University of Otago

University of Otago researchers are calling on pharmacists to help them enrol patients from regions across the country in their study 

The availability of pharmaco­genomic testing is limited in New Zealand, but a University of Otago study points to its efficacy for psychiatric drugs in particular

When University of Otago pharmacy student Polo Diep Nguyen stepped off the plane into the scorching Abu Dhabi heat, she was acutely aware of being a tiny fish in a huge ocean of prestigious pharmacists. 

Despite the popularity of this year’s postgraduate pharmacist prescriber course, it will not run again until 2021 after undergoing a revamp

PhD student and pharmacist Yasmin Abdul Aziz has been on the road since July in her quest to determine the true value of unpaid work carried out by pharmacists

An international exchange programme is giving Otago pharmacy students a taste of pharmacy in other parts of the world, but more local pharmacies are needed to host overseas students here. 

Andrea Wilson is helping pharmacists communicate with deaf patients by raising awareness of funded interpretation services 

Prescriptions for anti­psychotics have shot up in New Zealand over recent years, often to treat conditions other than psychosis, says Phil Rasmussen, technical director of herbal manufacturer Phytomed

Pharmacists wanting to be prescribers no longer have to complete a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy first, the Pharmacy Council has decided

University of Otago pharmacy students have a new place to practise on mock patients before they move on to the real thing