PSI Public Health 2

Question 1

What is the pharmacist's role in managing minor ailments in the community?

Accepted Answer

Assessing symptoms, recommending appropriate OTC treatments, providing self-care advice, and referring to a GP when symptoms suggest a more serious condition

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Telling all patients to see their GP

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Only selling products without any assessment

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Diagnosing diseases and prescribing medications

Question 2

What is the 'Healthy Ireland' framework and how does it relate to pharmacy practice?

Accepted Answer

The national framework for improved health and wellbeing, which pharmacists support through health promotion, screening, lifestyle advice, and preventive healthcare services

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A health insurance scheme

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A gym membership programme

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A food labelling system

Question 3

What are the key principles of health promotion that pharmacists should apply?

Accepted Answer

Empowerment, accessibility, evidence-based practice, equity, and a whole-population approach combining individual and community health interventions

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Only providing information to patients who ask for it

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Focusing exclusively on medication-related issues

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Only promoting health during specific awareness weeks

Question 4

What is the pharmacist's obligation regarding the notification of infectious diseases in Ireland?

Accepted Answer

Pharmacists should be aware of notifiable diseases and facilitate the notification process, though the primary reporting obligation lies with the attending medical practitioner

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Pharmacists must directly report all infectious diseases

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Infectious disease notification has nothing to do with pharmacy

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Only hospital pharmacists need to know about notifiable diseases

Question 5

How can pharmacists contribute to reducing health inequalities in Ireland?

Accepted Answer

By providing accessible healthcare services in all communities, offering health literacy support, promoting uptake of screening and vaccination, and adapting services for disadvantaged groups

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Health inequalities are not a pharmacy concern

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Only by offering discounts on medicines

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By only serving patients with medical cards

Question 6

What is the pharmacist's role in addressing the opioid crisis and promoting safe use of pain medications?

Accepted Answer

Screening for opioid misuse risk, counselling on safe use and storage, promoting non-opioid alternatives, dispensing naloxone for overdose reversal, and supporting patients transitioning off opioids

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Pharmacists should simply dispense whatever is prescribed without question

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Opioid management is entirely the prescriber's responsibility

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Pharmacists should refuse to dispense opioids entirely