1.  Evaluate Pharmacotherapy of Individual Patients – As the health professional primarily responsible for patient drug therapy outcomes, pharmacists must evaluate each patient’s drug therapy for appropriateness or inappropriateness. Pharmacists must compile and evaluate necessary patient data and determine appropriate pharmacotherapy goals in collaboration with the patient and other health care professionals.

2.  Provide Appropriate Pharmacotherapy Interventions to Individual Patients – Pharmacists must be able to develop patient-specific drug therapy recommendations and plans, and provide patient follow up as appropriate. This includes making necessary interventions to assure that each patient’s treatment plan is safe and effective, and based on the best available scientific evidence. Appropriate communication with the patient and other health professionals, as well as patient referral, may be needed to assure that the patient achieves the desired drug therapy outcomes.

3.  Provide Appropriate Drug Distribution to Individual Patients – Supervision of the drug distribution process is a core responsibility of pharmacy, although pharmacists may not perform the manipulative functions. Pharmacists have the responsibility of assuring that prescriptions are accurately interpreted, accurately prepared and dispensed, and screened for drug-related problems.

4.  Maintain and Enhance Competence Through Self-Initiated learning – Maintenance of individual competence is a core responsibility of all professionals. This not only includes not only attendance at continuing education meetings but also having the ability and motivation to continuously assess one learning needs and engaging in self-directed learning to maintain one’s competence.

5.  Manage the Pharmacy Within the Organization’s Business Plan – Entry-level pharmacists must be able to perform basic management processes in their pharmacy practice settings.

6.  Develop Practice and Leadership – Pharmacists must exhibit leadership qualities in order to develop and improve their practices and careers.

7.  Participate in Public Health and Professional Initiatives and Policies – Pharmacists can play a vital role in improving health promotion and disease prevention, responding to disasters, and contributing to public health initiatives and policy development.

8.  Advance the Profession – Pharmacist must actively work to advance their profession and the pharmaceutical care model of practice. Methods to achieve this end include participation in professional organizations, advocating professional improvements, establishing and maintaining professional improvements, and ensuring that professional standards are maintained and enforced.