Dr Beata Bajorek
Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice
Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service & University of Sydney
Qualifications
PhD, BPharm, DipHospPharm, GradCertEdStud (HighEd)
Contact Details
University of Sydney
Phone: +61 2 9351 2359
Fax: +61 2 9351 4391
Email:
Room S303
Pharmacy Building A15
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia
Royal North Shore Hospital:
Tel: +61 2 9926 6360
Fax: +61 2 9926 7614
Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology (Pharmacy Research Unit)
Level 11 (11C) Main Block
Royal North Shore Hospital
NSW 2065 St Leonards
Australia
Research Interests
Dr Bajorek’s research is in the areas of: improved utilisation of anti-thrombotic therapy in at-risk elderly patients in a local hospital setting; implementation of new interventions in practice to support the safe and effective use of anti-thrombotic therapy; the development of decision support tools to assist clinicians prescribing anti-thrombotic therapy; development of warfarin instructional material for patients and carers (video and booklet); and, increasing the engagement of clinical pharmacists and medical agencies in a discussion on pharmacist prescribing.
Dr Bajorek is a Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice in the Faculty of Pharmacy at The University of Sydney with a Conjoint Lectureship in Clinical Pharmacy with the Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service having occupied both positions since 2005. She has published 21 refereed journal articles and has been a member of teams that have been competitively awarded just over $2 million for research projects.
Dr Bajorek is a highly experienced clinical educator lecturing to clinical and allied health professionals including in-service, grand rounds, continuing education and promotional campaigns, for example American Society of Health System Pharmacists Mid-year Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland 2002; and, Royal North Shore Neurosciences Nurses Symposium in Sydney in 2005. She is a regular reviewer for journals such as Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and the Annals of Pharacotherapy. Dr Bajorek has been an invited speaker at both national (Young Investigator’s Symposium for the Australian Pharmaceutical Science Association Conference in Melbourne in 2004; and the Australasian Pharmaceutical Sciences Association Annual Scientific Meeting in 2007 where CARAT was introduced), and international conferences (Antithrombosis Center, College of Pharmacy at the University of Illinois where her presentation in 2006 was Optimising the use of antithrombotics: Research in Australia; and, her 2005 presentation to the Singapore Pharmacy Congress entitled Bridging the gap between hospital pharmacy practice and academia).
Dr Bajorek has also had the privilege of being the Alexander Schmidt Research Fellow at the Clinical Practice Advancement Centre of the University Health System Consortium in Chicago during 2002. She has completed supervising of 2 doctoral students and 8 Higher Degree Research students, in addition to 11 Advanced (Honours) candidates. She is currently supervising 6 Doctoral students, 2 Master of Philosophy students and 2 Advanced (Honours) students.
Higher Degree Research Candidates
- Basset-Clark, Deborah M.
Master of Philosophy
"Ethnic differences in medicine taking."
Start: July 2004
Submit: July 2012
Part-time
Secondary Supervisor: Krass - Castelino, Ronald L.
Doctor of Philosophy
"Impact of Home Medicines Review (HMR) on Quality Use of Medicines"
Start: February 2008
Submit: February 2013
Primary Supervisor: Chen - Masood, Norman
Master of Philosophy
"Computerised Antithrombotic Risk Assessment Tool (CARAT) Project: Developing an algorithm for antithrombotic selection for stroke prevention in patients with trial fibrillation."
Start: July 2005
Submit: July 2013
Primary Supervisor: Krass - Moustafa, Badria
Master of Philosophy
"Safe anticoagulation in general practice: Trial of a collaborative pharmacist/GP Mobile Anticoagulation Service (MAS)."
Start: February 2009
Submit: February 2011
Secondary Supervisor: Nissen - Nasser, Sayeed
Doctor of Philosophy
"Information needs and wants of elderly patients on warfarin therapy: The role and utility of web-based resources."
Start: February 2009
Submit: February 2013
Secondary Supervisor: Mullan
Select Journal Articles
- SN Hilmer, C.Rangiah, BV Bajorek, GM Shenfield. Failure to weight patients in hospital: a medication safety risk. Internal Medicine Journal, 2007; 37: 647-650.
- BV Bajorek, SJ Ogle, MJ Duguid, GM Shenfield, I Krass. The perspectives of health professionals and consumers on future strategies to improve the management of warfarin for elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. Medical Journal of Australia, 2007 (Feb 19th); 186 (4):175-80.
- OC Kay, BV Bajorek, JE Brien. Pharmacist prescribing activities: an electronic survey on the opinions of Australian pharmacists. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 2006; 36(3):199-203.
- A Khoo and BV Bajorek. Extended roles for pharmacists in warfarin therapy: identifying opportunities for pharmacist prescribing. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 2006; 36(3): 190-193.
- BV Bajorek, I Krass, SJ Ogle, MJ Duguid, GM Shenfield. Warfarin use in the elderly: the nurses' perspective. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2006, Mar-May;23(3):19-25.
- BV Bajorek, I Krass, SJ Ogle, MJ Duguid, GM Shenfield. Optimizing the use of antithrombotic therapy for atrial fibrillation in older people: a pharmacist-led multidisciplinary intervention. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 53 (11):1912-1920, 2005.
- SN Valiya & BV Bajorek. Ximelagatran cost effectiveness for stroke prevention in atrial fibrillation. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 2005. 35(4): 279-283.
- C.Hanes & BV Bajorek. Pharmacist Prescribing: Views of Australian Hospital Pharmacists. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, 35:178-180, 2005.
- B.Bajorek, I.Krass, S.Ogle, M.Duguid, G.Shenfield. The impact of age on antithrombotic use in elderly patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation. Australasian Journal on Ageing 2002; 21:36-41.
- BV Bajorek, SJ Ogle, I Krass, MJ Duguid, GM Shenfield. A survey of long-term antiarrhythmic therapy in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. Australian Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, 2001; 31(2):93-97.