pharmacist
To indicate or not to indicate?
Study reveals widespread support for including the indication on scripts and medication labels, but concerns have been raised over workload and privacy Adding the indication or purpose of the medication …
10 Rising Stars: what you said
Here’s a selection of some of the best reader nominations we received for ECPs: from the top 10 to single nominees Elise Apolloni “I heard her speak at the PSA …
Getting back the passion
Our list of rising stars of pharmacy has highlighted those making “significant contributions” to the profession AJP’s first ever list of the 10 Rising Stars of Pharmacy, as voted by our …
Rising Stars: final chance to vote
It’s the final day of our campaign to identify the Rising Stars of pharmacy, so get your nominations in now! Since June, AJP has been asking our readers to help us identify …
Knowledge gap
Pharmacists remain clueless on impact of medicines on the environment, study finds Australian pharmacists need information and training on the negative impacts that pharmaceuticals can have on the environment, researchers …
Is the turf war ending?
Does a recent article in an AMA publication signify a thaw in doctors’ opposition to pharmacist vaccination? Leading medical groups have been resolute in their opposition to vaccinations by pharmacists, …
The right service model
How to get professional service right in six easy steps. Glenn Guilfoyle explains (part 2) Click here for part one of this article Step 4 – do another observational, manual sample count …
Bringing the pharmacists’ back
Is there anything we can do to arrest the relative decline in pharmacy pay rates, asks Peter Feros In the first part of this 2-part series, Peter Feros discussed how …
The vanishing pharmacist
A diminishing pharmacy workforce has been an unintended consequence of weighted average price disclosure, writes Peter Feros Government coffers have swollen by billions of pharmacy rebate dollars via the Weighted …
The top ten
What you were reading in early 2017 Here are the 10 most read stories on AJP.com.au in January/early February 2017 Pharmacist brought down by addiction Pharmacist struck off for supplying …
Pharmacist brought down by addiction
A Victorian pharmacist-cum-doctor has had his pharmacist registration cancelled and medical licence restricted due to ongoing criminal offences driven by a rampant drug addiction It was when Gyu Sung Lee, …
A question of ethics
Ethics and evidence essential when advertising services, says PSA national president Joe Demarte The shift to offering professional services in community pharmacies has gathered momentum over the past year and …