Never necessary if pharmacy technicians have good communication and interpersonal relationship skills.

Necessary to ensure that patients do not take advantage of their pharmacy technicians.

Necessary to ensure that the therapeutic relationship remains therapeutic.

Limiting because they impede the ability to build a positive relationship with the patient.

Serving the patient's best interests

Serving the patient's and the technician's best interests

Serving societies need to retain sufficient pharmacy technicians

Serving the technician's best interests

Appropriate if they are consensual.

Acceptable if initiated by the patient.

Inappropriate because they merge the professional relationship with another potential incompatible role or relationship.

Inappropriate because they merge the professional relationship with another potential incompatible role or relationship.

No, because technicians who date their patients end up not getting remunerated for their services.

No, because this is a high-risk dual relationship.

Yes, if there is mutual interest in dating.

Yes, if the technician has terminated the therapeutic relationship to begin a personal relationship with the patient.

Not a good idea because technicians don't typically want to be friends with their patients.

A good idea because it makes the patient feel special and important.

A good way to build rapport and trust with patients.

Not a good idea given that this involves a dual relationship.

A situation where a technician does not disclose to the patient that he or she is in a conflict of interest.

A situation where a technician allows his or her personal or private interests to interfere with the patient's best interests.

A situation where a technician takes advantage of a patient.

A situation where a technician dose doesn't disclose to the regulatory board that s/he is in a conflict of interest

Most codes of ethics prohibit this kind of behavior.

Sometimes we do not use caution in choosing to enter into multiple relationships.

We may not understand our own motives and intentions.

Putting our own interests ahead of those of the patients is a breach of the social contract.

Yes, because this is true of other healthcare professionals as well.

No, we cannot worry about appearances; people will just think whatever they want to think about us anyway.

Yes, technicians must avoid the perception of conflict of interest as well as the relation of being in a conflict of interest scenario.

No, only the realty of an actual conflict of interest really matters.

Using your employer's time at the pharmacy to do your own personal work.

Promoting a new textbook to your teaching colleagues at the college or university where you are employed as an instructor in the pharmacy techican program.

Promoting a friend's new product line to the pharmacy manager.

Being a member of a professional association and promoting a certain distributor who gives the pharmacy you work for discounts on pharmaceutical products.

Take responsibility for the breach

Re-establish the professional boundary as soon as possible

Use the Model for Ethical Decision-Making to work through the issue or dilemma

All of the above