Pharmacy Announcements
PSA members: the CPD stats
PSA members completed more than 240,000 CPD assessments during the 2015-16 CPD year, according to the latest statistics by the organisation. This trend reinforced that PSA is the single largest …
Rural Pharmacy Scholarship applications open
The Guild is inviting students from rural and remote locations who are studying pharmacy or are intending to study pharmacy to apply for the Rural Pharmacy Scholarships for 2017. These …
New emergency contraception course
The Guild Pharmacy Academy is partnering with MS Health in the development of a new online course, “EllaOne® (ulipristal acetate 30mg tablet): A new option for emergency contraception”. The course …
Decimal domino effect
PDL alert: Microgram-milligram confusion compounds risk of error with Parkinson’s and restless leg syndrome treatment A recent spate of dispensing errors reported to PDL involve Sifrol in the strengths of …
Pharmacists share their career stories
Progressing life-long learning and exploring new career opportunities are being highlighted as part of a new pharmacist-driven campaign by PSA. Leading pharmacists from around Australia, at all stages of their …
Antibiotic Awareness Week on the horizon
NPS MedicineWise is encouraging health professionals and community groups to get involved in Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual, global event that encourages people around the …
eMIMS winners revealed
Three lucky AJP readers have each won one of three 12-month subscriptions to eMIMS Each single user annual subscription is for eMIMSCloud and the IMGateway drug, herb, food and supplement …
Guild Pharmacy Academy offers goat’s milk formula course
The Guild Pharmacy Academy now offers a special course, titled Goat’s Milk Formula, which outlines the important role that pharmacists have in discussing infant feeding issues and supporting breastfeeding in …
Keeping up to date
NPS presents a patient-centred approach to type 2 diabetes management Pharmacists play an important role in the management of type 2 diabetes and are well placed to counsel and assist …
Take stock of your own mental health and wellbeing: PSS
During Mental Health Week the Pharmacists’ Support Service is encouraging all pharmacists to take some time to review their own mental health and wellbeing Mental health is not just the …
Assessments on Guild myCPD site soar
The end of September saw the end of the CPD year, as well as more than 73,000 assessments on the Guild’s myCPD site It was an extremely busy year for the …
Guild Academy launches CPD learning plan
Pharmacists can use the free online tool to meet the Pharmacy Board of Australia’s CPD requirements The tool, called myLearning Plan, will be available from next week on the myCPD …