THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND LABOUR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARD FOR A PHARMACIST S ASSISTANT Vocational education level 5 Vilnius, 2008
EUROPOS SĄJUNGA PROFESINIO MOKYMO METODIKOS CENTRAS Europos socialinis fondas ŠVIETIMO IR MOKSLO MINISTERIJA KURKIME ATEITĮ DRAUGE! Development of the Standard was financed by European Union and by the Republic of Lithuania under the Project No BPD2004-ESF-2.4.0-01-04/0156 Development of the System of VET Standards Development of the Standard was coordinated by the Methodological Centre for Vocational Education and Training Profesinio mokymo metodikos centras, 2008
APPROVED by Order No ISAK- 1872/A1-209 of the Minister Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania and of the Minister of Social Security and Labour of the Republic of Lithuania of 26 June, 2008 VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING STANDARD FOR A PHARMACIST S ASSISTANT I. DETAILS OF THE VET STANDARD 1.Vocational Education and Training level 5 TH 2.State code S572702. 3.Qualification awarded pharmacist s assistant. 4.Basic education secondary.. II. CONTENT OF THE VET STANDARD 5. Brief description of occupational activity 5.1. The VET Standard for a Pharmacist s assistant (hereinafter referred to as the Standard ) has been developed taking into account changes on the labour market; findings of the qualification study carried out by the Standards Development Working Group and based on the experience of other countries. The present Standard serves as a basis for the development of a training programme of vocational education level 5. 5.2. The persons who successfully completed the Pharmacist s assistant study programme established by the Standard acquire professional competencies for working in the following main activity areas: service provision for the residents; production and analysis of ; handling of and ; organisation of the workplace. 5.3. A pharmacist s assistant works in the wholesale distributions and medicinal preparation manufacturing companies, pharmacies. 5.4. A pharmacists assistant sells,, informs the residents about them, manufactures different form, ensures the quality of and, handles the workplace and prepares the equipment. 5.5. Successful work of a pharmacists assistant s requires the professional values and knowledge, practical skills, the aim for professional competence development and the following pharmacist s assistant s personal qualities: honesty, diligence, personal responsibility, communication skills, thoroughness, attentiveness, humaneness. 6. The objective of a pharmacist s assistant to provide high quality medicinal and to the residents.. 7. Pharmacist s assistant s activity areas and competences are listed in Appendix 1 of the Standard. 8. The scope of a pharmacist s assistant s competences, training objectives and competence assessment are provided in Appendix 2 of the Standard. 9. Successful work as a pharmacist s assistant requires the following general capabilities: 9.1. organisation skills; 9.2. independent decision making; 9.3. team work skills; 9.4. discretion;
2 9.5. tolerance in communication; 9.6. mathematic literacy; 9.7. computer literacy. 10. Final qualification assessment: 10.1. Qualification of a pharmacist s assistant is awarded to a student who has completed the whole training programme, acquired competences defined in the Standard and has been given a positive final qualification evaluation. 10.2. In accordance with the competence assessment criteria listed in the Standard, the following is tested and evaluated: 10.2.1. during the training process - all competences defined in the Standard; 10. 3. during the final qualification assessment - selected competences. Organisation and performance of the final qualification assessment and issuance of documents is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania.
