Crushing and dispersing medicines

Healthcare professionals do not often discuss swallowing difficulties, particularly a patient’s ability to swallow solid oral dosage forms. Learning objectives After reading this article, pharmacists...

What can be done about paediatric medicine-related harm?

Too many Australian children are being harmed by medicine misadventure. Here’s what pharmacists must do now.

Going locum

Locum pharmacist Esther Staal MPS wakes up to birdsong, takes scenic walks and improves health services – while travelling.

Pharmacy in a busy hospital setting

Michael Bakker MPS is an ECP on the move. He’s a pharmacist team leader at SA Health’s Flinders Medical Centre, and volunteers with Parkinson’s SA.

Pandemic puts the spotlight on medicine safety in aged care

The COVID-19 pandemic has made pharmacists even more vital for medicine safety in aged care, a royal commission has been told.

Noradrenaline reuptake inhibitors and schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is a chronic illness characterised by a range of symptoms including positive and negative symptoms. Examples of positive symptoms include hallucinations, delusions, and...