The challenges facing the pharmacy profession seems never-ending. And it should not end, less the profession becomes complacent and lack the drive to go towards excellence. Pharmacy profession categorized into the various pharmacy disciplines within the Malaysian context.
Do you have an opinion on how to overcome these challenges? We welcome your input / ideas. If the profession is to play a major role in our healthcare system, we have to speak up and be more opinionated at least through the institution and the mass media.
The public need to know that we care and are a thriving, contributing community.
Challenges of the Community Pharmacists
1. Young inexperienced pharmacists starting pharmacy
2. Excessive commercialism (aggressive price undercutting).
3. Pharmacists job hopping / staff pinching
4. Discriminate price differential between doctors and pharmacies
5. Excessive promotion / discounts by chain stores affecting credibility of independent pharmacies
6. Pharmacy sells everything saleable and not related to health, and none evidenced-based products
7. Practicing Pharmaceutical Care
8. Impact of National Health Financing
9. Reclassification of products from Group B to C eg Antihypertensives; Cholesterol-lowering agents; Cox-2 agents; anti-gout preparations
10. Introducing IT in PMR and CPE
11. Subscribing to Pharmacy Practice Benchmarking Guidelines
2. Excessive commercialism (aggressive price undercutting).
3. Pharmacists job hopping / staff pinching
4. Discriminate price differential between doctors and pharmacies
5. Excessive promotion / discounts by chain stores affecting credibility of independent pharmacies
6. Pharmacy sells everything saleable and not related to health, and none evidenced-based products
7. Practicing Pharmaceutical Care
8. Impact of National Health Financing
9. Reclassification of products from Group B to C eg Antihypertensives; Cholesterol-lowering agents; Cox-2 agents; anti-gout preparations
10. Introducing IT in PMR and CPE
11. Subscribing to Pharmacy Practice Benchmarking Guidelines
Challenges of the Private Hospital Pharmacists
1. Lack of recognition
2. Look upon as purchasers only
3. Pharmaceutical diagnosis
4. Lack of opportunity in training
5. Contact with patient minimal
6. Too much paper work
7. In some hospitals there are no pharmacists
8. Hospital employing SPM and secondary school
9. Hospital not interested to invest in pharmacy equipment's (counting machines, software)
10. Hospital authorities do not encourage research into patient care outcome
11. Pharmacist performing tasks not related to pharmacy practice
12. No specialist post
13. Program of pharmacist on ward rounds not acceptable.
14. No documentation of activities for research
15. Hospital pharmacists not able to access patient notes for research
16. Hospital pharmacists not have given access to patient notes when dispensing
17. Long hours.
2. Look upon as purchasers only
3. Pharmaceutical diagnosis
4. Lack of opportunity in training
5. Contact with patient minimal
6. Too much paper work
7. In some hospitals there are no pharmacists
8. Hospital employing SPM and secondary school
9. Hospital not interested to invest in pharmacy equipment's (counting machines, software)
10. Hospital authorities do not encourage research into patient care outcome
11. Pharmacist performing tasks not related to pharmacy practice
12. No specialist post
13. Program of pharmacist on ward rounds not acceptable.
14. No documentation of activities for research
15. Hospital pharmacists not able to access patient notes for research
16. Hospital pharmacists not have given access to patient notes when dispensing
17. Long hours.
Challenges of the Factory Pharmacists
1. Lack of professional development training
2. Left out of he mainstream of professional activities
3. Some pharmacists at the factory do not feel it necessary to follow the profession - behave more like a lineman instead of professional
4. Lack of opportunity for research and even if there is the results are considered as company secrets
5. Lack of information available to do research for product development. Thus, pharmacists have to go overseas.
6. Tough requirements imposed by the regulatory unit, especially for traditional medicine.
7. Lack of employment flexibility
2. Left out of he mainstream of professional activities
3. Some pharmacists at the factory do not feel it necessary to follow the profession - behave more like a lineman instead of professional
4. Lack of opportunity for research and even if there is the results are considered as company secrets
5. Lack of information available to do research for product development. Thus, pharmacists have to go overseas.
6. Tough requirements imposed by the regulatory unit, especially for traditional medicine.
7. Lack of employment flexibility
Challenges of the House Pharmacists
1.Lack exposure to retail pharmacy (for government hp)
2.Lack exposure to health supplements industry (for government hp)
3 Lack exposure to government pharmaceutical svcs, regulatory/enforcement (private HP)
4.Low pay / allowance.
5. Lack of guidance, not shown overall plan of management of a pharmacy department
6.Not involve in decision making
1.Lack exposure to retail pharmacy (for government hp)
2.Lack exposure to health supplements industry (for government hp)
3 Lack exposure to government pharmaceutical svcs, regulatory/enforcement (private HP)
4.Low pay / allowance.
5. Lack of guidance, not shown overall plan of management of a pharmacy department
6.Not involve in decision making
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