Mr. Zellmer's responsibilities at ASHP include the coordination of policy development, strategic planning, and advocacy. He also coordinates a number of international projects, including ASHP's participation in the North American Compact on the Advancement of Hospital Pharmacy and the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. A pharmacy graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program in the U.S. Public Health Service. He has been on the ASHP staff for 38 years.
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Mr. Zellmer's responsibilities at ASHP include the coordination of policy development, strategic planning, and advocacy. He also coordinates a number of international projects, including ASHP's participation in the North American Compact on the Advancement of Hospital Pharmacy and the FIP Global Conference on the Future of Hospital Pharmacy. A pharmacy graduate of the University of Wisconsin, he also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Johns Hopkins University and completed an ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency program in the U.S. Public Health Service. He has been on the ASHP staff for 38 years.
Discuss how changes in pharmacy education and in scope-of-practice laws have laid the foundation for pharmacist prescribing in the United States.
Discuss the extent to which pharmacists in the UK and Canada actually engage in prescribing.
Discuss the key conditions in the United Kingdom and in Canada that made it feasible to achieve authority for pharmacist prescribing.
Identify three or more key lessons from the UK and Canada for the advocacy of pharmacist prescribing in the United States.