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Pharmacy Leadership and Management module: An evaluation of the student experience and its perceived usefulness for future employment (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boyd, M., Solanki, V., Anderson, C., Sonnex, K., & Brydges, S. Pharmacy Leadership and Management module: An evaluation of the student experience and its perceived usefulness for future employment. Presented at Monash Pharmacy Education Symposium 2017

Background: Pharmacy Leadership and Management is a 12-day, final-year synoptic experiential learning simulation. Student teams of six run a primary care-based pharmacy business and are presented with approximately 180 scenarios and over 400 medicine... Read More about Pharmacy Leadership and Management module: An evaluation of the student experience and its perceived usefulness for future employment.

Pharmacy Leadership and Management: A new high fidelity simulation to prepare students for their future practise (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Boyd, M., Solanki, V., Anderson, C., Sonnex, K., & Brydges, S. Pharmacy Leadership and Management: A new high fidelity simulation to prepare students for their future practise. Presented at Monash Pharmacy Education Symposium 2017

Objective: To design and deliver a synoptic experiential learning experience drawing on leadership and management skills coupled with clinical problem solving in a high fidelity simulation. Our vision is to produce world leading pharmacists by provid... Read More about Pharmacy Leadership and Management: A new high fidelity simulation to prepare students for their future practise.

Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points (2017)
Journal Article
McMillan, S. S., Jacobs, S., Wilson, L., Theodoros, T., Robinson, G., Anderson, C., Mihala, G., & Wheeler, A. J. (2017). Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points. BMC Psychiatry, 17(1), Article 139. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1295-1

Background: Antipsychotics are recognised as a critical intervention for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Guidelines globally endorse the routine practice of antipsychotic monotherapy, at the minimum effective dose. Even in treatmentresistant schi... Read More about Antipsychotic prescribing for vulnerable populations: a clinical audit at an acute Australian mental health unit at two-time points.

Social media in health science education: an international survey (2017)
Journal Article
O'Sullivan, E., Cutts, E., Kavikondala, S., Salcedo, A., D'Souza, K., Hernandez-Torre, M., Anderson, C., Tiwari, A., Ho, K., & Last, J. (2017). Social media in health science education: an international survey. JMIR Medical Education, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.2196/mededu.6304

Background: Social media is an asset that higher education students can use for an array of purposes. Studies have shown the merits of social media use in educational settings; however, its adoption in health science education has been slow, and the... Read More about Social media in health science education: an international survey.

Do statin users adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle?: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (2016)
Journal Article
Johal, S., Jamsen, K. M., Bell, S. J., McNamara, K. P., Magliano, D., Liew, D., Ryan-Atwood, T. E., Anderson, C., & Ilomäki, J. (in press). Do statin users adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle?: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, https://doi.org/10.1177/2047487316684054

Background

Lifestyle and dietary advice typically precedes or accompanies the prescription of statin medications. However, evidence for adherence to this advice is sparse. The objective was to compare saturated fat intake, exercise, alcohol consum... Read More about Do statin users adhere to a healthy diet and lifestyle?: the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study.

Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) (2016)
Journal Article
Latif, A., Pollock, K., Anderson, C., Waring, J., Solomon, J., Chen, L.-C., Anderson, E., Gulzar, S., Abbasi, N., & Wharrad, H. (2016). Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs). BMJ Open, 6(12), Article e013500. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013500

Introduction

Community pharmacy increasingly features in global strategies to modernise the delivery of primary healthcare. Medicine Use Reviews (MURs) form part of the English Government's medicines management strategy to improve adherence and r... Read More about Supporting underserved patients with their medicines: a study protocol for a patient/professional coproduced education intervention for community pharmacy staff to improve the provision and delivery of Medicine Use Reviews (MURs).

An analysis of inter-professional collaboration in osteoporosis screening at a primary care level using the D'Amour model (2016)
Journal Article
Toh, L. S., Lai, P., Othman, S., Wong, K., Low, B., & Anderson, C. (2017). An analysis of inter-professional collaboration in osteoporosis screening at a primary care level using the D'Amour model. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.10.004

Objectives

This study describes the perspective of patients, nurses, pharmacists, doctors and policy makers to identify the level of collaboration and the areas for improvement to achieve inter-professional collaboration between doctors, nurses, p... Read More about An analysis of inter-professional collaboration in osteoporosis screening at a primary care level using the D'Amour model.

