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Pharmaceutical Technology |Фармация

Lesson 1

 

Read the text: Pharmacy and pharmacists

 

Pharmacy (from the Greek φάρμακον = drug) is the health profession that links the health sciences with the chemical sciences, and it is charged with ensuring the safe and effective use of medication. The scope of pharmacy practice includes more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to patient care, including clinical services, reviewing medications for safety and efficacy, and providing drug information. Pharmacists, therefore, are the experts on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes. The term is also applied to an establishment used for such purposes. The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science was founded in 1821, the first school of its kind in the United States. The American Pharmaceutical Association was formed in 1851.

The field of Pharmacy can generally be divided into three primary disciplines:

- Pharmaceutics

- Medicinal chemistry and Pharmacognosy

- Pharmacy practice

The boundaries between these disciplines and with other sciences, such as biochemistry, are not always clear-cut; and often, collaborative teams from various disciplines research together.

Pharmacology is sometimes considered a fourth discipline of pharmacy. Although pharmacology is essential to the study of pharmacy, it is not specific to pharmacy. Therefore it is usually considered to be a field of the broader sciences.

There are various specialties of pharmacy practice. Specialization in pharmacy practice is typically based on the place of practice or practice roles including: community, hospital, clinical pharmacy, consultant, locum, drug information, regulatory affairs, industry, and academia.

Other specializations in pharmacy practice recognized by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties include: cardiovascular, infectious disease, oncology, pharmacotherapy, nuclear, nutrition, and psychiatry. The Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy certifies pharmacists in geriatric pharmacy practice. The American Board of Applied Toxicology certifies pharmacists and other medical professionals in applied toxicology.

Pharmacists are highly-trained and skilled healthcare professionals who perform various roles to ensure optimal health outcomes for their patients. Many pharmacists are also small-business owners, owning the pharmacy in which they practice.

Pharmacists are represented internationally by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). They are represented at the national level by professional organizations such as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB), the Pharmacy Guild of Australia (PGA), the Pakistan Pharmacists Society(PPS) and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA).

In some cases, the representative body is also the registering body, which is responsible for the ethics of the profession. Since the Shipman Inquiry, there has been a move in the UK to separate the two roles.

 

 

1.Match  the left part with the right:

 

1. Pharmacy is the health profession that	a) an establishment used for such purposes.
2. The scope of pharmacy practice includes	b) more traditional roles such as compounding and dispensing medications, and it also includes more modern services related to patient care.
3. Pharmacists, therefore, are the experts	c) on drug therapy and are the primary health professionals who optimize medication use to provide patients with positive health outcomes.
4. The term is also applied to	d) links the health sciences with the chemical sciences.

2. Complete the sentences with the suggested words:

 and   based   including

 

Specialization in pharmacy practice is typically (1)_________ on the place of practice or practice roles (2)_________: community, hospital, clinical pharmacy, consultant, locum, drug information, regulatory affairs, industry, (3)_________ academia.