University of Otago

Pounamu Keepa wants to increase the face of Māori in pharmacy to improve health literacy and outcomes, as Paulette Crowley reports

CARLO MARRA, dean of the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy, is leaving his position.

One-hundred-and-one future pharmacists donned their white coats for the first time this weekend at the University of Otago Pharmacy School

Carlo Marra, dean of the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy, is leaving his position

Pharmaceutical Society president Rhiannon Braund, currently a professor at the University of Otago, will lead the University of Waikato’s pharmacy school, as Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

A NEW ZEALAND supplement derived from dahlia flowers that supports healthy blood sugar levels has been granted a patent for the US, with patents for other countries in the pipeline.

Pharmacist prescriber courses are getting a $5-million funding boost over the next three years

Fifty students will be able to study pharmacist prescribing for free at the University of Otago from next year, and for the following two years

A group of students at the University of Otago School of Pharmacy have proposed a bridging course guideline to train overseas pharmacists who wish to practise in New Zealand

THE TWO PHARMACY schools are stepping up efforts to train more pharmacist prescribers as Te Whatu Ora promises 50 extra training places for the role.