education
UNSW adds pharmacy degree offering
Five-year course to produce 80 new graduates annually The University of New South Wales will launch Australia’s newest pharmacy program in February 2023 as part of a major expansion of …
MyDispense wins teaching excellence gong
Free online dispensing simulator sees Monash’s pharmacy faculty take out AFR Higher Education Award for teaching and learning excellence MyDispense, an online simulator developed at Monash University, which allows pharmacy …
Pharmacy simulator provides immersive experience
An Australian-made online “serious gaming” platform is helping pharmacists practise patient care in a safe learning environment Researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia have developed a novel online interactive …
Policy on education quality
FIP has released a new statement of policy, outlining standards for assuring the quality of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences education The International Pharmaceutical Federation has made the statement available here. …
Autonomous prescribing a ‘core task’ for pharmacists: Twomey
To smooth the way towards potential autonomous pharmacist prescribing, the Pharmacy Board has announced that it will develop accreditation standards for related education programs These programs would qualify and equip …
Addressing inequity
A new resource to help address inequities in pharmaceutical education is launched by the International Pharmaceutical Federation The resource is intended to support academic institutions, policymakers, educators, faculty members and …
Making mistakes in a safe environment
Dispensing software, designed by Monash pharmacy educators, has experienced exponential growth due to the pandemic MyDispense, designed by Monash Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences educators specifically for pharmacy students, …
Getting educated
Our CPD-accredited articles were better read than ever before in 2020. So what were the ten best read education articles for the year? These are our ten most clicked CPD-accredited …
‘We won’t go back to what we did before.’
AJP speaks to a Melbourne pharmacy professor and a student on how education and placements have been transformed during the COVID-19 pandemic The pandemic has sped up changes which may …
Keeping alert about sleep
Mixed findings for pharmacists from a review of healthcare providers’ sleep management awareness Australian community pharmacists have led the way internationally in providing sleep health-related services, but issues remain about …
Be prepared
How willing are community pharmacists to be trained about naloxone and opioid overdose prevention? New Australian research published in Science Direct found there is significant interest in attending such training, …
$1 million for pharmacy education
Monash University has launched a new fellowship enabled by the largest philanthropic gift to pharmacy education in contemporary times Monash University’s Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has this week …