training
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 …
Guild examining wages for interns, assistants
Patients expect pharmacy assistants to have a minimum level of training, one leading pharmacist says – and such requirements could be on the way, along with changes to how interns …
When Dianne lost her job, pharmacy offered a lifeline
When COVID-19 and lockdowns hit in 2020, many Australians lost their jobs – and Dianne Grayson was one of them Two years on, Ms Grayson says she has flourished since …
Wage subsidy for training
Discount Drug Stores has partnered with Gateway Training Academy to offer franchise partners greater opportunities to upskill staff and improve workplace efficiencies One of the first courses open for enrolment is …
‘Pharmacy assistants are in very high demand.’
The Guild’s Queensland Branch is encouraging eligible job seekers in Brisbane to re-train as pharmacy assistants The Guild is delivering the Queensland Government’s Community Work Skills Program in Brisbane beginning …
Guild offers help for helpers
Brisbane, Logan and the Redlands communities have been invited to take advantage of free suicide prevention training Community members and pharmacy staff from Brisbane, Logan, the Redlands and surrounding areas …
New education initiatives
Dr Dmitri Kopanakis has had a busy first few months as CEO of the Australasian College of Pharmacy. Here he talks to AJP about three exciting new launches by the …
APP2021: Michael King on the current state of pharmacy in Australia
Michael King, Sales Director at GSK Consumer Healthcare, joined Miranda Deakin on our stage at APP2021 to unpack the current state of pharmacy in Australia and the potential growth opportunities for pharmacists. This video …
Employers forget CWH lesson on training: PPA
Employers are illegally forcing pharmacists to pay for their own COVID-19 vaccine training, claims the employee pharmacists’ union Professionals Pharmacists Australia has issued a statement saying that it has warned …
Vaccine training for assistants
The Australasian College of Pharmacy has launched a new free course intended to prepare frontline pharmacy assistants to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines The Safe Vaccination Services in Community …
‘Our recent experience has not delivered us any level of confidence.’
One stakeholder is urging the need for the WA Government to review the Commercial Tenancy Act, saying the current legislation is “ineffective” Ahead of the state election, the Pharmacy Guild …