Advancing Pharmacogenomics Education: Standardization and Opportunities in Pharmacy
Pharmacy Times November 19, 2024
Christine Formea, PharmD, MHI, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, discusses the need for standardized pharmacogenomics education in pharmacy, highlighting opportunities for collaboration, professional growth, and integration of key competencies across curricula to advance the profession.
Pharmacy Times interviewed Christine Formea, PharmD, MHI, BCPS, FCCP, FASHP, a pharmacogenomics clinical pharmacist at Children’s Hospital Colorado and an expert consultant/advisor for American Society of Health-System Pharmacists in Aurora, Colorado, on her participation as a part of the education workshop in the Standardizing Laboratory Practices in Pharmacogenomics (STRIPE) Annual Meeting and Consensus Workshop at the headquarters of US Pharmacopeia (USP) in Rockville, Maryland. Formea highlighted the need for greater standardization and clarity in pharmacogenomics education, emphasizing the importance of consensus on competencies, nomenclature, and interprofessional approaches.
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