Students learn 'bamboozling' slang 3 Nov 2011 0 comments Aussie slang such as “should I see a gynie” can be amusing, but an innovative language program is teaching international first-year pharmacy students Australian colloquialisms to help in serious…
New school to be a 'watershed' in pharmacy education 12 Aug 2011 0 comments Australia’s nineteenth pharmacy school aims to become a market leader, reshaping the way pharmacists are trained in the future.
Guild backs call for moratorium on pharmacy schools 20 Jul 2011 0 comments No new schools of pharmacy should be accredited until accurate workforce data can be obtained, the Pharmacy Guild of Australia believes.
Students need broader career paths: Plunkett 16 Jun 2011 0 comments With fears rising of a potential oversupply of pharmacists, graduates should be trained to work in non-traditional roles, Warwick Plunkett, PSA national president believes.
Pharmacy students rate lecturers online 15 Apr 2011 0 comments We all know that social media is now an ever-present part of our lives. However there is concern over certain aspects of this mostly benign social outlet.
Pharmacy students top class in identifying prescribing errors 6 Apr 2011 0 comments Pharmacy students are superior to medical or nursing students when it comes to correctly identifying common medication errors, new research shows.
Lecturers shun students on Facebook 10 Feb 2011 0 comments US pharmacy professors have unanimously agreed they would not send a “friend” request to a student on social networking site Facebook.
Outback education to improve medicines use 19 Nov 2010 0 comments Pharmacists are being encouraged to participate in a training program designed to boost medicines use among indigenous communities.
Students to try virtual collaboration 10 Nov 2010 0 comments Pharmacy students at Monash University will collaborate with their peers in nursing and medicine to treat virtual patients in a new online program next year.
Time to target new roles: ECP 5 Nov 2010 0 comments Pharmacy’s leaders need to identify and direct graduates into new roles to secure the future of the profession, Early Career Pharmacists group chair Justin Lee says.
