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Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices: a multicenter qualitative study in South Africa
(BMC, 2018)
BACKGROUND: Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is understudied in limited resource settings. In addition, provider
awareness of CDI as a prevalent threat is unknown. An assessment of current facilitators and barriers ...
What if students could be transformational resources for pharmacy practice?
(Medpharm Publications, 2017)
The pharmacists’ role in the healthcare
system is expanding internationally
beyond the traditional roles of
compounding and medicine supply
management, to providing patientcentred
care and updating health care
workers ...
Patient with Kaposi’s Sarcoma: Teaching students medicine management therapy
(Medpharm, 2018)
Interprofessional education (IPE) is
a cornerstone in advancing health
professional education, with the aim
of improving the overall quality of
healthcare.1 The World Health Organization
(WHO) states: “Interprofessional ...
Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
(Public Library of Science, 2020)
Inappropriate medication use is a major patient safety concern, especially for the elderly population. Amitriptyline is widely used in primary care in South Africa and a cross-sectional study found that amitriptyline was ...
Service learning in pharmacy: Implementation of tuberculosisscreening by second-year pharmacy studentsin primary health care facilitiesin Cape Town, South Africa
(FIP, 2021)
The School of Pharmacy of the University of the Western Cape
implemented a service learning programme where second year students participated in
tuberculosis (TB) screening.To determine the views of students and nurses
about ...
Preceptor reflections on the Community Health clinical rotation for fourth year pharmacy students at the University of the Western Cape
(2019)
This paper describes the community health clinic rotation of the Patient Care Experience programme (PaCE) offered to fourth year pharmacy students (2018) at the University of the Western Cape. Reflections from the collective ...
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimisantibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Promoting evidence-based antibiotic prescribing through successful antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programmes is critical to preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for common infections in primary care. This requires ...
Pharmacists’ approach to optimise safe medication use in paediatric patients
(MPDI, 2021)
Paediatric patients are unique, yet challenging patients to care for by pharmacists. Paediatric medicine use requires special consideration. Pharmacists play an important role in educating and counselling patients, carers, ...
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimise antibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
(AOSIS, 2020)
Promoting evidence-based antibiotic prescribing through successful antimicrobial
stewardship (AMS) programmes is critical to preserving the effectiveness of antibiotics for
common infections in primary care. This requires ...
Exploring the implications of a needs-based pharmacy education framework modelled on population health: Perspective from a developing country
(MDPI, 2019)
Globally, health education reform is directing efforts to strengthen the health system
through collaboration between health education and health services. However, collaborative efforts
vary between developed and developing ...