Advanced Pharmacy Australia (AdPha) is the national professional organisation for more than 5,200 pharmacists, pharmacist interns, students, technicians and associates working across Australia’s health system. AdPha is the only professional pharmacy organisation with a strong base of members practising in public and private hospitals and other health services.
Heading into the new year Pharmacy GRIT explores and celebrates the many ways pharmacists are working to anticipate future healthcare needs by expanding the core of pharmacy practice. The issue features automated technological solutions to rapid-response disaster relief, smarter purchasing during medicines shortages, work-place satisfaction and seven-day services, showing SHPA members at the forefront of ingenuity as our profession rapidly evolves.
Given what has transpired across the world in 2020-21, it is bittersweet to reflect on the optimistic realism of the Summer 2018-19 cover that asks ‘Are we ready?’ for three growing healthcare challenges of an ageing population, obesity and diabetes. Nonetheless, the issue is a powerhouse, exploring demographic change through the lens of Port Macquarie (NSW), the obesity crisis through a critique of the ubiquitous Body Mass Index and the evidence base – or lack thereof – to guide dosing calculations in larger patients, and diabetes through the state of play in insulin and challenging misunderstandings and stigma.
A nervous optimism greets the new year and the Summer 2020-21 issue cover evokes the progress of time at an historic moment. As upheaval gives way to hope and promise, on the ground SHPA members look back while looking forward; from Emergency Medicine pharmacists traversing changes to staffing, stock, layout and clinical roles, to new approaches to preventing burn-out, the issue explored how to let go of poor practices and hold on to innovations forged in the crucible of 2020.
Learn about the lives of our members across Australia, working in a variety of healthcare settings to improve patient outcomes.
Learn about the lives of our members across Australia, working in a variety of healthcare settings to improve patient outcomes.
Surveys are commonly used in many areas of health research. Accurate, reproducible survey results lead to new discoveries and expand our knowledge in the health sciences. Applying better practices to our research can get us well on the way to achieving such a feat.
MedsAware 'Ask because you care' empowers older Australians, Australian living with a disability and their care teams to ask health professionals ‘Could any of these medicines be doing more harm than good?’
Specialty Practice is a valued AdPha member benefit, wrapping pharmacists and technicians in networks of expertise and support, while enabling specialist hospital pharmacy expertise to shape the profession and national health policy.