Appendix 1 to the VET Standard for a pharmacist s assistant AREAS OF ACTIVITY AND COMPETENCIES OF A PHARMACIST S ASSISTANT Areas of Activity Competencies 1. Service provision for the residents 1.1. Selling and medicinal goods 1.2. Informing the residents about the use of 1.3. Consulting about the use of 1.4. Applying the most recent technologies 2. Production and analysis of medicinal 2.1. Manufacturing different form extra temporal in pharmacies 2.2. Manufacturing industrial medicinal 2.3. Applying different quality control methods 3. Handling of and in stock for 3.1. Organising the storage of medicinal and 3.2. Looking after the quality of medicinal and 4. Organisation of the workplace 4.1. Cleaning the workplace 4.2. Making the equipment, tools and machinery ready for work 4.3. Preparing and for sale
Appendix 2 to the VET Standard for a Pharmacist s assistant LIMITS OF PHARMACIST S ASSISTANT S COMPETENCES, TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT Activity Areas 1. Service provision for the residents Description of Competencies Competencies Limits of Competencies 1.1. Selling medicinal and Pharmacological groups of medicinal Medicinal goods groups. Non-prescriptive medicinal Herbal medicinal Homeopathic medicinal Prescriptive medicinal Sales (discharge) procedure of medicinal Types of recipes. Acceptance and assessment of recipes. Recipe forms. Recipes of reimbursed medicinal Choosing medicinal goods. Rational use of and indications (contraindications). Training Objectives 1.1.1. Knowing pharmacopoeia groups of 1.1.2. Knowing and choosing nonprescriptive, prescriptive, herbal, homeopathic medicine and 1.1.3. Comparing pharmaco-dynamic and pharmacokinetic changes of 1.1.4. Knowing human anatomy, physiology, disease syndromes and symptoms 1.1.5. Assessing the validity of the recipe and selling (issuing) medicinal, Competence Assessment Dealt with clinical situations. Played situation At a Pharmacy. Drafted medicinal preparation sales procedure description. Carried out recipe (different forms) analysis, Established extratemporal production medicinal preparation price.
1.2. Informing the residents about the use of medicinal 1.3. Consulting about the use of medicinal goods Calculating the price of extra-temporal production medicinal Communication with the residents. Communication in a state and one foreign language. Correct use of professional terms. Ethics and deontology norms. Provision of medicinal to the residents of rural areas. Home storage conditions of medicinal Features of use of different forms of medicinal Medicinal purpose products. Special purpose food products. Food supplements. Medical equipment and tools. Technical support tools of the disabled. Cosmetic goods. Biocides. Personal hygiene goods. 1.2.1. Communicating with the residents in the state and foreign languages 1.2.2. Explaining rational use of, indications, contraindications 1.2.3. Knowing ethics and deontology norms 1.3.1. Choosing 1.3.2. Being aware of the use of Drafted communication plan in state and one foreign language. Drafted medicinal storage at home rules. Dealt with clinical situations. Drafted different groups descriptions. Submitted recommendations for the use of medicinal goods. 1.4. Applying the most Medicinal 1.4.1. Applying medicinal Carried out medicinal 2
2. Production and analysis of medicinal recent technologies information systems. Information about the search and presentation. Handling the orders of medicinal 2.1. Manufacturing different form extra temporal medicinal in pharmacies Pharmacopoeias, pharmacopoeia articles nostrified in Lithuania. Medicinal forms (powder, solutions, ointments, suppositories, drops, suspensions, emulsions). Drug manufacturing requirements. Safe manufacturing of medicinal Medicinal production methods. Sources of obtaining medicinal Physical-chemical properties of medicinal substances. Storage conditions of medicinal substances. Medicinal substance information systems 1.4.2. Managing pharmacy computer software 2.1.1. Analysing pharmacopoeias and pharmacopoeia articles 2.1.2. Choosing optimal medicinal production method 2.1.3. Producing quality extratemporal 2.1.4. Choosing the additional substances. Tolls and equipment used in the production of medicinal 2.1.5. Organising medicinal plants 2.1.6. Being aware of the incompatibility of the herbal substance agents the effect of medicinal from herbs, preparation and assessment of medicinal raw material 2.1.7. Being aware of physical, and chemical properties of materials, the incompatibility of medicinal materials 2.1.8. Manufacturing medicinal with due care information search. Registered reimbursed medicinal preparation (in the SKS computer system). Completed medicinal order. Drafted medicinal preparation information sheet. Produced different form medicinal Drafted self-control sheet. Collected herbal plant herbaria. Carried out recipe analysis. Produced descriptions of medicinal in the laboratory. Drafted safety at work description. 3
