Timsina Sangita, K C Bhuvan, Adhikari Dristi, Alrasheedy Alian A, Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed Izham, Kaundinnyayana Atisammodavardhana
School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Kaski, Nepal.
School of Pharmacy, Monash University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2017 Aug 16;14:18. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2017.14.18. eCollection 2017.
Community pharmacies in Nepal and other South Asian countries are in a mediocre state due to poor regulation and the fact that many pharmacies are run by people with insufficient training in dispensing. This has led to the inappropriate use of medicines. The problems due to poor regulation and the mediocre state of community pharmacies in South Asia encompass both academia and clinical practice. In this paper, a 2-week community pharmacy internship programme completed by 2 graduating pharmacy students of Pokhara University (a Nepalese public university) at Sankalpa Pharmacy, Pokhara, Nepal is illustrated. During the internship, they were systematically trained on store management, pharmaceutical care, counselling skills, the use of medical devices, pharmaceutical business plans, medicine information sources, and adverse drug reaction reporting. An orientation, observations and hands-on training, case presentation, discussion, and feedback from 2 senior pharmacists were used as the training method. A proper community pharmacy internship format, good pharmacy practice standards, and a better work environment for pharmacists may improve the quality of community pharmacies.
由于监管不力，且许多药店由配药培训不足的人员经营，尼泊尔和其他南亚国家的社区药店状况不佳。这导致了药物的不当使用。南亚地区监管不力以及社区药店状况不佳所带来的问题涉及学术界和临床实践两个方面。本文阐述了博卡拉大学（一所尼泊尔公立大学）的两名即将毕业的药学专业学生在尼泊尔博卡拉的Sankalpa药房完成为期两周的社区药房实习项目的情况。实习期间，他们接受了关于门店管理、药学服务、咨询技巧、医疗器械使用、药品商业计划、药品信息来源以及药品不良反应报告等方面的系统培训。培训方法采用了入职培训、观察与实操训练、病例展示、讨论以及两名资深药剂师的反馈。合适的社区药房实习模式、良好的药房实践标准以及药剂师更好的工作环境可能会提高社区药房的质量。
