Pharmacists to review their own professional titles after being accused of misleading patients
A pharmacy group will review its guidelines for pharmacists calling themselves registrars, residents and consultants after the AMA alleged that some patients had been misled.
The recently-launched Australian and New Zealand College of Advanced Pharmacy (ANZCAP) grants pharmacists these titles based on their pre-existing training and experience as part of its ‘foundation program’.
For example, pharmacists with over eight years’ general experience and three years’ experience in a specialty area can apply for recognition as ‘consultants’ and to use the postnominal ‘FANZCAP’.
More than 1600 pharmacists have been recognised so far, says the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), which jointly set up the college in October 2023.
