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Under the leadership of Indigenous peoples across Australia and New Zealand, the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) and the Council of Pharmacy Schools Australia and New Zealand (CPS) are proud to announce the launch of the Leaders in Indigenous Pharmacy Profession Education (LIPPE) Network. The network is dedicated to transforming the pharmacist workforce by enabling Indigenous leadership…

Council Executives Debra Rowett, Andrew McLachlan AM and Mark Naunton have contributed to an editorial in the Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research – the official journal of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA). The article considers the scale of the challenge facing schools of pharmacy today, and how we might prepare our…

Following the 2020 AGM on 19 November, CPS has elected Prof Debra Rowett (UniSA) as President, Prof Andrew McLachlan AM (UniSyd) as Vice President and Prof Mark Naunton (UniCanberra) as Treasurer for the next triennium. Heartfelt congratulations and thanks go to outgoing President, Prof Peter J. Little AM (UQ). Prof Rowett (who served as Vice…

CPS guiding principles for pharmacy student clinical education during a global health emergency.   The COVID-19 global pandemic has necessitated rapid changes in both the health education and practice arenas. This has amplified the need to collaborate across the profession of pharmacy and along with other health professions to ensure that pharmacy graduates demonstrate the skills…

CPS, through it’s member University Schools and Departments of Pharmacy, would like to support recovery efforts after bush fires devastated areas of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. As a start, Professor Greg Kyle from the Queensland University of Technology has proposed that currently registered academic pharmacists could provide some temporary locum relief to…