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2 months ago | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn
Pharmacists play an important role in managing gastrointestinal (GI) conditions, providing medication education, monitoring potential drug interactions, and educating patients on lifestyle modifications that can help manage their GI symptoms, including dietary changes and adherence to medication regimens for conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastro-oesophageal reflux and diarrhoea.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn |Caitlin Killen
As the pharmacy profession continues to orientate towards prescribing-based roles and assumes greater levels of clinical accountability, the ability to handle uncertainty, risk and conflicting interests becomes essential.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn
Pharmacists play an important role in sexual and reproductive health by providing confidential advice and services, including contraception, STI testing, treatment, advice and referral. Work your way through the quiz by expanding the questions in the boxes below. Each question includes a link to a relevant article published in The Pharmaceutical Journal, providing more information on the topic.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn
The pharmacy profession is undergoing a significant period of change. Preparations are being made for a future where pharmacists are able to prescribe at the point of registration, with the existing workforce assuming expanded clinical roles within the multidisciplinary team.
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Dec 19, 2023 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn |Caitlin Killen |Katherine Sole |Michael Dowdall
In this end-of-year blog, the learning team at The Pharmaceutical Journal review a range of contributions made by our expert authors, showcasing some of their highlights from the year.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Caitlin Killen |Alex Clabburn |Katherine Sole
Here at The Pharmaceutical Journal, it’s time to round off another year and reflect on your learning with our end-of-year quiz. It has been another busy year for the journal, from hosting our first webinar on COVID-19 antivirals to our continued dedication to alternative learning formats, such as podcasts, as well as our recent focus on prescribing skills — with this content linking directly to the RPS Competency Framework for All Prescribers.
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Nov 23, 2023 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn
Maintaining a person-centred approach is a core component of professional prescribing practice requiring skilled communication and the ability to identify the best approach for each individual patient.
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Jul 20, 2023 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Alex Clabburn
The 2023 ‘Outstanding Pharmacy Early-career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) is The Pharmaceutical Journal’s first prize and recognition programme since the successful ‘Women to Watch’ initiative, which was established in 2020. OPERA is aimed to recognise and celebrate the work of early-career researchers working within pharmacy research, who demonstrate potential to achieve world-leading status and can act as role models and inspire others to enter and persevere with a career in research.
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Jun 30, 2023 | 
pharmaceutical-journal.com | Caitlin Killen |Alex Clabburn
Providing effective advice, treatment and support for patients suffering from minor ailments is an important component of pharmacy practice. This quiz has been designed to complement the new minor ailments hub page, which has been mapped to cover conditions specified by the Welsh common minor ailments service, NHS ‘Pharmacy First’ Scotland and the proposed ‘Pharmacy First’ service for England. Each question includes a link to a relevant PJ article providing more information on the topic.
