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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 ...
Re-engineering of South Africa’s primary health care system: where is the pharmacist?
(South African Academy of Family Physicians, 2016)
South Africa’s transition towards a district-based health system (DHS) aims to offer health promotion and prevention services
at community level, through re-engineered primary health care (PHC) services. Along with pharmacy ...
“I just kept quiet”: Exploring equity in a service-learning programme
(International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement (IARSLCE), 2016)
Social justice underpins the sustainable development goal of health for all. In developing countries, social
injustices are particularly severe and widespread, demanding critical and immediate attention. This article
describes ...
An assessment of social accountability among South African pharmacy schools from public domain information
(AFAHPER-SD, 2017)
Global health education reform requires training institutions to align their education, service and
research activities with the values of social accountability, which include relevance, equity,
quality and effectiveness. ...
The hidden curriculum of work-based learning for pharmacy students in public sector pharmacies in South Africa
(International Pharmaceutical Federation, 2017)
BACKGROUND: The work-based learning environment encompasses a dynamic space where the implementation of
theoretical knowledge and skills may prove to be at odds with routine service delivery practices, known as the ...
Medicine Runners: A community-initiated solution to chronic medicine access in underserved communities
(Medpharm, 2018)
Patient access to chronic medicines is crucial in optimising disease management. With the introduction of a decentralised chronic
dispensing unit, stable patients qualify to have access to their chronic medicines away ...
Service learning in pharmacy: Opportunities for student learning and service delivery
(Academic Journals, 2011)
High patient load and understaffing in public health care facilities preclude the provision of optimal
pharmaceutical services in South Africa. A Service Learning in Pharmacy (SLIP) programme for the
University of the ...
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 ...
Exploring practising pharmacy graduates’ views on improving the effectiveness of pharmacy education at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(HEALTH & MEDICAL PUBLISHING GROUP, 2019)
South African health professional education institutions have a mandate to produce graduates who are able to address priority needs of the
healthcare system and larger society. However, evidence of the effective use of ...
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 ...