WITH pharmacy assistants (PAs) so often at the frontline of customer facing interactions around pain medication queries, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia and the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia have collaborated to create a course of training for PAs in preparation for the 01 Feb 2018 S4 rescheduling of codeine containing medicines.
Community pharmacies need to plan for and manage this change, the Guild and PSA said, and pharmacy assistants are an important part of implementing the protocols and practices developed to assist customers with their pain management needs.
The resultant program comprises five modules to help pharmacy assistants understand this change and help the estimated more than one million affected patients.
The first of these modules 'Scheduling changes: Managing the transition to Prescription Only Medicines' has been approved for 30 minutes of QCPP Refresher Training - go to myCPD.org.au.
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