“Never waste a good crisis”: Opportunities and constraints from the COVID-19 pandemic on pharmacists’ scope of practice

A survey of pharmacists' perception of the work environment and patient safety in community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…In addition to the risk of contributing to spreading the disease, the intervention in Australia caused a fear of pharmacies prioritising financial and professional interests rather than public health interests. 45 To our knowledge, no such debate emerged in Sweden.…”

“… 52 In some other countries the pandemic led to the introduction of new services in pharmacies; for instance, in Australia pharmacists have been given new rights and roles they hope to retain such as providing pharmaceutical care in a non-pharmacy environment and providing pharmacist-administered vaccinations. 45 , 53 This development does not appear to have taken place in Sweden.…”

Co-designing the first online pharmacy course with the technology-enhanced learning accreditation standards (TELAS) as a reflective tool

“…Since COVID, pharmacy based or pharmacy delivered services increased to give pharmacists a larger role in primary health care, expanding their scope of practice (Chiu et al, 2022) This expanding scope of practice include embedding pharmacists into aged care facilities, which is a follow-on from pharmacists embedded in general practice and community-controlled Aboriginal health services (Kosari et al, 2021). Further, the online delivery mode will facilitate micro-credentialing (Wahler, 2019) and digital badges (Poirier & Weis, 2021) for these additional scopes of practice to retrofit the existing workforce with the skills needed for the new areas of practice.…”