Acpnews September/October 2011
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newsSeptember / October 2011 IN THIS ISSUE... Competence New standards 2 n Thoughts from the Competence Committee Chair 3 n Audits of Professional in effect Declarations Complaints Resolution To accommodate the regulation of The term pharmacy technician when used n Discplinary report summary pharmacy technicians which came into in these standards refers to individuals effect on July 1, ACP introduced the who are regulated by ACP. That is, they Registration & Licensure Standards of Practice for Pharmacists and are registered on the pharmacy 4 n Map your transition to Pharmacy Technicians and Standards for technician register, the provisional becoming a regulated pharmacy the Operation of Licensed Pharmacies. pharmacy technician register or the technician These standards were developed in courtesy technician register. Partners in Practice consultation with pharmacists, pharmacy Online copies of the standards are posted 7 n Thank you preceptors technicians and other stakeholders. on the ACP website under Practice Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians Resources/Standards of Practice. ACP will Quality Pharmacy Practice were required to begin practising under mail hard copies of the standards to all 12 n Pharmacy assesments: Make it a these standards on July 1, 2011. pharmacies in September. pharmacy TEAM approach 14 n Do you compound and repackage? You need an up-to-date agreement 15 n Tapentadol added to TPP Medication List n Public awareness campaign continues in October n In memory 16 n Centennial magazine arriving in October Healthy Albertans through excellence in pharmacy practice news Competence aφnews is published six times per year by the Alberta College of Pharmacists. Send submissions for publication to: Karen Mills, Communications Leader Thoughts from the [email protected] The deadline for submissions for the Competence Committee Chair November/December issue is October 6. Information about content and length of Anita Warnick was on the ACP Competence Committee from September 2005 articles can be obtained from Karen. to May 2011, serving as Chair for the last four years. Alberta College of Pharmacists 1100, 8215 - 112 Street NW My involvement with the Competence n There are over 130 pharmacists with Edmonton AB T6G 2C8 780-990-0321 / 1-877-227-3838 Committee has truly been one of the additional prescribing authority and Fax: 780-990-0328 more varied and rewarding experiences over 1300 with authorization to of my career. Over the course of six administer drugs by injection. President: Anjli Acharya President Elect: Kaye Andrews years, I have witnessed both the success n The RxCEL CPD Plan has been Vice President: Kelly Olstad of the program and the dedication of the updated and is available online. Past President: Donna Galvin Alberta College of Pharmacists to n The Competency Profile has been Councillors: pharmaceutical care. As my four-year Wilson Gemmill, District 1 term as committee chair comes to an end, updated to reflect pharmacists’ Clayton Braun, District 2 I would like to offer my thoughts on the current practice. Chelsey Cabaj, District 3 n Ahmed Metwally, District 3 progress to date. The Competence Assessment Krystal Wynnyk, District 3 In 2005, when I joined the committee, we Program is in place, with the Kelly Olstad, District 4 were working to fulfill ACP’s goals by introduction of the Knowledge Anjli Acharya, District 5 Assessment and Professional Kaye Andrews, District 5 establishing the requirements for additional prescribing authorization and Portfolio tools, an e-tutorial, and a Public members: printed handbook. Vi Becker detailing the continuing competency Pat Matusko requirements for pharmacists with n Already, over 100 pharmacists have Joan Pitfield additional prescribing authorization. We fulfilled the requirements of the Pharmacy technician observers: had just introduced the Competency Competence Assessment Program Robin Burns Profile for Alberta Pharmacists. New and almost all pharmacists have Teresa Hennessey competence assessment tools were just in completed an Audit of Professional Council members can be reached by email early development. Declarations at least once. via our website at pharmacists.ab.ca under About ACP/ Council, or by using the search Now, ACP has achieved all of those goals I believe these achievements are a feature to locate them by name. with the committee’s help. testimony to the effectiveness of the Staff Directory committee as a whole. Although it has All staff are available at 780-990-0321 been challenging at times, the or 1-877-227-3838 or by fax at pharmacists in Alberta have benefitted 780-990-0328. as they can now prescribe and Their email addresses are available on administer injections. As