The Centre has provided input into the draft Pharmacist Capability Framework ('the Framework').

The Pharmacist Capability Framework will describe the capabilities of a newly registered pharmacist and underpin the future education of pharmacists, ensuring they can adapt to a changing environment.

We have told the Australian Pharmacy Council what we think. Read our submission. Not in plain English.

What we said about the Framework’s content and structure

We said that the Framework could better explain:

1. how the capabilities for newly registered pharmacists build on the capabilities of provisionally registered pharmacists
2. how the capabilities will evolve with science, the needs of the profession, and the public
3. the purpose and use of the Framework in relation to the National Competency Standards.

What we said about the Framework's five domains

We said that the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework and related assessment resources should be built into the Pharmacist Capability Framework.

We said that the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework’s six capability areas could be integrated into the Pharmacist Capability Framework. The six capability areas include:

1. Intellectual Disability Awareness
2. Communication
3. Quality Evidence-Informed Health Care
4. Coordination and Collaboration
5. Decision-Making and Consent
6. Responsible, Safe and Ethical Practice.

We said that the Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework could be integrated into the Pharmacist Capability Framework under the relevant capability sub-domains. We said the integration could look like:

1. Information about trauma-informed care and reasonable adjustments
2. Partnerships for co-design and co-delivery of education with people with intellectual disability
3. Information about support for pharmacy students who have lived experience of disability
4. Adapting communication methods to meet the needs of the person.
5. Apply knowledge of diagnostic overshadowing and atypical presentations and their role in underdiagnosis and misdiagnosis in people with intellectual disability.