Alfred Health, in partnership with the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA), has recently launched a National Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) Credential.
PPMC, also referred to as Partnered Pharmacist Medication Prescribing (PPMP), is an innovative care model which sees appropriately credentialed pharmacists work collaboratively with authorised prescribers (e.g., medical or nurse practitioners) to undertake a medication review and chart medications for nursing staff to administer (Safe Care Victoria, 2021). This model has been shown to reduce medication errors, length of hospital stay, and hospital costs (Dalton et al., 2019; Tong et al., 2020; Tong et al., 2016).
The PPMC credentialing program will be delivered by the pioneers of the PPMC model at Alfred Health, where the model was originally developed and evaluated in 2012.
How do I register?
Registrations for this National PPMC Credential are now open via the SHPA website – click here to register today.
Who do I contact for more information?
For more information, please contact education@shpa.org.au.
References:
Dalton, A., Beks, H., Mc Namara, K., Manias, E., & Mohebbi, M. (2019). Health Economic Evaluation of the Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) program.
Safer Care Victoria. (2021, November 26). Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting (PPMC) scaling project. Safer Care Victoria. https://www.safercare.vic.gov.au/improvement/projects/mtip/ppmc
Tong, E. Y., Mitra, B., Yip, G., Galbraith, K., Dooley, M. J., & PPMC Research Group. (2020). Multi‐site evaluation of partnered pharmacist medication charting and in‐hospital length of stay. British journal of clinical pharmacology, 86(2), 285-290.
Tong, E. Y., Roman, C., Mitra, B., Yip, G., Gibbs, H., Newnham, H., … & Dooley, M. J. (2016). Partnered pharmacist charting on admission in the General Medical and Emergency Short‐stay Unit–a cluster‐randomised controlled trial in patients with complex medication regimens. Journal of clinical pharmacy and therapeutics, 41(4), 414-418.
