Healthcare Professional.
Someone kindled me to define and explain who is Healthcare professional? Where does the Pharmacist fit in?
Not an easy question in light of Second question.
Any professional who serves the humans to safeguard his / her health and serves to mitigate the suffering and assists and supports the patient to be as comfortable as possible and treats him directly and fecilitates treatment could be called healthcare professional or Health Worker. All put together could be called a Medical Team
[This is my own extempore definition, I am subject to correction]
Now coming to second question,
Where does the Pharmacist fit in to be called Healthcare professional?
Excluding Pharm D Pharmacists, considering prevailing scenario and practice in India the Pharmacist looks like a supporter external to the Treatment team only to dispense what is advised.
Unless the Pharmacists update themselves or Course content is updated to familiarise the students on healthcare practices in preventive and curative services Pharmacists of India may not gain the Healthcare Professional tag.
#PCI, #IPA, #APTI,
POV :Bhagwan PS
