Seorang apoteker memiliki 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 Adventis Pharma, Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan RI, dan Apotek Kimia Farma selama periode bulan Januari-April 2019. Selama LUPA, diharapkan calon apoteker dapat memperluas wawasan, pemahaman, dan pengalaman untuk melakukan pekerjaan kefarmasian di tempat praktik kerja profesi.
A pharmacist has an important role in the pharmaceutical industry, pharmacies, and government. Pharmacists must meet 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 competence, the Pharmacist Professional Work Practices are implemented at PT Adventis Pharma, the Indonesian Food and Drug Supervisory Agency, and Kimia Farma Pharmacy during the January-April 2019 period. During PKPA, it is expected that pharmacists can expand their insight, understanding, and experience to do pharmacy work in the professional workplace.