uptake, continuing education requirements and continuing education resources relating to pharmacist prescribing for ambulatory ailments, with a focus on continuing education.

Methods

Data were collected between May and December 2016 using websites and communication with provincial professional regulatory bodies, advocacy bodies, drug coverage programs and other organizations that offer continuing education for pharmacists.

Results

Training requirements to prescribe for ambulatory ailments vary provincially, including no training requirements,

SUBMITTER: Habicht D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5582678 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature