Pharmacy Student of the Year announced for 2018
University of Canberra’s Ben Coghlan has won the 2018 PSA Pharmacy Student of the Year (PSOTY) Award, announced at the PSA18 gala dinner last...
Safety culture vital for reducing hospital dispensing errors
A new study highlights the importance of pharmacists collecting data and identifying why dispensing errors happen in order to significantly reduce how often they occur.
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...
Early elixir: Caffeine, the most widely used psychoactive drug in the...
It’s effective, cheap, legal and relatively safe. Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive drug in the world.
Lessons from one of the first medicinal patents
Turlington's Balsam was pitched as a veritable ‘cure-all’ in the 18th century – and remains on collectors’ shelves today.
PSA standards for CPD for pharmacists now published
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) recently launched the PSA Standards for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for Pharmacists, marking a new era for the...













