Pharmacists advancing

ADVANCING Practice has announced that Round 1 applications have now closed with Advisory Board chair, Associate Professor Ian Coombes, saying the number of applicants has “well and truly exceeded expectations”.

“As Chair of the Advancing Practice Advisory Board I am delighted at the number of pharmacists who have put their hand up to prepare a practice portfolio for evaluation, feedback and consideration for credentialing – the figure is more than double our initial target for round 1.

“The extraordinary response proves the Australian pharmacist workforce is keen and motivated to seek a formal process of external evaluation, feedback and recognition for the impact they have made – and continue to make – in the wide and varied scope of their practice, which continues to have an impact on patient care.”

Every Australian state and the ACT are represented, as are a broad cross-section of practice settings he added, with South Australia being “significantly overrepresented”.

“It is exciting that pharmacists practicing in community, hospital and consultant pharmacy, and across academia and research institutes, who are members of every pharmacy professional body in Australia and some from overseas, are already committed to the credentialing process,” he said.

ROUND 2 opens 04 Jun 2018.