Pharmacy projects abstracts 2011

Abstract

The Pharmacy Symposium is a showcase for students to present the work that they have carried out during the course of pharmacy on their pharmacy practice project. The final year students present outcomes and results of their project which is their introduction to the research world of pharmacy. The second, third and fourth year students present their work-in-progress. The areas covered place an emphasis on pharmaceutical care including clinical pharmacy aspects exposing the many pharmacist interventions spanning pharmacist advice to point-of-care testing. Quality systems and patient safety, including validation aspects, are a substantial feature in the project titles. Experience in the dissemination of information such as development of formularies, a pharmacy journal and health promotion media, with the presentation of samples of the published work, form an integral part of the projects. Pharmacy administration and pharmacoeconomic aspects make valuable and lively contributions to the developments of pharmaceutical policy and access to medicines. The healthy relations of the department of pharmacy with the pharmaceutical industry are evidenced by the projects related to the industry ranging from stability studies to the development of standard operating procedures for a particular scenario. Drug design, clinical analysis and drug distribution systems indicate areas of research interest associated with the department of pharmacy for a number of years. [Foreword by Professor Anthony Serracino-Inglott]