A Portrait of the Pharmacy Profession Globally: Pharmacist Universal Professional Identity and Establishment of Global Pharmacy Council

Muhammad Ahmer Raza; Shireen Aziz; Misbah Noreen; Irfan Anjum; Shahid Masood Raza

doi:10.24926/iip.v13i1.4502

A Portrait of the Pharmacy Profession Globally: Pharmacist Universal Professional Identity and Establishment of Global Pharmacy Council

Innov Pharm. 2022 Apr 2;13(1):10.24926/iip.v13i1.4502. doi: 10.24926/iip.v13i1.4502. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Muhammad Ahmer Raza^{1

2}, Shireen Aziz^{3

4}, Misbah Noreen^{2

5}, Irfan Anjum^{6

7}, Shahid Masood Raza^{1

4

8}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacy Practice, The University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
² Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
³ School of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University, Henan, China.
⁴ Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
⁵ School of Pharmacy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
⁶ Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Lahore, Pakistan.
⁷ Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
⁸ School of Pharmacy, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hubei, China.

Abstract

⮚ Professional identity is an important component of practice change.⮚ Research on professional identity in pharmacy is limited, and this needs to change if we are to truly move practice in the 21st century.⮚ A unified professional identity is crucial for society to see pharmacists as healthcare providers.

Keywords: Global Pharmacy Council; Pharmacist; universal professional identity.