AFPC PT4CPC PROJECT

NEW: AFPC Advanced Primary Care Pharmacist Training Program

A first in Canada! An innovative approach that trains you alongside and in collaboration with the whole primary care team. Apply now for this government funded training – space is limited to 15 pharmacists across Canada. Deadline to apply was August 18, 2023. The application process is now closed.

As scope of practice expands, the more opportunities there are for pharmacists in primary care. This intensive training can help get you there with skills and confidence.

The Advanced Primary Care Pharmacist Training Program is a combination of online and in-person training over a period of up to 20 weeks (October 2023 to February 2024). It is 1 of 4 Pharmacist Training for Comprehensive Primary Care (PT4CPC) projects led by the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC). The projects are part of a large national initiative to accelerate transformative change in the way primary care practitioners work together: Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation.

This unique program will enhance your ability and confidence to provide comprehensive, collaborative primary care in clinics or community pharmacy settings. Further develop your clinical and interprofessional skills through a series of activities at your current workplace, followed by a 4-6 week paid experiential rotation at an external site. You will also develop your clinical teacher and leadership skills to educate and guide patients, peers, students and interprofessional colleagues, while demonstrating the value of pharmacists within primary health care.

Given the limited enrollment, there is no cancellation policy. Before starting, all accepted pharmacists must ensure they can commit to completing the entire program and have the available time, including while working at their regular practice site and a full-time external experiential placement for 4-6 weeks. For more details please see the Training Schedule in the Program Overview.

The application process is now closed.

Be part of the change.

MORE ABOUT THE AFPC PT4CPC PROJECT

PT4CPC stands for Pharmacist Training for Comprehensive Primary Care. It is one of the projects of Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation, funded by the Government of Canada's Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program.

Team Primary Care: Training for Transformation is a unique and timely initiative that aims to accelerate transformative change in the way primary care practitioners train to work together. To do so, it brings together an extensive network of partners to enhance the capacity of interprofessional comprehensive primary care through improved training for practitioners, supports for teams, and tools for planners and employers.

Team Primary Care is an interprofessional initiative of the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine. It is co-led by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Health Workforce Network, in partnership with over 65 health professional and educational organizations across Canada.

The Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada (AFPC) is leading PT4CPC in collaboration with Team Primary Care partners, other pharmacy organizations, faculties and pharmacists on advisory working groups.

This is the first pharmacist training program in Canada that is occurring at the same time as the training of numerous other primary care providers, including midwives, nurses and nurse practitioners, occupational therapists, physicians and physician assistants, physiotherapists and more. Primary care providers across Canada are aligning within Team Primary Care to train and enhance their skills to meet the healthcare needs of Canadians, now and in the future.

PT4CPC has 4 parts:

Project 1 — Advanced Primary Care Pharmacist Training: starts with assignments and activities over 12 weeks at your workplace, then an experiential rotation at an interprofessional primary care clinic site for 4-6 weeks, followed by 2 weeks back at your own site. You are supported by a coach/mentor throughout the process.

Project 2 — Primary Care Skills Training: a 5-module self-directed, case-based training program focusing on key skills such as assessment, communication, documentation and interprofessional collaboration. It will be online and available to all pharmacists. Coming late fall 2023.

Project 3 — Academic Electronic Health Record: case-based, interactive learning with AFPC’s aEHR platform that simulates clinic-based electronic medical records, and supports interprofessional collaboration and clinical documentation.

Project 4 — Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigenous Training: for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and students, working in and with interprofessional primary care teams. Comes with training and practice resources for improving equitable access to care. Coming winter 2024.

For more information on AFPC’s PT4CPC initiative, contact: Janet Cooper, AFPC Executive Director (jcooper-afpc@bell.net). For Projects 1 & 2 specifically, contact Christine Papoushek, Project Manager (christine.papoushek@uhn.ca). For Project 3, aEHR, contact Jason Min, Technical and Academic Lead (Jason.Min@ubc.ca).

Team Primary Care is an interprofessional initiative of the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine. It is co-led by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Canadian Health Workforce Network, in partnership with over 65 health professional and educational organizations across Canada.

Funded by the Government of Canada's Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program - Financé par le Programme de solutions pour la main d’oeuvre sectorielle du gouvernement du Canada