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Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2019). Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations. In M. Beer, & E. Zio (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2019) (4249-4257). https://doi.org/10.3850/978-981-11-2724-3_+0465-cd

The community pharmacy dispensing process is an integral part of delivering effective primary care to patients around the world. However, dispensing error rates and related patient safety issues are always a concern in the sector, where studies have... Read More about Ant colony optimisation for community pharmacy dispensing process based on in-field observations.

Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach (2018)
Journal Article
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. J. (2019). Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 182, 258-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2018.09.022

© 2018 It has been estimated that European customers visit community pharmacies to access essential primary healthcare around 46 million times every day. Studies of dispensing error rates in community pharmacies have reported error rates of between 0... Read More about Reliability and efficiency evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri-net approach.

Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net (2018)
Book Chapter
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2018). Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net. In S. Haugen, A. Barros, C. van Gulijk, T. Kongsvik, & J. E. Vinnem (Eds.), Safety and Reliability : Safe Societies in a Changing World : Proceedings of ESREL 2018, June 17-21, 2018, Trondheim, Norway (2059-2066). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781351174664-259

UK customers visited community pharmacies to receive NHS prescriptions 1.104 billion times in 2016. One study of dispensing errors found an error rate of 3.3%. Severe dispensing inaccuracies often receive a high level of media attention, however, low... Read More about Evaluation of a community pharmacy dispensing process using a coloured Petri Net.

Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Naybour, M., Remenyte-Prescott, R., & Boyd, M. (2018). Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy. In Proceedings of the 10th IMA International Conference on Modelling in Industrial Maintenance and Reliability. https://doi.org/10.19124/ima.2018.001.18

Studies of error rates in community pharmacies have reported error rates of between 0.014% and 3.3% per item dispensed. This suggests up to 36 million items per year may contain errors in England. In addition, literature shows that patient satisfacti... Read More about Reliability modelling of dispensing processes in community pharmacy.

The role of pharmacists in general practice: A realist review (2018)
Journal Article
Anderson, C., Zhan, K., Boyd, M. J., & Mann, C. (2019). The role of pharmacists in general practice: A realist review. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 15(4), 338-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2018.06.001

Background The review was carried out review prior to evaluating and to inform our research on the clinical pharmacists in general practices pilot, a world leading initiative to improve health care delivery in England. Around 500 pharmacists are... Read More about The role of pharmacists in general practice: A realist review.

“Fever means antibiotic”, the Omani public’s attitudes to the use of antibiotics for treating the common cold (2018)
Journal Article
Al Juma, M. A., Anderson, C., & Boyd, M. J. (2018). “Fever means antibiotic”, the Omani public’s attitudes to the use of antibiotics for treating the common cold

Background: Antimicrobial resistance is a worldwide concern to reserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in therapy. The irrational use of antibiotics is one of the factors contributing to antimicrobial resistance. In depth exploration of the public... Read More about “Fever means antibiotic”, the Omani public’s attitudes to the use of antibiotics for treating the common cold.

Using performance and leadership mentors to support students during a simulated pharmacy business module (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Solanki, V., Boyd, M., Anderson, C., Sonnex, K., & Brydges, S. (2017). Using performance and leadership mentors to support students during a simulated pharmacy business module.

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. To provide undergraduates with a mentor employed to support... Read More about Using performance and leadership mentors to support students during a simulated pharmacy business module.

The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mann, C., & Boyd, M. (2017). The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project.

Objective: In 2014 The School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham needed to deliver individual research methods supervision by a small number of academic staff to a large number of final year students. There are limited opportunities for stud... Read More about The Stakeholder Experience of a large scale final year undergraduate social community research project.

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. (2017). Pharmacy Leadership and Management: A new high fidelity simulation to prepare students for their future practise.

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.

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. (2017). Pharmacy Leadership and Management module: An evaluation of the student experience and its perceived usefulness for future employment.

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.

Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service (2015)
Journal Article
Elliott, R. A., Boyd, M. J., Salema, N.-E., Davies, J., Barber, N., Mehta, R. L., …Craig, C. (2016). Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service. BMJ Quality and Safety, 25(10), 747-758. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004400

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of the New Medicine Service (NMS), a national community pharmacy service to support medicines-taking in people starting a new medicine for a long-term condition, compared with normal practice. Methods: Pragm... Read More about Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service.