THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL CARE STANDARD IN PHARMACY: NEED FOR THE TRAINING FOR THE PHARMACIST

Decree of Pharmaceutical Care Standards in Pharmacy (PCSP) has been issued by ministry of health to improve the professionalism on handling pharmaceutical care. The aims of this study is to know implementation of PCSP, especially on drug information, drug counselling, drug use monitoring, home caring; as well as to identify the need for trainingfor the pharmacists. A cross sectional study has been done to 70 pharmacies in the City of Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Medan, Padang, Banjarmasin and Makassar in 2008. Data were collected through observation of the pharmacies. A focus group discussion is done to Rain information from pharmacists, completed by performing a round table discussions with some expertises in Jakarta. The result showed that although PCSP has been socialized to pharmacists, the implementation of PCSP is not yet done perfectly. Training is still needed, especially on pharmacotherapy and drug information, as well as pharmacy management.