University of Colorado, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Aurora, Colorado.
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Arlington, Virginia
Am J Pharm Educ. 2022 Mar;86(3):8556. doi: 10.5688/ajpe8556. Epub 2021 Jul 22.
Pharmacists should not be classified as "mid-level" providers. This classification implies that there are different levels or a hierarchy of providers when in fact each health care provider brings unique and essential knowledge and contributions to the health care team and to the care of patients. Pharmacists are no exception. Timely issues germane to pharmacists, including dependent and independent practice, provider status, and professional identity, contribute to the rationale that pharmacists, just like all other health care providers, should be classified by their professional identity. While use of the term to identify various practitioners may not seem consequential, in today's health care environment, words matter when it comes to attributing value, and the contributions of all health care providers should be recognized as equally important to the patient care team.
药剂师不应被归类为“中级”提供者。这种分类意味着存在不同层次或提供者的等级制度，而实际上每个医疗保健提供者都为医疗保健团队和患者护理带来独特且必不可少的知识和贡献。药剂师也不例外。与药剂师相关的及时问题，包括依存性和独立性实践、提供者身份和专业身份，为以下观点提供了依据，即药剂师与所有其他医疗保健提供者一样，应该根据其专业身份进行分类。虽然使用术语来识别各种从业者可能看起来并不重要，但在当今的医疗保健环境中，当涉及到赋予价值时，用词很重要，所有医疗保健提供者的贡献都应该被认为对患者护理团队同样重要。