2.2. Manufacturing industrial medicinal dosages. Additional substances used in the production of medicinal Incompatibility of medicinal substances. Manufacturing of homeopathic medicinal Manufacturing of herbal medicinal Herbal Production of medicinal Production of descriptive medicinal Narcotic and psychotropic medicinal substances. Precursors of narcotic and psychotropic substances. Forms of industrial production medicinal New forms of medicinal The requirements of good production practise. 2.1.9. Knowing the features of narcotic, psychotropic medicinal, combustible, volatile, scented and perishable raw materials 2.2.1. Knowing industrial medicinal manufacturing principles 2.2.2. Analysing new medicinal forms 2.2.3. Applying good manufacturing practise requirements Carried out the form description of medicinal Drafted new forms description. Drafting of good manufacturing practise list of requirements. 2.3. Applying different Legal documents 2.3.1. Applying legal documents Conclusions made on 4
3. Handling of medicinal and in stock quality control methods for medicinal 3.1. Organising the storage of medicinal and 3.2. Looking after the quality of medicinal and regulating the quality of medicinal Optimal methods of checking medicinal Identity of medicinal substances. Quantitative analysis of extra-temporal medicinal Medicinal qualitative analysis. Medicinal and storage conditions. Narcotic and psychotropic medicinal storage rules. Combustible, volatile, scented and perishable raw materials. Factors negatively influencing the quality of medicinal Legal technical documentation. Pharmacy waste, their handling, accounting (preparation for collection). Initial packaging quality check. regulating the quality of medicinal 2.3.2. Comparing the sources of medicinal materials, methods of production and the possible origin of additives 2.3.3. Choosing optimal method for checking 2.3.4. establishing the identity of separate medicinal substances, carrying out quality and quantitative analysis of extra-temporal medicinal 3.1.1. Properly storing narcotic and psychotropic 3.1.2. Knowing negative quality factors of and respectively storing medicinal and 3.1.3. Properly storing combustible, volatile, scented materials 3.2.1. Being aware of the legal documents regulating the quality of 3.2.2. Planning proper handling of pharmacy waste 3.2.3. Organising the admission of and medicinal goods the storage conditions. Carried out chemical analysis of separate and extra-temporal forms. Carried out physical, chemical, quantitative solutions and crystal materials analysis. Drafted storage descriptions for separate groups of medicinal substances. Drafted display of and at pharmacy officina and medications storage in the facility scheme. Drafted descriptions: Management of the pharmacy waste. Medicinal and admission and warehousing. 5
4. Organisation of the workplace 4.1. Cleaning the workplace 4.2. Making the equipment, tools and machinery ready for work Quality check of additional materials packaging. Officina. Stock keeping facilities. Workplace of a pharmacy specialist. Medicinal production laboratory. Good pharmacy practise requirements. Pharmacy waste storage facilities and place. Applied research methods. EKA cash registers, cash register bands and documents. Measurement and weighing equipment. Distillation equipment. Cooling equipment. Desiccators, autoclave, steriliser and other equipment used in the production of medicinal Micro-biotic pollution. 4.1.1. Displaying and knowing the difference of and under pharmacological groups 4.1.2. Analysing pharmaceutical activity regulating documents 4.1.3. Applying good pharmacy practise requirements 4.1.4. Carrying out applied research 4.2.1. Working with a cash-register 4.2.2. Being able to precisely measure and weigh 4.2.3. Assessing micro-biotic pollution of the pharmacy environment Drafted pharmaceutical waste management documentation. Drafted medicinal goods admission and warehousing scheme. Dealt with clinical situations. Distinguished and displayed under pharmacological groups. Carried out analysis of pharmacy activity regulating documents. Drafted applied research plan. Organised medicinal goods group presentation. Work carried out with a cash register. Medicinal preparation produced according to the recipe. Carried out microbiotic pollution research of medicinal and facilities. 6
4.3. Preparing and for sale Aseptic, antiseptics, disinfection tools. Medicinal packaging and handling. Medicinal pricing. Preparation and placing of stock. Medicinal goods advertising. 4.3.1. Packaging and formatting 4.3.2. Analysing medicinal pricing and applying reimbursement principles 4.3.3. Designing and placing medicinal and Correctly packaged and designed the forms of extra-temporal medicinal Drafted scheme of display plan. Correctly established medicinal preparation price. 7