Injectable medication administration an essential skill

Aside from administering medicines by injection, Queensland-based community pharmacist Fiona Watson MPS loves tearing up a Latin dance floor.

The accidental pharmacist

Cathie Reid MPS is an entrepreneur, a self-confessed ‘tech geek’, a philanthropist and healthcare pioneer. But her career trajectory could have been very different...

What transpired at the inaugural GP-Pharmacists Symposium?

PSA's inaugural GP Pharmacists Symposium underscored the expanding scope of the profession – and the policy gaps that still need closing.

Heading off patient harm from medicines

Medicine adherence, deprescribing and establishing systems to prevent error recurrence are all part of the pharmacist’s calling to protect patient safety. Pharmacists, as custodians of...

Dapagliflozin for infertility for women with obesity

This glucose-lowering diabetes drug may have therapeutic benefits and clinical utility for people with reproductive dysfunction.

Medicinal cannabis: Patient access and clinical evidence

In the August 2017 edition of Australian Pharmacist (page 10), I provided background on the regulatory scheme for cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis,...