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Pharm 511: Community Outreach Service Winter Quarter 2009

Debate Topics Topic

Background

Debate Positions

1. Role of advocacy

The majority of pharmacists who are in school and the majority of those who graduate from pharmacy school do not become engaged in professional advocacy efforts.

a. Argue that it’s OK to let other people get involved, but not you.

2. Professional voice

3. Pharmacist’s name

4. Personal beliefs

5. Setting boundaries

6. Choosing a “customer” base

7. Role of PhRMA

b. Argue that it’s Not OK to NOT get involved in professional advocacy Many people would argue that a. Argue why its OK that these pharmacists have given up too corporations take the burden off much of their professional voice your back when they are employed by large b. Argue why these corporations corporations. do not represent you, your profession and your patient’s best interests More people know the name of a. Argue that it’s not really their hairdresser than those who important and that it’s OK because know the name of their pharmacist. pharmacists don’t have the time. b. Argue that it’s critically important to have your patients know your name. Some pharmacists will not dispense a. Argue that pharmacists have the some legal, clinically appropriate right to refuse these medications medications because they feel these even if not dispensing them may medications violate their personal cause harm to the patient beliefs. b. Argue that the patient’s needs outweigh the pharmacists’ right to refuse Sometimes when a pharmacist a. Argue that this is the standard of can’t help a patient (i.e. clo care in pharmacy and why it’s OK at end of day, out of stock, etc.) the b. Argue that this is not OK pharmacist/tech just tells the patient that they can’t help them and tells the patient to come back another day or to look elsewhere. Sometimes low-income, elderly, a. Argue that this is just the way mentally challenged, non-English- things are and why business speaking or some other group of success depends on courting the pharmacy customers are “frowned better paying, more capable upon” by pharmacists customer. b. Argue that this is not OK and how you’re going to change this. PhRMA (the drug manufacturer’s a. Argue that this is a good thing lobbying group) often financially and brings needed to these s patient advocacy groups. organizations b. Argue that this is not a good

8. MTM services

9. Third class of drugs 10. Medications to end life 11. Interpersonal violence

12. Personal business boundaries

13. Community service

14. Changing behaviors

thing and why MTM services are being touted as a a. Argue why the majority of great opportunity for pharmacists pharmacists do not get engaged in and their patients. these services and why you are not going to get involved b. Argue why this is not acceptable and how you will make pharmacists begin to provide MTM services. Behind the counter medications, a. Argue why this would be good rd the so called 3 class of drugs, is for patients and pharmacy being explored again by the FDA b. Argue why this is not such a good idea WA state has voted to allow certain a. Argue why a pharmacist should patients to acquire medications to participate in this process end their life. b. Argue why a pharmacist should not participate Interpersonal violence (IPV) affects a. Argue why pharmacists should one out of 4 women and 1 out of 8 be involved in screening patients men. for IPV in their pharmacy practices and community health screening events b. Argue why providing this unpaid service is not feasible for pharmacists/pharmacies You’ve been asked to take on a a. You just want to put in your 8 manager’s position at your place of hours a day filling prescriptions work. and go home. Argue to your district manager why this is OK b. Argue why taking on this position will be good for your pharmacy, your profession and your patients. You’ve been encouraged to a. Argue why and how this could volunteer at a community advocacy be an great opportunity to provide service center that doesn’t provide patient and pharmacy advocacy or promote healthcare services. b. Argue why it would be better for pharmacy and for patients to only focus on healthcare advocacy organizations You have provided basic, quick a. Argue patients will appreciate ad dispensing services to your patients benefit from this new service for quite some time, you have now be asked to initiate a new MTM b. Argue that patients will be service that will involve offended by this new relationship interventions concerning your and will reject your efforts to patients’ late refills police your prescriptions.