Professional Competency #2: Provide Drug Information - NAPRA

Optional Advanced Roles: Possible Performance Indicators Examples of activities that might prove fulfilment of
Possible Performance Indicators
Drug Policy
Actively seek or assume leadership roles in policy
making regarding appropriate drug use.
Routinely use evidence-based principles to make
recommendations for drug policy.
Drug Information Use complex forms of analysis to discover issues
requiring the provision of drug information or drug
use recommendations.
Actively promote their role in the provision of drug
information and recommendations by identifying
needs in populations (communities) beyond their
individual practice site.
Prepare and present routine sources of drug
information.
Undertake specialty employment in a drug
information or related centre.
Routinely assess the outcomes of drug information
provided to individual clients.
Health Promotion Routinely work with patients to plan and attain
health goals related to health promotion.
Regularly offer educational events that focus on
disease prevention and general health promotion.
18 Model Standards of Practice for Canadian Pharmacists
The pharmacist volunteers for membership in policy-making
committees; accepts responsibility for developing key
recommendations regarding reimbursement.
The pharmacist uses primary literature to assess the
therapeutic and pharmacoeconomic benefits of one drug
relative to another for inclusion in a formulary or coverage in
a drug program.
The pharmacist analyses drug use patterns within the
practice setting (from various data sources including
surveys, data bases); analyses documentation completed
for management of individual patient’s drug related
problems; completes surveys of clients to identify need for
information or recommendations.
The pharmacist creates linkages with other pharmacies to
identify issues in drug use; completes surveys of clients to
identify needs for information or recommendations.
The pharmacist writes review articles, education articles or
continuing education articles; prepares and distributes new
drugs bulletins or newsletters; offers drug information
columns in newspaper or advice shows on TV, radio, or
Internet.
The pharmacist discusses the value of good nutrition and
exercise for an overweight patient and refers him/her to a
dietician if appropriate; addresses the requirement for
bicycle helmets for children.