Laura Mckinlay is SA’s top PA
Laura Mckinlay from Crossroads Pharmacy Port Augusta has been chosen to represent South Australia at the PATY national finals The 2018 Pharmacy Guild of Australia/ Maxigesic Pharmacy Assistant of the …
Grant offers launching pad: SHPA
The $10,000 Pfizer Young Pharmacist Grant is back, supported by the National Translational Research Collaborative According to the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, the grant offers hospital pharmacy’s future …
New president for College of Pharmacy
Treasure McGuire has been elected president of the Australian College of Pharmacy board Following the elections to appoint office-bearers for 2018-19, the executive of the College now comprises: Treasure McGuire, …
Omega-3 evidence fishy… or not?
A recent Cochrane review found little evidence to support omega-3 supplements, but CMA urges consumers to look at the “large body of evidence” for their use Results of the recent …
A new edition
Don’t Rush to Crush has been comprehensively revised and is now in its third edition The textbook, required by the Pharmacy Board of Australia, is described by the Society of …
Regulatory change on the way?
A new consultation paper includes proposals that could change the way national boards regulate health practitioners AHPRA has welcomed the release of a consultation paper by the Australian Health Ministers …
PSA in the USA
Entries to this year’s PSA Offshore Refresher Conference photo competition were as spectacular and diverse as the destinations themselves, from the sands of Hawaii’s beaches to the glittering sky scrapers …
‘I had to kind of pave the way.’
An American pharmacist is speaking out to inspire other deaf people to follow their dreams – and for hearing people to include them Dr Bethany Fiskum spoke to WLWT5’s Victoria …
Is the future ‘female’?
Gender equality will be on the table at this year’s Pharmacy Connect The 1972 slogan and now re-emerging empowerment statement “the future is female” will be debated by two teams …
Testing your knowledge on PI
Product Information resources can be used as a patient counselling tool, but how much do you really know about them? A Product Information document (PI) provides health professionals with a …
Smart syringe could end liquid dose errors
Professor Lyndal Trevena and a team of researchers from Sydney have taken out the Pharmacy Shark Tank at PSA18 The team won with a smart syringe system that will potentially …
Julie is Queensland’s top PA
Julie Gagliardi has been named Queensland’s top pharmacy assistant for 2018 Ms Gagliardi, from the from Hope Island Chempro Chemist, will now represent Queensland at the 2018 Pharmacy Guild of …