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...

Real-time update

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Real-time prescription monitoring (RTPM) is gaining momentum and now operates across large swathes of Australia. What does it mean for pharmacists?

5 ways patients judge your professionalism

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Professional behaviour as a component of professionalism can often be seen in how we talk to people, our body language, our communication.

Opinion: hospital pharmacists can support improved transitions into aged care

The latest medicine safety report from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA), Medicine Safety: Aged Care, shines a light on problems with the safety...

Vale Dr Ross William Holland AM FPS

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Pharmacy has lost one of its true servants and innovators with the passing of Dr Ross Holland (6 May 1938 – 16 May 2025).

Are unconscious gender biases widening the Australian gender pain gap?

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Broken tablet with male and female symbols, representing the gender pain gap in healthcare
Pain is a highly complex and subjective phenomenon, characterised by high levels of inter-individual variability.1,2 This can make it difficult to quantify and compare...