Pharmacy research

Alfred Health Pharmacy is involved in a range of medication and practice-related research activities.

About our research

We provide a research focus on acute health and medication use that contributes to the research activities of the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS), one of the key research units within the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University, Parkville Campus.

Research activities come under the broad banner of evaluating the Quality Use of Medicines with the following themes:

  • Medication safety
  • Therapeutics
  • Pharmacy practice research
  • Health outcomes research

The department is involved in a wide range of studies, from NHMRC and ARC-funded multi-centre collaborations through to industry partnerships and investigator-initiated practice evaluation programs.

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Clinical Trials Pharmacy

The Alfred Health Clinical Trials Pharmacy provides quality, efficient, and cost-effective investigational drug services.

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Publications

Exploring the practice, confidence and educational needs of hospital pharmacists in reviewing antimicrobial prescribing: a cross-sectional, nationwide survey

Khumra S, Mahony AA, Bergen PJ, Page AT, Elliott RA

(2021), BMC Med Educ, 21(1), 235

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-021-02664-1

Attitudes, barriers and facilitators of hospital pharmacists conducting practice-based research: a systematic review

Savana Reali, Terea Lee, Jaclyn Bishop, Sanja Mirkov, Jacinta Johnson, Elizabeth McCourt, Jeffery Hughes, Losa Pont, Amy Page, Jonothan Penm

(2021), Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 51(3), 192-202

DOI: 10.1002/jppr.1741

Medication Safety (Autumn-Winter 2021)

Graudins L

(2021), Pharmacy Growth, Research, Innovation and Training, 5(3), 128-32

DOI: 10.24080/grit.1331

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