Dr Rebekah Moles

Lecturer, Pharmacy Practice

Qualifications

BPharm DipHospPharm PhD

Contact Details

University of Sydney
Phone: +61 2 9351 5968
Fax: +61 2 9351 4391
Email:
Room N371
Pharmacy Building A15
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Background

Dr Rebekah Moles completed her PhD in the area of Private Hospital Pharmacy Services. She is interested in the transition from hospital to home (continuity of care). Her doctoral research focused on developing a Medication Education Service (MES) for patients on multiple medications at the time of discharge. This tailored counselling service - coupled with recommendations for ongoing care - resulted in intervention patients being on significantly fewer medications - and having fewer expenses – in comparison with control patients who did not receive this service.

Having a background in hospital pharmacy - and being Vice President Australasia on the Hospital Pharmacy Section of The International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) - there is also scope to explore hospital pharmacy from an international policy perspective. In 2008, the FIP developed global statements for the future of hospital pharmacy and exploration of factors that influence how hospitals comply with these statements needs to be explored.

Research Interests

Dr Moles was awarded the International Pharmacy Federation's Young Scientists' Award for Professional Innovation in 2006, for a project to develop medication education packages for children. This triggered the initiation of several projects in the area of paediatric medicines, the first being the translation and validation of the Children’s Medicine Use Questionnaire (CMUQ). There are several opportunities for small and large research projects in this new area. Qualitative studies will involve interviewing parents and carers of children with different medical conditions to explore their perceptions and actual use of medications. Quantitative questionnaires on children’s medication use will also be conducted using the CMUQ and other survey instruments. The results of these projects will be used to develop educational interventions targeted at consumers as well as health care practitioners to facilitate quality use of medicines in children.

Higher Degree Research Candidates

• Basger, Benjamin J.
  Doctor of Philosophy, part-time
  "Inappropriate drug use in elderly Australians"
  Start: July 2006
  Submit: July 2014
  Primary Supervisor: Chen

Select Journal Articles

1. Chong J, Davidsson A, Moles R, Saini B: What affects asthma medicines use in children? –the Australian asthma educator perspectives. Journal of Asthma- Accepted for Publication. Jan 2009.
2. Ben Basger, Tim Chen, Rebekah Moles: Inappropriate Medication Use and Prescribing Indicators in the Australian Elderly: Development of a Prescribing Indicators Tool. Drugs Aging 2008; 25 (9)
3. Rebekah Moles, Alison Roberts, Simone Diamandis, J Simon Bell, Cecily Nichols: Young Pharmacists as Mentors to Pharmacy Students: Partnerships for the future of the profession. JPPR 2007; 37: 226-270
4. Rebekah Moles, Jo-anne Brien, Charlie Benrimoj: New South Wales Private Hospitals and their Pharmacy Services. JPPR 2007; 33: 119-123
5. Paula Whitehead, Carol Armour, Parisa Aslani, Joanne Brien, Timothy Chen, Melissa Loh, Rebekah Moles, Erica Sainsbury. Research into teaching: quality assurance in clinical placements. AJP Vol 85 March 2004 166-169.
6. Rebekah Moles, Jo-anne Brien, Charlie Benrimoj. Factors influencing pharmaceutical service provision within NSW private hospitals. Australian Pharmacist. Vol 23, (3) March 2004 238-243.