Men's health in community pharmacy

Aim:

To help pharmacy technicians update their knowledge on common men’s health problems.

Objectives

After completing this module and its online counterpart, pharmacy technicians will be able to:

• Recognise common urinary symptoms, red flags that need referral and the basics of prostate conditions such as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), prostatitis and prostate cancer
• Explain the pros and cons of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing
• Create a pharmacy environment that encourages. 

Contributing author: Professor Margaret Watson, University of Strathclyde