Abstract

SCENARIO OF CLINICAL PHARMACIST IN PATIENT COUNSELLING IN INDIA

Asim Mohamed P.* and Amit Ranjan

Abstract

The referred articles showed that, almost all retail as well as hospital pharmacists were practicing patient counselling, it was not up to the mark due to lack of infrastructure, awareness and of knowledge. To prevail over these issues, concerted efforts by the government authorities, pharmacists and academicians are needed. The gap can be filled with regularly organized content updating training programs for clinical pharmacists, introduction of new subject related to patient counselling in syllabus at diploma as well as undergraduate level. This will help to mobilize pharmacists to use modern techniques and social media for counselling.

Keywords: Clinical Pharmacist, patient counselling, Pharmacist.