to be hospital pharmacist 2

WHAT I S C L I N I C A L P H A R M A C Y A N D WH E R E

D O E S I T H A P P E N ?

One final point about ‘clinical pharmacy’: spending time on wards does not

necessarily guarantee that you are doing ‘clinical pharmacy’. What is this

‘clinical pharmacy’ and what does it mean to be a clinical pharmacist? We

believe that ALL pharmacy is clinical pharmacy, whether you are on the

wards or working in distribution, or anywhere else. Clinical pharmacy happens

in a person’s head – it is the thought behind what you are doing. This

means that every pharmacist is a clinical pharmacist, whatever sector he or

she is working in, and whatever setting he or she is practising in. Make sure

that, wherever you are and whatever you are doing, you are training yourself

to be a ‘clinical pharmacist’.