University of Otago

A new pharmacist prescribing course is set to begin next year in Dunedin.

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

The National Party would exempt Community Services Card and SuperGold Card holders, and beneficiaries from the $5 copayment. Pharmacists say they would spend too much time policing the exemptions and not enough explaining how people should take their medicines. Natasha Jojoa Burling reports

When University of Otago social pharmacy researcher Pauline Norris first heard prescription copayments were going to be dropped, she didn’t believe it, writes Natasha Jojoa Burling

Pharmacy students are banding together to form an intern association in response to concerns about high failure rates of the Pharmacy Council Assessment Centre.

A $3.27 million scholarship fund for Māori health students, including those studying pharmacy, has been launched to keep more Māori in pharmacy schools. 

The high failure rate for intern assessments has spurred pharmacy students into action 

A pilot clinic held for LGBTQIA+ patients at the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy was such a success that plans to extend it are afoot. 

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations

Pharmacy schools are taking novel approaches to attract students to the profession, as a shortage of pharmacists bites.