As part of its objective to provide evidence of effective patient outcomes and the economic value of pharmacist interventions, the PPRT has awarded a major grant to the Centre of Academic Primary Care, University of Aberdeen.

Professionalism teaching and learning needs to be integrated, grounded and longitudinal throughout all four years of the pharmacy curriculum says a research report published by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust.

Pharmacy practice research has been further supported by the PPRT by the announcment of the successful applicants for its 2010 Practice Research Awards and Research Training Bursaries.

The PPRT has awarded a grant to the University of Bath to investigate the role of the pharmacy undergraduate programme in the teaching of research methods, use and practice. The research will explore the research methods teaching in schools of pharmacy across the UK.

A research report published today by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust provides evidence that ethics is present throughout the daily work of pharmacists and there was a consensus amoungst the profession about how ethical problems should be handled. Such consensus, says the report, implies that certain attitudes and ethical values are embedded in the culture of pharmacy practice.

"There should be advantages to using pharmacogenetic data to inform the safe, effective and cost-effective use of medicines in the NHS by using this data to target medicines only to patients populations that will that will derive a positive benefit", said Professor Katherine Payne in her keynote speech as the winner of the RPS Conference Practice Research Award.

Dr Katherine Payne has been announced the winner of the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust 2010 Royal Pharmaceutical Society Conference Practice Research Award.

The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust has successfully competed against many of the country's leading medical research charities to get its work showcased to parliamentat an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Medical Research event in July.

The Pharmacy Practice Research Trust is inviting applications for up to three research projects to investigate the effectiveness of pharmacy interventions in one of three areas; the managment of long term conditions (LTC's), public health or the treatment of minor ailments.  

Early career study of pharmacists shows gender and ethnicity impact on work choices and job satisfaction
The latest report from the Longitudinal Cohort Study of Pharmacy Careers published today by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust shows that many of the early careers of pharmacists in the cohort were either 'genderised' or 'ethnised' in that they were working in jobs disproportionately done either by male or female pharmacists, or by white or minority ethnic pharmacists.

Pharmacists who want to start or develop a research career are being invited by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust to apply for a 2010 research award.

Nominations or applications for the Practice Research Award at the Royal Pharmacuetical Society's Conference 2010 are invited for consideration by the conference practice research panel. This prestigious award, sponsored by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust, recognises individuals who have made a significant contribution to field of pharmacy practice research and who have the potential to become a leader in the field.

Pharmacy practice research capacity has been further supported by the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust by the announcement of more Research Training Bursaries. Awards totalling £27,000 from the second round of the 2009 programme have been made to four pharmacists who want to develop their skills in research.