A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article
Bader, L. R., McGrath, S., Rouse, M. J., & Anderson, C. (2016). A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(2), 321-331. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.03.001

Background: Pharmacists and healthcare professionals are faced with increasing and changing health care needs around the world. In order to meet these demands, they are required to continuously upgrade and develop their professions. Reprofessionaliza... Read More about A conceptual framework toward identifying and analyzing challenges to the advancement of pharmacy.

A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy (2016)
Journal Article
van Eikenhorst, L., Nde-Eshimuni, S., & Anderson, C. (2017). A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 13(1), 17-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2016.02.010

Background

Much has been studied in regard to non-prescription medicines (NPMs), but the impact of greater emphasis toward patient self-selection of such agents is still not well understood, and evidence in the literature might be equivocal.

Ob... Read More about A systematic review in select countries of the role of the pharmacist in consultations and sales of non-prescription medicines in community pharmacy.

Starting antidepressant use: a qualitative synthesis of UK and Australian data (2015)
Journal Article
Anderson, C., Kirkpatrick, S., Ridge, D., Kokanovic, R., & Tanner, C. (2015). Starting antidepressant use: a qualitative synthesis of UK and Australian data. BMJ Open, 5(12), Article e008636. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008636

Objective :To explore people's experiences of starting antidepressant treatment.

Design :Qualitative interpretive approach combining thematic analysis with constant comparison. Relevant coding reports from the original studies (generated using NVi... Read More about Starting antidepressant use: a qualitative synthesis of UK and Australian data.

Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice?: Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme (2015)
Journal Article
Chanakit, T., Low, B. Y., Wongpoowarak, P., Moolasarn, S., & Anderson, C. (2015). Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice?: Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme. BMC Medical Education, 15(1), 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0473-4

Background
Pharmacy education and pharmacy practice are facing remarkable changes following new scientific discoveries, evolving patient needs and the requirements of advanced pharmacy competency for practices. Many countries are introducing or unde... Read More about Does a transition in education equate to a transition in practice?: Thai stakeholder’s perceptions of the introduction of the Doctor of Pharmacy programme.

The Development and Validation of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Awareness Tool (OPAAT) in Malaysia (2015)
Journal Article
Toh, L. S., Lai, P. S. M., Wu, D. B.-C., Wong, K. T., Low, B. Y., & Anderson, C. (2015). The Development and Validation of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Awareness Tool (OPAAT) in Malaysia. PLoS ONE, 10(5), Article e0124553. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124553

Abstract

Objectives

To develop and validate Osteoporosis Prevention and Awareness Tool (OPAAT) in Malaysia.

Methods

The OPAAT was modified from the Malaysian Osteoporosis Knowledge Tool and developed from an exploratory study on patients.... Read More about The Development and Validation of the Osteoporosis Prevention and Awareness Tool (OPAAT) in Malaysia.

The development and validation of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention in Malaysia (2014)
Journal Article
Lai, P. S. M., Toh, L. S., Wong, K. T., Tan, A. T. B., Low, B. Y., Anderson, C., & Bin-Chia, D. W. (2014). The development and validation of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention in Malaysia. Patient Preference and Adherence, 8, 1365- 1381. https://doi.org/10.2147/ppa.s65718

Purpose: To develop and validate the English version of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention (SQOP) in Malaysia.

Methods: The SQOP was modified from the Osteoporosis Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire and developed based on l... Read More about The development and validation of the Satisfaction Questionnaire for Osteoporosis Prevention in Malaysia.

Comparing women pharmacy consumers’ experiences with weight loss treatment in Victoria and Nottingham: a cross-sectional study (2014)
Journal Article
Boardman, H., Fakih, S., Marriott, J. L., Anderson, C., & Hussainy, S. Y. (2014). Comparing women pharmacy consumers’ experiences with weight loss treatment in Victoria and Nottingham: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health, 14, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-662

Background: There has been a recent increase in weight management services available in pharmacies across Australia and England. The aim of this study was to determine the following between women in Victoria and Nottingham: similarities and differenc... Read More about Comparing women pharmacy consumers’ experiences with weight loss treatment in Victoria and Nottingham: a cross-sectional study.