Pharmacy: State-of-the-Art and Perspectives in UK
A special issue of Pharmacy (ISSN 2226-4787).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 11475
Special Issue Editors
Interests: medication therapy management; public health; clinical drug development; oncology; clinical pharmacy; pharmacy education; workforce development; research methods
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The COVID-19 pandemic, which changed our ways of working and disrupted the status quo globally, has also accelerated innovations in pharmacy practice within the UK. The objective of these innovations includes advancing the pharmacy profession and ensuring population health needs are addressed in the face of disruptions to health systems. As frontline health workers, pharmacists and pharmacy support staff have adapted rapidly to these disruptions, taking on new roles alongside expansion in the scope of practice. Novel pharmaceutical care delivery models have also emerged, with traditional care pathways undergoing innovation to cope with the new normal. This Special Issue invites papers that address innovations in pharmacy across all practice and education settings in the UK. This can include but is not limited to:
- Evolving practice models or settings including novel or expanded pharmacy roles and services;
- Innovations in traditional care delivery methods and use of technology (e.g., telepharmacy, digital health, virtual clinics, remote drug monitoring models);
- Innovations in pharmacy education, training, and assessment methods including workforce development;
- Policy incremental shifts or reforms and their impact on education and practice;
- Problematizing pharmacy innovations (e.g., technical implementation, ongoing problems/challenges, impact on patient care and patient satisfaction, ethical considerations, economic and cost implications).
The goal is to collate and highlight innovations in pharmacy practice and how these have affected or will affect patient outcomes and the way care is delivered now and in the future.
Dr. Arit Udoh
Dr. Ifunanya Ikhile
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- practice innovations
- pharmacy practice
- pharmacy education
- pharmacy policy
- digital health
- new technologies
- telepharmacy
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