Pharmacy Technicians
Pharmacy Technicians are an essential part of every care team.
AdPha is committed to advocating for the growth of technician and pharmacy assistant roles.
Celebrating our partners in patient care helping shape pharmacy’s future.
A nervous optimism greets the new year and the Summer 2020-21 issue cover evokes the progress of time at an historic moment. As upheaval gives way to hope and promise, on the ground SHPA members look back while looking forward; from Emergency Medicine pharmacists traversing changes to staffing, stock, layout and clinical roles, to new approaches to preventing burn-out, the issue explored how to let go of poor practices and hold on to innovations forged in the crucible of 2020.
Formerly published in Pharmacy GRIT and now an independent series, Issue 4 is available here.
Everyone starts somewhere and building research skills through practical experience and developing your networks can help you along the way. Technicians possess a range of skills such as operational skills, management skills, clinical skills, inventory skills, educational skills, which all provide a solid foundation for building research capacity.
An article by Linda Graudins, Medication Safety Editor for SHPA's Medication Safety Leadership Committee, highlights headline stories involving well-known celebrities as powerful examples that medication errors can affect anyone.
With AdPha as your professional partner, you are supported and enabled through a diverse range of continuing professional development offerings, innovative workforce programs, and research, networking and advocacy opportunities.
Edited by Medication Safety Editor Linda Graudins, Jessica Bailey presents a compelling article about exciting opportunities for improving medicines information and improving patient safety.