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Researching the ethics of practising pharmacy

Research team

Krass, Ines
Associate Professor, Head of Discipline

Brien, Jo-anne
Pfizer Australia Chair in Clinical Pharmacy (St Vincent's Hospital)

Chaar, Betty
Lecturer

Sainsbury, Erica
Lecturer

Smith, Lorraine
Lecturer

Williams, Kylie
Lecturer

Research summary

Research underway explores the moral reasoning and understanding of the ethical dilemmas confronting practising pharmacists. The research is in relation to the existing Code of Professional Conduct of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia.

Research projects

  • TBC

Competitive research grants

  • "Improving professional learning and teaching through the development of a quality process which aligns curriculum objectives, outcomes and assessment with professional standards and graduate attributes"
    Scanlon, Sainsbury, Smith, Treleaven, Laing, Rowley
    University Large TIES grant
    2008 - 2009

Recent publications

  1. Brien JE (2009). Is it advertising or evidence? (editorial), Journal of Pharmacy Practice Research, 39:1, 10-11.
  2. Brien JE (2009). Life long learning. (editorial), Journal of Pharmacy Practice Research, 39:2, 94.
  3. Ryan G, Hanrahan J, Krass I, Sainsbury E, Smith LD. Best practices assessment to guide curricular change in a Bachelor of Pharmacy program, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 73:1, Article 12, February.
  4. Sinha Y, Brien JE, Craig J (2009). The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and implications for paediatric prescribing, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45:6, 351-357, June, DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01500.x.
  5. Kelly F, Williams KA, Benrimoj SI. Is practice behaviour in community pharmacies driven by the non-prescription medicine requested? Annals of Pharmacotherapy. [accepted pending revisions].
  6. Yen L, Gillespie JA, Jeon YH, Brien JE, Jan S, Kljakovic M, Lehnbom E, Pearce-Brown C, Usherwood T (2009). Health professionals, patients and chronic illness policy: A qualitative study, Journal of Pharmacy Practice Research, submitted.
  7. Queddeng K, Chaar B, Williams KA. Community pharmacy provision of the emergency contraceptive pill: A simulated patient study. Contraception.
  8. Ta C, Chaar B, Williams KA. Emergency contraception: Australian pharmacists’ perspectives. Pharmacy World and Science.
  9. Wu J, Williams KA . Physician use of the Internet for health information in Shanghai, Chinese Medical Journal.
  10. Brien JE, Williams KA. ePharmacy and standards of practice, Journal of Medical Internet Research.
  11. Peterson-Clark G, Aslani P, Williams KA. ]]Pharmacists’ information literacy: Development of an evaluation questionnaire, Journal of Medical Internet Research.