A Pharmazeut im Praktikum, almost always shortened to PhiP, has finished the university part of pharmacy studies and is working through the practical year that precedes approbation.
In the context of the ApoVWG the PhiP occupies a very specific position. Under § 11c Apothekengesetz the venöse Blutentnahme belongs to an approbierter Apotheker who has completed an ärztliche Schulung. One element of it may be handed on, which is the puncture itself, to a PhiP working under supervision who has completed their own ärztliche Schulung.
Everything around the puncture stays with the pharmacist, because Aufklärung, Anamnese and consent may never be delegated, to a PhiP or to anyone else.
The contrast with a PTA is the part worth remembering:
- A PTA may vaccinate but may never take blood from a vein.
- A PhiP may take blood from a vein under supervision, though a PhiP is not yet approbiert and cannot run the consultation alone.
For rota planning that has a practical consequence. A pharmacy with one trained pharmacist and one trained PhiP can run two chairs during a campaign day, because the pharmacist keeps the consultations while the PhiP takes the samples. A pharmacy with one trained pharmacist and three PTA cannot run two chairs.
The PhiP route also has a longer effect, because practical-year staff who train on the draw reach approbation already qualified for the service.
This glossary entry is general information about German pharmacy law and practice. It is not legal advice. For binding guidance on your own pharmacy, contact your Landesapothekerkammer.
