Seminar aims to help improve pass rates for Black-African pre-registration pharmacists The General Pharmaceutical Council will hold a seminar with the charity Equality Challenge Unit to help investigate why pre-registration pharmacists from a Black-African background have the lowest pass rate for registration assessment.…
Science is an essential component of undergraduate pharmacy educationIt was with incredulity that I read the reported comments of Scotland’s Chief Pharmaceutical Officer on the removal of science from the undergraduate pharmacy curriculum ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2014:293:234 ). Given the enormous challenges of future healthcare provisi…
US antibiotic stewardship reduces drug resistance and cost A comprehensive antibiotic stewardship programme at a New York city hospital saved money, reduced drug-resistant infections and led to an increase in the reporting of adverse events.…
Paradoxical bronchoconstriction occurs in 5% of COPD patients treated with beta-2-agonists African–American patients with COPD are more likely to be affected by therapy-induced bronchoconstriction, study suggests.…
Patients offer insight into clinical research, RPS conference hearsInput from patients on the design and execution of clinical research can provide a valuable perspective that healthcare professionals may not offer, a researcher says.…
FIP adopts model oath for pharmacists A model “oath/promise of a pharmacist” has been adopted by the International Pharmaceutical Federation at its annual congress, held in Bangkok from 31 August to 4 September 2014.…
Stop science focus for pharmacy degrees, chief pharmacist says Pharmacy degrees should move away from a focus on chemistry and other sciences and concentrate on health provision, Scotland’s chief pharmacist has said.…
Codes of ethics should be developed across healthcare professions, says FIPPharmacist associations should consider working with other professional groups to develop transdisciplinary codes of ethics, according to the International Pharmaceutical Federation.…
How pharmacists can improve the care of vulnerable patients Specialist pharmacists discuss the issues surrounding vulnerable patient groups at the RPS annual conference.…
Role for smartphones and social media in medicine safety An app will be developed to make it easy for healthcare professionals and the public to report suspected adverse drug reactions.…