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Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations (2014)
Journal Article
Sawbridge, J. L., Qureshi, H. K., Boyd, M. J., & Brown, A. M. (2014). Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations. Advances in Physiology Education, 38(3), 239-245. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00036.2014

The ability to understand and implement calculations required for molarity and dilution computations that are routinely undertaken in the laboratory are essential skills that should be possessed by all students entering an undergraduate Life Sciences... Read More about Revision workshops in elementary mathematics enhance student performance in routine laboratory calculations.

Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England (2014)
Journal Article
Ojeleye, O., Avery, A. J., & Boyd, M. J. (2014). Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 78(2), 401-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/bcp.12347

Aims: To evaluate the ability of electronic patient medication record (ePMR) systems used in community pharmacies in England to detect and alert users about clinical hazards, errors and other safety problems. Methods: Between September 2012 and Nove... Read More about Assessing the safety features of electronic patient medication record systems used in community pharmacies in England.

Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components (2014)
Journal Article
Harvey, J., Avery, A. J., Ashcroft, D., Boyd, M., Phipps, D. L., & Barber, N. (2015). Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components. Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 11(2), 216-227. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2014.06.005

Background: Identifying risk is an important facet of a safety practice in an organization. To identify risk, all components within a system of operation should be considered. In clinical safety practice, a team of people, technologies, procedures an... Read More about Exploring safety systems for dispensing in community pharmacies: Focusing on how staff relate to organizational components.

The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study (2014)
Journal Article
Franklin, B. D., Reynolds, M., Sadler, S., Hibberd, R., Avery, A. J., Armstrong, S. J., …Barber, N. (2014). The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study. BMJ Quality and Safety, 23(8), https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002776

Objectives: To compare prevalence and types of dispensing errors and pharmacists’ labelling enhancements, for prescriptions transmitted electronically versus paper prescriptions. Design: Naturalistic stepped wedge study. Setting: 15 English communi... Read More about The effect of the electronic transmission of prescriptions on dispensing errors and prescription enhancements made in English community pharmacies: a naturalistic stepped wedge study.

What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service? (2014)
Journal Article
Wells, K. M., Boyd, M. J., Thornley, T., & Boardman, H. F. (in press). What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?. BMC Health Services Research, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-14-115

Background: The payment structure for the New Medicine Service (NMS) in England is based on the assumption that 0.5% of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the service. This assumption is based on a theoretical calcu... Read More about What proportion of prescription items dispensed in community pharmacies are eligible for the New Medicine Service?.