University of Otago

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

As interns once again sit their final exam this month, sector leaders are hoping the trend of high failure rates eases, writes Paulette Crowley

As interns once again sit their final exam this month, sector leaders are hoping the trend of high failure rates eases, writes Paulette Crowley

The only meningococcal vaccine funded for tertiary students living in halls of residence does not protect against the most common cause of the potentially deadly disease

The University of Otago School of Pharmacy, along with the rest of Otago’s Division of Health Sciences, may soon give people with disabilities priority access to its courses.

Future pharmacists Erana Ikimau and Anika Moana Kite Perenara are the 2022 recipients of the University of Otago School of Pharmacy’s Māori Scholarship

Erana Ikimau (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Hine, Te Orewai) is the recipient of one of two scholarships for second year Māori pharmacy tauira. Her decision to become a health professional has a very personal origin

Anika Moana Kite Perenara is the recipient of a scholarship for Māori students in their second year of the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme

If you weigh more than 60kg there’s a good chance you’re not getting enough vitamin C, says researcher Anitra Carr from the University of Otago, Christchurch

The higher profile of pharma­cists throughout the pandemic may have bolstered enrolments in the Bachelor of Pharmacy course at the University of Auckland