Title: Clinical pharmacy importance and role of clinical Pharmacists in treatment

Abstract:

Clinical pharmacy services are firmly established in many countries. Based on the Best Practice of developed countries clinical pharmacy associated with reduced adverse drug events, medication errors, patients’ length of stay, mortality rates, and costs. A core element of clinical pharmacy is to influence rational prescribing and promote quality use of medicines. In the School of Health Sciences at the University of Georgia qualification work was conducted in 2019 under the Bachelor program of Healthcare Administration to identify barriers of development clinical pharmacy in Georgia. Various challenges were identified: Less knowledge in clinical subjects, less experience in patient counseling, respectively lack of clinically qualified pharmacists; poor pharmaceutical literacy among patients; less involvement in Public health programs, low salaries. While millions of people are in their homes in order to decrease the risk of transmission of the infection, pharmacists as a health workers are on the frontline against COVID-19. Once again revealed pharmacists’ different roles: disease prevention and infection control, adequate storage and drug supply, patient care and support professionals and patients, through one-to-one contact, telephone or video conference. The pharmacists' main responsibility was to provide drug information for healthcare professionals as well as patient counseling.

Biography:

Elza Nikoleishvili MD. PhD. has 13 years of experience in clinical pediatrics and more than 14 years of academic work. Last few years she continue pieces of training in medical education as a trainer and head of training programs. She is co-author of Scientific Concept: System Full Continuous Higher Educational programs” MEDEA” and “Health Care Plus’’ systematic full continuous educational program. They include the Doctoral program “Doc. MEDEA”; Postdoctoral Program “Post Doc MEDEA”; Habilitation Program: Hab. MEDEA”. Dr. Nikoleishvili Actively participates in national and international meetings and conferences