2009 Press Releases
Awards totalling £139,000 have been announced by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust for its 2009 Practice Research Awards and Research Training Bursaries.
The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust is inviting applications for a project to investigate how research principles, use and practice are taught and embedded at undergraduate level.
The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust has awarded a third grant in its Professionalism in Pharmacy Practice research programme to Dr Ellen Schafeutle, Lecturer and Sarah Willis, Research Fellow at the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, to investigate patient-centred professionalism among newly registered pharmacists.
Whilst cognitive function can be improved by the medicines currently available for the treatment of dementias, the positive effects of improved sociability, initative and motivation on the patient and their carer as well as their capacity of coping with everyday life should not be overlooked says a research report published by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust today.
The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust in collaboration with Arthritis Care is inviting expressions of interest from research teams to investigate the relationship between identity and medication use amongst adolescents with arthritis and to explore the role of pharmacy in delivering services to this group.
"Drug related morbidity represents a substantial burden on limited healthcare resources and it is the complex system in which medicines are prescribed that can create risk for patients" said Dr Darren Ashcroft in his keynote lecture as the winner of the Pharamcy Practice Research Trust 2009 Practice Research Award at the British Pharamceutical Conference.
Two reports which look at solutions to the workplace pressures facing pharmacists are being launched by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust at the Society's annual British Pharmaceutical Conference (BPC) in Manchester tomorrow.
As well as increasing the number of opportunities to apply for a research training bursary from one to two calls for applications per year, the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust has widened the eligaibility criteria.
The Pharamcy Practice Research Trust has been successful in forging three new academic partnerships through the Economic and Social Research Council Collaborative (CASE) PhD studentship scheme. This in turn is in line with the Trust's objectives of developing research capacity for the pharmacy profession.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has vowed to step up its campaign to have dispensing errors decriminalised as part of a raft of key initiatives to improve the working conditions of pharmacists, President Steve Churton announced today.
Multi-million pound research investment needed to meet aspirations for pharmacy in the future
In a report launched today, the Trust sets out a strategic direction for pharmacy practice research which is supported by pharmacy organisations including the RPSGB, leading UK academic pharmacists and the national Chief Pharmaceutical Officers. A multi-million pound investment to build the research capacity and the robust evidence base needed to meet the aspirations for pharmacy in the future is being called for by the the Trust.
In a report launched today, the Trust sets out a strategic direction for pharmacy practice research which is supported by pharmacy organisations including the RPSGB, leading UK academic pharmacists and the national Chief Pharmaceutical Officers. A multi-million pound investment to build the research capacity and the robust evidence base needed to meet the aspirations for pharmacy in the future is being called for by the the Trust.
Pharmacists who want to start or develop a research career are being invited by the Trust to apply for a 2009 Practice Research Award.
As part of its programme of research, the Trust is inviting proposals to undertake research in relation to the practice of professionalism in pharmacy. Potential funding for a project of up to £30,000 is available to undertake a project on professionalism among newly qualified pharmacists or those in first or second year of practice.
The Trust is increasing the opportunities for community pharmacists who are interested in developing their pharmacy practice research skills to apply for a research training bursary. There will now be two calls for applications for a bursary during the year and the first has just been announced.
PPRT seeks Trustee to join Board
The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust is seeking an individual with senior working knowledge of the community pharmacy sector to fill a vacancy on its board.
The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust is seeking an individual with senior working knowledge of the community pharmacy sector to fill a vacancy on its board.
