Seorang apoteker memegang peranan penting di Industri farmasi, apotek, dan pemerintahan. 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 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 di PT Integrated Healthcare Indonesia, Apotek Jacoebson Pharmacy, dan Suku Dinas Kesehatan Jakarta Selatan selama periode Bulan Januari-Mei 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 has an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacy, and government. Pharmacists must have competency standards as a requirement 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 their competence, the Pharmacist Professional Work Practices are implemented at PT Integrated Healthcare Indonesia, Jacoebson Pharmacy Pharmacy, and South Jakarta District Health Office during the January-May 2019 period. During PKPA, it is expected that pharmacists candidates can expand their insight, understanding, and experience to do pharmacy work in the professional workplace.