In Depth
From burnout to balance: What pharmacists are changing about how they work
For many pharmacists, burnout doesn’t arrive suddenly. It builds quietly—longer days, fewer breaks, growing responsibility, and a sense that the workload keeps expanding while recovery time shrinks, writes Raven’s Recruitment …
‘They’re our future’
Karen Brown shares her “proud mum” moment on seeing her former intern become pharmacist manager of her newest store, and thoughts on owners supporting ECPs Award-winning pharmacist and managing partner …
dRx series: Deprescribing topical corticosteroids in older people
Amanda Quek and Amy Page
When should pharmacists consider deprescribing an older patient’s topical corticosteroids? Amanda Quek and Dr Amy Page take a look Deprescribing is defined as a person-centred process of medication withdrawal intended …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news KDIGO 2026 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease Anaemia frequently occurs as a serious complication …
When women in pharmacy thrive, ‘the entire profession benefits’
We asked leaders in the profession how women in pharmacy can be best supported—and what employers and organisations can do to help achieve this Happy International Women’s Day for this …
Unqualified dispensers practicing in the colony
Untrained individuals managing apothecaries and tales of poisonings captured the headlines in the AJP’s third edition The year is 1886, and a Hobart-based pharmacist writing under the nom de plume, Vaseline, is raising …
Accreditation must catch up with the real world
The Australian Pharmacy Council’s Review of Accreditation Standards for Pharmacy Education Programs offers a unique opportunity to make sure accreditation standards for pharmacy education reflect the real-world, writes Pharmacy Guild …
People don’t change, do they?
A school reunion leads Angelo Pricolo to reflect on the passage of time and its impact, or not, on his peers He looks a bit different, he sounds the same, …
Research Roundup
Debbie Rigby rounds up the latest in research news Deprescribing antihypertensive medications in older people A systematic review and meta-analysis of 17 studies investigating deprescribing antihypertensive medications in individuals aged …
Pharmacy and photography: a trip down memory lane
For generations of Australians a visit to their local pharmacy was a final stop at the end of a beach holiday or a family get together, dropping off their photographic …
Reimagining internship
Is it time to revise internship programs? One Perth pharmacist thinks so and has already trialled a revolutionary new program When Western Australian pharmacy owner Amanda Bryce approached people with …
Flashback Friday: an embarrassing shortage
It’s 1956, and one magistrate complains that “These fellows might be good chemists, but they are rotten bookkeepers” In our 29 February, 1956 edition, the Australasian Journal of Pharmacy reported …