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Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutic Research
Volume 1 Issue 1
Clinical Pharmacy 2017
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December 07-09, 2017 | Rome, Italy
7
th
World Congress on
Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice
The geriatric pharmacist: An integrated part
of geriatric team
Patrick Viet-Quoc Nguyen
1,2,3
1
University Hospital of Montreal, Canada
2
CHUM Research Center, Canada
3
Quebec Network for Research on Aging, Canada
T
he purpose of the pharmacist on the geriatric ward
is improving patient care through drug therapy. He
contributes to patient care with drug history, in planning
with the physician, a patient’s drug therapy including the
selection of drugs, the dosage forms and frequency of use
based upon the physician’s diagnosis. The pharmacist
contributes to medical students and residents training
giving the pharmacist unique view on drug therapy. He
participates in teaching sessions and medical rounds. The
pharmacist is a member of the multidisciplinary team. In
team meetings, he helps with patient orientation by giving
his professional opinion on patient ability in managing
his drug therapy, drug efficacy and safety issues when
necessary.
Biography
Patrick Viet-Quoc Nguyen has graduated with a Pharmacy Baccalaureate
degree and a Master in advance Pharmacotherapy at the Montreal University
pharmacy faculty in Canada in 2003 and 2012 respectively. He has obtained
an executive MBA from the Fundesem Business School in Spain in 2008. Since
2013, he is a hospital Pharmacist specialized in the geriatrics and emergency
field at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal (CHUM). He is a
Researcher at the CHUM research centre. Since 2016, he is a Member of
the Quebec network for research on aging. He has over 10 publications and
teaches at the Montreal University.
patrick.nguyen@sympatico.caPatrick Viet-Quoc Nguyen, J Pharmacol Ther Res 2017