%0 Journal Article
%T Pharmacy Technicians Are People, Too! Let¡¯s Consider Their Personal Outcomes Along With Other Pharmacy Outcomes
%A Alex J. Adams
%A Shane Desselle
%A Tess Fenn
%A Zubin Austin
%J Annals of Pharmacotherapy
%@ 1542-6270
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1060028018810316
%X Studies have found that expanded pharmacy technician roles can help ¡°free up¡± pharmacist time, leading to role optimization. However, these studies and the positions taken by many are quite pharmacist-centric. We seem to have underestimated the importance of support staff in pharmacy operations. If research demonstrates that technicians can perform a function safely and effectively, that alone should compel the function¡¯s allowance in practice. Freeing up pharmacist time for higher-order care is a positive corollary to technician advancement, but it need not be a precondition for it
%K teaching/training
%K technician education training
%K pharmaceutical care
%K legal/regulatory issues
%K law
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1060028018810316