Managing Your Pharmacy: Module 2 – Operations

$240.00

Description

Description

Description:

This course is Module 2 of the Managing Your Pharmacy: The Business Essentials program.

Learning Objectives:

Describe best practices associated with the physical design and layout of a pharmacy dispensary
Outline how to incorporate safe and efficient dispensing practices with patient-focused clinical services
Evaluate different operational approaches to the provision of products and services in a community pharmacy setting
Describe and interpret regulatory and typical contractual obligations that apply to community pharmacy practice
Analyze inventory management practices and their impact on both the provision of care to patients and the financial implications on a community practice
Identify the different types of risk that pharmacies and pharmacists are exposed to within a community pharmacy practice
Analyze different risk management strategies that can be used within a community pharmacy practice
Describe the various types of insurance that a community pharmacy practice may utilize as part of its overall risk management strategy
Identify common causes of medication incidents within community pharmacy practice
Outline how a continuous quality improvement program can be utilized to improve patient safety and facilitate high quality pharmacy care

Course Outline:

Part 1:

Operations
Part 2:

Protection from Risk and Loss
Part 3:

Continuous Quality Improvement

Course at a Glance:

6 hours to complete
Course expiry date: December 31, 2025
Online
This course is not accredited
Completion requirement: Complete each module then complete the multiple-choice exam and achieve a score of 70 % or more within a maximum of 2 attempts.

Intended Audience:

This program is excellent for practising pharmacists, international pharmacy graduates, pharmacy students, pharmacy owners and managers who are interested in or intending to open, operate or manage a community pharmacy or who are already doing so and wish to improve their management and operation skills.

Development Team:

Jody Shkrobot, BSc Pharm, RPh, University of Alberta

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