Seorang apoteker memegang peranan penting di industri farmasi, apotek dan distributor obat maupun alat kesehatan. Apoteker harus memenuhi standar kompetensi sebagai persyaratan untuk memasuki dunia kerja dan menjalani praktik profesi. Standar kompetensi apoteker Indonesia terdiri dari sepuluh (10) standar kompetensi sebagai kemampuan yang diharapkan oleh apoteker saat lulus dan mask ke tempêta praktik kerja profesi. Sebagai bekal dan pengalaman calon apoteker untuk dapat memahami peran apoteker dan meningkatkan kompetensi, maka dilaksanakan Praktik Kerja Profesi Apoteker (PKPA) di PT Abbott Indonesia, PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari, dan Apotek Kimia Farma No 362 selama periode Januari-April 2019. Selama PKPA, diharapkan calon apoteker dapat memperluas wawasan, pemahaman, dan pengalaman untuk melakukan pekerjaan kefarmasian di tempat praktik kerja profesi.

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A pharmacist plays an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacies and pharmaceutical distributors. Pharmacists must meet competency standards as requirements for entering the workforce and undergoing professional practice. Indonesian pharmacist competency standards consist of ten (10) competency standards as abilities expected by pharmacists when they graduate and enter professional work practices. As a preparation and experience of prospective pharmacists to be able to understand the role of pharmacists and improve competence, the Pharmacist Professional Work Practices are implemented at PT Abbot Indonesia, Kimia Farma Pharmacy No. 362, and PT Anugerah Pharmindo Lestari JDC for the period January-April 2019. During PKPA, expected candidates pharmacists can expand their insight, understanding, and experience to do pharmacy work in the professional workplace.