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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 ...
The effectiveness of using text and pictograms on oral rehydration, dry-mixture sachet labels
(AOSIS, 2021)
Medication labels are often the only information available to patients after obtaining medication from a healthcare practitioner. Pictograms are graphic symbols that have shown to increase understanding of medicine use ...
Development and implementation of an integrated framework for undergraduate pharmacy training in maternal and child health at a South African university
(MPDI, 2021)
The South African Pharmacy Council (SAPC) regulates undergraduate pharmacy education
and pharmacy practice. The SAPC Good Pharmacy Practice manual describes the role of pharmacists
in maternal and child health (MCH) in ...