Table 2.

Strategies to Improve Clinical Pharmacy Education and Training in the Country

Strategies	Comments
Awareness program targeting other health professionals	Strategies to be developed to create awareness among other health professionals on the importance of clinical pharmacy services.
Creating a job title for clinical pharmacists	It is also mandatory that the clinical pharmacy department is included in the organizational structure of hospitals with clear job responsibilities.
Community engagement activities by the students	Pharmacists should participate in community engagement activities providing services. This may be performed on marking various health days such as World Diabetes Day, World Hypertension day, No tobacco day, Breast cancer awareness, etc. This helps the general public to know and understand the role of pharmacists.
Establishment of skills lab	Physical assessment and other patient care related skills should be provided to the pharmacists. These skills should be evaluated through the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and other skills evaluation methods.
International accreditation	The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) accreditation can provide the institutes with the required expertise and facilities needed for upgrading the curriculum and delivery of the programs.
International collaboration with institutes offering established clinical pharmacy programs	These collaborations can be in the form of faculty exchange, preceptor training, curriculum development, and student exchange programs. Based on the recent experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, one can also explore the possibility of implementing these collaborations through distance learning platforms.
Licensing provision for clinical pharmacists	There should be the provision of a licensing exam for PharmD, Masters in Clinical Pharmacy graduates and the ones who clear the exam should be entitled as practicing clinical pharmacists.