Browsing Research Articles (School of Pharmacy) by Author "Coetzee, Renier"
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Amitriptyline prescribing in public sector healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa
Coetzee, Renier; Johnson, Yasmina; van Niekerk, Johan (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 ... -
Clostridium difficile infection perceptions and practices: a multicenter qualitative study in South Africa
Legenza, Laurel; Barnett, Susanne; Rose, Warren; Safdar, Nasia; Emmerling, Theresa; Hee Peh, Keng; Coetzee, Renier (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 ... -
Describing medicine therapy management of type 2 diabetes mellitus at primary health care facilities in Cape Town
Monanabela, Khathatso B.; van Huyssteen, Mea; Coetzee, Renier (AOSIS, 2019)Rational medicine use aims to optimise chronic disease management and prevent episodes of hospitalisation that economically burden the health care system. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases ... -
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimisantibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
Coetzee, Renier; Van Hecke, Oliver L. (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 ... -
Establishing a pharmacist–prescriber partnership in publicly funded primary healthcare clinics to optimise antibiotic prescribing in the Western Cape: An exploratory study
van Hecke, Oliver; Coetzee, Renier (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
Bheekie, Angeni; Van Huyssteen, Mea; Coetzee, Renier (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 ... -
Patient with Kaposi’s Sarcoma: Teaching students medicine management therapy
Coetzee, Renier (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 ... -
Pharmacists’ approach to optimise safe medication use in paediatric patients
Keuler, Nicole; Bouwer, Annatjie; Coetzee, Renier (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, ... -
Preceptor reflections on the Community Health clinical rotation for fourth year pharmacy students at the University of the Western Cape
van Huyssteen, Mea; Bheekie, Angeni; Coetzee, Renier (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 ... -
Service learning in pharmacy: Implementation of tuberculosisscreening by second-year pharmacy studentsin primary health care facilitiesin Cape Town, South Africa
Adeola, Adeleye T.; Coetzee, Renier; van Huyssteen, Mea (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 ... -
Treating urinary tract infections in public sector primary healthcare facilities in Cape Town, South Africa: A pharmaceutical perspective
Keuler, Nicole Leanne; Johnson, Y; Coetzee, Renier (South African Medical Association, 2022)Antibiotic resistance is a global healthcare burden complicating the management of infections. Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are commonly treated in primary care. Managing UTIs appropriately in primary care can combat ... -
What if students could be transformational resources for pharmacy practice?
Coetzee, Renier; Bheekie, Angeni; Van Huyssteen, Mea (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 ...