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What is the Invited Contributor LX? 

The Invited Contributor Learning Experience (LX) is an Endorsed Learning Experience that recognises a pharmacist’s professional contribution to activities such as publications, professional practice documents, or the peer review process.

It can be used to document situations where a pharmacist has been identified as a subject matter expert in a specific area of practice and has been formally invited by an organisation or professional body to contribute their expertise outside of their usual role or primary place of employment.

This contribution typically involves using their professional knowledge, insight, and judgement to provide feedback, advice, or critical assessment of a document, process, or initiative.

This LX aims to support self-reflection on how the experience has influenced current or future practice, and to help pharmacists set developmental goals for future contributions of this nature.

Examples

• Acting as a peer reviewer for a pharmacy journal or clinical research paper

• Reviewing abstracts (related to your specialty practice area) submitted to a national or international conference

• Contributor to a publication e.g. reviewing medicine monographs or an article for a publication related to your speciality practice area

• Contributing to the review of state or national clinical guidelines (e.g. asthma management, opioid stewardship)

• Providing feedback on professional practice documents (e.g. Standards of Practice or competency frameworks within your speciality practice area)

• Providing expert input to a pilot program or review of minor ailments services in community pharmacy

Invited Contributor Process 

Learning Experience Details

The Endorsed Invited Contributor LX requires the pharmacist to document the following information:

Date

Document that the date that the experience or activity was completed.

Brief Description

Provide a brief description of the experience. Some examples of the type of information that may included in this section are:

• the pharmacist's role in the experience

• a summary of what was involved in the experience

• why the experience aligns with this type of LX (i.e. what knowledge and skills does it show)

• impact of the experience on professional practice and/or

• the specific enabling competencies that apply to this experience (see practice recognition level section below).

Professional Organisation/Conference

Provide the name of the organisation or professional body who extended the invitation to contribute to their publication, professional practice document, or the peer review process.

Area of Practice

Provide details of the area of practice associated with the publication, professional practice document, or the peer review process. This is a free text area which allows subspecialities or multiple areas to be documented. However the areas documented may align with the ANZCAP speciality areas of practice.

Practice Recognition Level 

The pharmacist should indicate in the LX which of the three levels of recognition (Pharmacist Resident, Pharmacist Register or Pharmacist Consultant) they are currently practicing at. When determining which level of recognition aligns with their experience, they are encouraged to refer to the ANZCAP recognition definitions and descriptors. This provides further guidance on markers of performance for each ANZCAP recognition level.

The Invited Contributor LX is mapped to:

• Domain 1 & 4 of the National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia 2016. Please note that not all the domain 1 & 4 indicators listed in this document may be relevant to this Learning Experience.

• Domain 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Competence Standards for Pharmacists in Aotearoa New Zealand Pharmacists, 2023. Please note that not all the Domain 1, 2, 3 and 4 behaviours listed in these competence standards may be relevant to this Learning Experience.

Reflection & Goal Development

The purpose of this LX is to support self-reflection on how the experience has influenced current or future professional practice, and to help the pharmacist set developmental goals for future contributions of this nature.

Reflection

The pharmacist is asked to independently reflect and document the strengths and areas for development identified while completing this experience.

Development Goals

The pharmacist is encouraged to utilize the SMART goal technique to develop any learning or development goals that are identified from their reflection on this experience.

Supporting Evidence

The Invited Contributor LX is an Endorsed Learning Experience therefore supporting evidence is mandatory (indicated by the *). Examples of supporting evidence that should be included in this LX includes:

• Evidence of the final publication, professional practice document, or details of the peer review process and/or

• Confirmation from the external organisation of their invitation or thanks for your contributions

Collaborator

Pharmacists may engage in discussion with professional peers, mentors or managers to encourage reflective practice. However, this is an Endorsed Learning Experience (LX) and therefore the LX should be completed independently by the pharmacist without collaboration.

LX Documentation 

Evidence of an invited contributor experience is documented directly into the ANZCAP digital platform as an Endorsed Invited Contributor Learning Experience (LX). The LX is an electronic template which allows you to directly document all of the required information and attach the required supporting evidence.

For further step by step instructions on how to do this please refer to the How to complete a Learning Experience article.

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