Clinical pharmacy in Sri Lanka: Translating training into practice

Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 392-393

  Coombes, Ian ^a,b   Coombes, Judith ^b   Dawson, Andrew ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; CLINICAL PHARMACY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACIST; SKILL; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84957661455     PISSN: 1445937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jppr.1161     Document Type: Editorial

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3. Coombes ID, Fernando G, Wickramaratne M, Peters N, Lynch CB, Lum E, Coombes JA. Collaborating to develop clinical pharmacy teaching in Sri Lanka. Pharm Educ 2013; 13: 29-35.
4. Perera D, Coombes J, Coombes I, Dawson A, Jayamanne S, Lynch C, et al. Opportunities for a clinical pharmacist to impact on appropriate medication use in Sri Lankan hospitals. 38th SHPA National Conference on Medicines Management 2012; Canberra, Australia.
5. Shanika L, Jayamanne S, Wijekoon N, Coombes J, Coombes I, Perera D, et al. Impact of a ward based clinical pharmacist intervention on improving the quality use of medicines in patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases in a tertiary hospital. 74th FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2014; 2014 Aug; Bangkok, Thailand.
6. Shanika L, Jayamanne S, Wijekoon N, Coombes J, Coombes I, Perera D, et al. Usefulness of a ward-based clinical pharmacist in detecting and managing drug related problems: experience from a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka. FIP World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2014; 2014 Aug; Bangkok, Thailand.