Table 2.

Implications and consequences of the different scenarios

	Scenario I	Scenario II	Scenario III
	“Pharmacy-Mall”	“e-Pharmacist”	“Reorganize or Die”
Demand for community pharmacists	• Decreases	• Increases	• Decreases
Main functions and responsibilities	• Supervision of dispensing processes	• Caregiver	• Innovator/salesman
Main skills to acquire/improve	• Leadership	• Clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapy	• Client management
	• Human resources and pharmacy management skills		• Marketing skills
		• Advanced information technologies	• Sales techniques
	• Pharmacovigilance		• Communication skills
	• Information technologies	• Teamwork abilities
	• Regulatory/reimbursement affairs
Primary health care integration	• No integration	• Multidisciplinary teams and polyclinics	• In the local health units