Intraprofessional learning in readiness for interprofessional working
An initiative at the University of Bradford which supports intraprofessional learning between pharmacy students and student pharmacy technicians.
The BBC has got it wrong: we are not 'GP substitutes'
Pharmacists in general practice provide invaluable expertise and do not exist just to ‘relieve pressure’ on GPs, says clinical pharmacist Tom Gregory.
UCL Fight the Fakes: improving medication safety in hospital pharmacy
In February 2019, UCL Fight the Fakes attended a roundtable discussion on the implementation status of the Falsified Medicines Directive in hospital pharmacy.
What to do when social media goes bad
The student-led Robert Gordon University Pharmacy Law and Ethics Group reminds pharmacy professionals of how online behaviour can influence younger members of the profession.
How to get through the preregistration year
Newly registered pharmacist, Marina Dinithi Goonatilaka, shares her three tips on how to get through the preregistration training year.
How pharmacy schools can better represent minority ethnic students
Pharmacy student Somto Madueke highlights how pharmacy schools can tackle ethnic disparities and support minority ethnic students to succeed.
Ensuring value-based outcomes through medicines optimisation
Shazia Karsan describes the value pharmacists bring to integrated community networks in Croydon.
Back to the drawing board: why pharmacists should embrace creativity in patient interactions
When almost half of patients are unable to understand health information, pharmacists should employ a creative and humanistic approach to discussing medicines with patients, says mental health pharmacist Nana Tomova.
What we do as CPhO clinical fellows
Katherine Le Bosquet, Louisa Conlon and Adele Mott give an insight into their work as chief pharmaceutical officer fellows.
Treating complex patients in their own homes is possible — we already do it
Improving patient care and making cost savings, the pharmacy homecare team provides much more than just a medicines delivery service, says advanced specialist pharmacist Rabiya Mansoor.
My summer internship at a GP practice
Shanza Khan describes her experience of completing a pharmacy placement with the Argyle Health Group.
We are already rethinking our training plans because of short-sighted cuts to preregistration funding
With nonsensical changes to preregistration pharmacist funding, we will struggle to train enough pharmacists to fill expanded roles of today, let alone of the future.
Is ethnicity an issue for pharmacy students?
Kweku Bimpong, fourth year pharmacy student and publications officer for the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association, gives his view on how ethnicity impacts students from minority ethnic backgrounds.
Pioneering an independent medicines optimisation clinic in community, in India
Pharmacist Mansi Shah has developed the first independent community medicines optimisation service in India, but it has not been without its challenges.
Shining a light on medicines safety in special #PJrightmedicine monthSubscription
In February 2019, The Salvadore is celebrating pharmacists’ contribution to improving medicines safety in the UK.
Preparing for day one
Zahra Mahomed details how she prepared herself for life as a registered pharmacist.
Meeting the learning needs of early-career community pharmacists in Northern Ireland
The Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development have a created a foundation programme specifically for community pharmacists.
Clinical Pharmacist’s most popular research articles of 2018
This year, articles exploring pharmacy’s role in antimicrobial stewardship, as well as original research articles on integrated pharmacy services and medicines optimisation in care homes, feature among the most popular.
Top ten features in The Salvadore in 2018
Features can be timeless articles on an aspect of drug development, pharmacy practice or medicines optimisation, or topical pieces that delve further into news stories to give context and analysis. It has been an interesting year in pharmacy, from the rescheduling of cannabis to the patent expiry of the NHS’s most costly drug, and the magazine’s features section reflects this, and much more.
How working with podiatry students improved my learning as a pharmacy student
Pharmacy student Evelyn Andrews describes how shadowing students in a podiatry clinic has changed her perceptions of the role.
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