Seorang apoteker memiliki peran penting di industri farmasi, apotek, dan distributor. Apoteker harus memenuhi standar kompetensi sebagai persyaratan untuk memasuki dunia kerja dan menjalani praktik profesi. Standar kompetensi apoteker Indonesia terdiri dari 10 standar kompetensi sebagai kemampuan yang diharapkan oleh apoteker saat lulus dan masuk ke tempat 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 Kimia Farma Trading and Distribution, Apotek Atrika, dan PT Harsen Laboratories pada periode bulan februari, maret, dan juli-agustus 2020. 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 has an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy and distributors. Pharmacists must meet competency standards as a requirement to enter professional work and carry out professional practices. Indonesian pharmacist competency standards consist of 10 competency standards as abilities expected by pharmacists when they graduate and enter professional work practices. As a provision and experience for prospective pharmacists to understand the role of pharmacists and improve competence, the Professional Pharmacist Work Practice (PKPA) was carried out at PT Kimia Farma Trading and Distribution, Apotek Atrika, and PT Harsen Laboratories in the periods of February, March, and July-August. During PKPA, it is hoped that prospective pharmacists can broaden their knowladges, understanding and experience to do pharmaceutical work in professional work practices.