a result, our website at pharmacists.ab.ca under Contact Us. pharmacists now receive greater Registrar: Greg Eberhart support and understanding throughout Deputy Registrar: Dale Cooney the health care system, and have been Competency Director: Roberta Stasyk elevated in the eyes of the public. Complaints Director: James Krempien Professional Practice Director: Shao Lee The public also benefit from Pharmacy Practice Consultants: pharmacists’ expanded scope, Vic Kalinka continuous professional development, Mark Palyniak and competence assessment. While the Jennifer Voice introduction of the Knowledge Business Manager: Lynn Paulitsch Registry Leader: Linda Hagen Assessment and Professional Portfolio Communications Leader: Karen Mills stirred controversy amongst pharmacists, the positive and fair application of competence assessment provides Alberta with an improved profession and increased confidence in pharmacists. pharmacists.ab.ca 2 Complaints Resolution The overall effect of such initiatives demonstrates the excellent care ACP is Disciplinary report summary committed to ensuring for all Albertans. The competence program highlights the An investigation into the professional 5. abused the authority and access diligence and dedication shown by so conduct of a registrant has recently that had been granted as a many of our pharmacists, and as such concluded. Following is the summary of pharmacist for personal reasons should not be met with anxiety or the hearing tribunal report. You can view that appear to be based in malice discontent. It offers us an opportunity to the full report on ACP’s website under and in doing so her conduct showcase all that we should be proud of Complaints Resolution/Investigating & abused the trust afforded by as Albertan pharmacists. hearing tribunal reports. Albertans to Alberta pharmacists As I look to the future, I am sure the On June 7, 2011, a hearing tribunal and harmed the integrity of the committee will continue to meet the made a finding of unprofessional profession as a whole. challenges that lay ahead, notably the conduct against Marianne Songgadan Orders inclusion of a competency program for when the following allegations were all technicians and the ongoing proven to be well-founded. The hearing tribunal ordered: improvement of the competence 1. Ms. Songgadan pay a fine of program as a whole. I firmly believe in Allegations $4,000 ($1,000 x each individual the value of the ACP Competence Ms. Songgadan: whose information was Committee. The committee helps the 1. accessed and used the private health inappropriately accessed); college meet its mandate to set high information of four women in 2. Ms. Songgadan’s practice permit be standards of competence and ethical contravention of the provisions of suspended for four months; conduct of all Alberta pharmacists, the Health Information Act; without which the safety of Alberta 3. Ms. Songgadan pay the costs of the residents could be compromised. 2. disclosed on her Facebook page the hearing, to a maximum of $11,000; Rather than risk uncertainty, we can private health information of the 4. a summary of the decision be instead look forward to the four women with sufficient access published in acpnews and include continuation of excellent work by the to the public and in a sufficiently the name of Ms. Songgadan; committee and the college on behalf of open manner for the four women 5. a copy of the decision be sent to all all of pharmacists in the province. to become aware of the disclosure of their individual health pharmacy regulatory bodies in To inquire about joining the Competence information and the original Canada; and Committee, please contact ACP Competence source that formed the basis of 6. a verbal reprimand delivered by the Director Roberta Stasyk at Ms. Songgadan’s posts (Netcare); hearing tribunal. [email protected]. 3. contravened the access, use and disclosure provisions of the Health Information Act in respect Audits of to the health information of the Professional four women; 4. engaged in actions in respect to her Declarations access to, use and disclosure of the health information of the four In September we will commence women and in respect to her initial auditing this year’s Professional denials of her actions that are Declarations, so watch your mail! unprofessional and generally harm This year we are conducting the integrity of the profession; and audits on ten per cent of clinical pharmacists. Pharmacists whose Professional Declarations have been selected for audit must submit the required documents within 30 days of receiving their audit notification. aφnews – September / October 2011 3 Registration & Licensure Map your transition to becoming a regulated pharmacy technician Some deadlines are used in these standards refers to individuals who