What are the qualities of a Pharmacist?
- Analytical (find patterns in data efficiently)
- Good Memory
- Team Worker
- Advising patients
- Reviewing possible side effects
- Assigning correct dosage
- Give info to patient on drug interaction
What is the governing body of UK Pharmacists?
General Pharmaceutical Council.
The Council’s job is to protect, promote and maintain the health, safety and wellbeing of members of the public by upholding standards and public trust in pharmacy.
What are the 9 GPhC Standards?
- Leadership
- Person-centered care
- Partnership working
- Effective Communication
- Professional knowledge and skills
- Professional judgement
- Professional behaviour
- Confidentiality and privacy
- Speaking up about concerns
Standards for Pharmacies?
- The Pharmqcy must be managed safely and effectively.
- The staff working in the pharmacy must be competent and empowered to do their roles.
- The pharmacy premises must be appropriate to provide pharmacy services.
- The pharmacy must supply medicines and provide other services safely and effectively.
- The pharmacy’s equipment and facilities must be safe and effective.
Give me a weakness of you.
Lack of patience sometimes with people working at different and slower paces, but I have learnt that by helping people in my team, we can move things forward rather than being stressed and frustrated.
Why do you want to study Pharamacy?
After reflecting on my sisters experience with Pneumonia and how she was healed within a few weeks back to normal self, the ability of antibiotics, pain relievers and other medication has amazed me and made me look into Pharmacy as a career. This combined with my love for science (biology in particular) and helping people has piqued my interest in this field and I have delved deeper into to the world of Pharmacy, intrigued in the development and quality of medication.
Name 3 Medications and what they do.
- Atorvastatin:
- Reduce risk of: stroke, coronary heart disease, heart attacks.
- Primary Mechanism is to inhibit an enzyme used to synthesise cholesterol. - Lansoprazole
- Proton pump inhibitor
- Binds onto H^+/K^+ATPase Pump, inhibiting acid secretion
- Reduces risk of gastric acid production. - Temazepam
- Calming effect medication
- Promote sleep, ease withdrawal symptoms, reduce agitation and irritability.
What is antibiotic resistance?
When your bacterial infection does not respond to treatment from antibiotics.
Antimicrobial Resistance is one of the top global public health and development threats, estimated it was directly responsible for 1.27 million deaths in 2019 and contributed to 4.95 million deaths.
Would u prescribe antibiotics to a patient with a Flu Virus?
No because antibiotics don’t have an effect on viruses. Would only be needed when they developed a bacterial pneumonia.
What is the role of a Pharmacist?
- Responsible for checking quality of medicine
- Advice patients on how to take the drugs that you’re prescribing
- Contribute to scientific research, promote health in the community.
- Ensure that medicine you’re prescribing is within the law.
- Ensure patient your prescribing is suitable for that medication. (e.g. underage)
Questions to ask.
- In your opinion what do you think sets this university apart from the rest?
- In your opinion, what is the the best way for me to prepare to come into university?
Tell me about yourself.
• Muddasir
• Study Alevel (bio, maths, psych)
• Work part time at a retail store
• Apart of a local climate action group
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What contribution would u bring in the career of Pharamcy?
- Thorough and pay attention to detail
- Accept criticism and work well under pressure
- Sensitivity and understanding
- Customer service skills (incl. communication)
- Patience and ability to remain calm in stressful situations
What is the role of a Hospital Pharmacist?
- check prescriptions for errors, ensuring they’re appropriate and safe for the individual patient
- provide advice on the dosage of medicines and the most appropriate form of medication, which could be by tablet, injection, ointment or inhaler
- participate in ward rounds to take patient drug histories
- liaise with other medical staff on problems patients may experience when taking their medicines
- discuss treatments with patients’ relatives, community pharmacists and GPs
- make sure medicines are stored appropriately and securely
- supervise the work of less experienced and less qualified staff
- answer questions about medicines from within the hospital, other hospitals and the general public
- keep up to date with, and contribute to, research and development
- write guidelines for drug use within the hospital and implement hospital regulations
- provide information on expenditure on drugs
- prepare and quality-check sterile medications, for example, intravenous medications
- set up and supervise clinical trials
What is the role of a Community Pharmacist?
- dispense prescription medicines to the public
- ensure that different treatments are compatible
- check dosage and ensure that medicines are correctly and safely supplied and labelled
- supervise the preparation of any medicines (not all are supplied ready made-up by the manufacturer)
- keep a register of controlled drugs for legal and stock control purposes
- liaise with doctors about prescriptions
- sell over-the-counter medicines
- advise the public on the treatment of minor ailments
- advise patients of any adverse side-effects of medicines or potential interactions with other medicines or treatments
- prepare dosette boxes, usually for the elderly, but also for those with memory/learning difficulties or those who have several combinations of tablets to take, where tablets are placed in compartments for specified days of the week
- manage a needle and syringe exchange
offer and organise inoculations like the flu vaccine - offer specialist health checks, such as blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring and diabetes screening
- arrange the delivery of prescription medicines to patients
a keep up to date with current pharmacy practice, new drugs and their uses
What are the NHS Values?
- Working together for patients
- patients come first - Respect and dignity
- value every person - Commitment to quality of care
- best possible care - Compassion
- deliver comfort and relieve suffering - Improving lives
- improvements and innovations - Everyone Counts
- nobody is excluded
What do Anti-Inflammatory drugs do?
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are medicines that are widely used to relieve pain, reduce inflammation, and bring down a high temperature.
e.g. ibruprofen and aspirin
What is inflammation?
A localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.
How do painkillers work?
Painkillers work by interfering with the transmission of pain signals within the nervous system.
How do Antibiotics work?
- Inhibition of Cell Wall Synthesis: Many antibiotics, like penicillins and cephalosporins, disrupt the formation of bacterial cell walls. These drugs weaken the cell wall, causing the bacterium to take in too much water and eventually burst.
- Inhibition of Protein Synthesis: Antibiotics such as tetracyclines and macrolides target bacterial ribosomes, preventing them from synthesizing proteins. Since protein synthesis is crucial for bacterial growth and reproduction, inhibiting this process can effectively stop the infection.
Most common prescribed medication in the UK.
- Levothyroxine – a medication used to replace or supplement thyroid hormone in the body. It is commonly prescribed for hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid).
- Atorvastatin – an HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (or ‘statin’) used to lower cholesterol levels in the blood, commonly prescribed for high cholesterol. Other drugs in the group include simvastatin and pravastatin.
- Paracetamol - is thought to reduce the intensity of pain signals to the brain and reduce fever. Paracetamol has minimal effect in relieving inflammation. This is an important consideration as some types of body pain are caused by inflammation.
