In this month’s column, Amira Guirguis, the Royal College of Pharmacy’s chief scientist, speaks to pharmacy technician Rebecca Chamberlain to consider her case for supporting others in her profession to shape pharmacy research
#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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Pharmacy technicians should not just support research — they should lead and shape it
Speaking to Rebecca Chamberlain, a pharmacy technician with specialist expertise in professional regulation and the education and training of pharmacy professionals, one point comes through clearly:…
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October 27, 2026 at 8:30 AM
In this month’s column, Amira Guirguis, the Royal College of Pharmacy’s chief scientist, speaks to pharmacy technician Rebecca Chamberlain to consider her case for supporting others in her profession to shape pharmacy research
#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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The first UK pharmacy research strategy represents a “collective commitment to embedding research across the pharmacy workforce”, NHS England has said
#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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Research to be part of every pharmacy professional's career under UK strategy
The first UK pharmacy research strategy represents a “collective commitment to embedding research across the pharmacy workforce”, NHS England has said. The ten-year strategy, which was published on…
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October 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The first UK pharmacy research strategy represents a “collective commitment to embedding research across the pharmacy workforce”, NHS England has said
#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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#ukpharmacy #pharmacyresearch
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New research from WSU EACPHS highlights the potential of predictive models to individualize heparin dosing in patients with venous thromboembolism. Findings support more personalized approaches to anticoagulation management and therapeutic monitoring.
doi.org/10.1177/1060...
#PharmacyResearch #VTE
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#PharmacyResearch #VTE
Prediction of Early Heparin Response in Patients With Venous Thromboembolism - Ronith Murali, Stephanie B. Edwin, Lillian Martin, Maureen Smythe, Christopher Giuliano, 2026
Background: Unfractionated heparin (UFH) is widely used for treatment of acute venous thromboembolism (VTE); however, its anticoagulant response is highly varia...
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September 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
New research from WSU EACPHS highlights the potential of predictive models to individualize heparin dosing in patients with venous thromboembolism. Findings support more personalized approaches to anticoagulation management and therapeutic monitoring.
doi.org/10.1177/1060...
#PharmacyResearch #VTE
doi.org/10.1177/1060...
#PharmacyResearch #VTE
Patients & Pharmacists Wanted! ⭐
CareMAPRx is conducting virtual interviews to learn more about real-world experiences with pharmacist prescribing.
🔗 Check out the link below for details and eligibility.
redcap.its.dal.ca/surveys/?s=H...
#pharmacyresearch #patientvoice #pharmacist
CareMAPRx is conducting virtual interviews to learn more about real-world experiences with pharmacist prescribing.
🔗 Check out the link below for details and eligibility.
redcap.its.dal.ca/surveys/?s=H...
#pharmacyresearch #patientvoice #pharmacist
August 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Patients & Pharmacists Wanted! ⭐
CareMAPRx is conducting virtual interviews to learn more about real-world experiences with pharmacist prescribing.
🔗 Check out the link below for details and eligibility.
redcap.its.dal.ca/surveys/?s=H...
#pharmacyresearch #patientvoice #pharmacist
CareMAPRx is conducting virtual interviews to learn more about real-world experiences with pharmacist prescribing.
🔗 Check out the link below for details and eligibility.
redcap.its.dal.ca/surveys/?s=H...
#pharmacyresearch #patientvoice #pharmacist
It was great to meet so many people interested in #PharmacyResearch at @cpcongress.bsky.social last week - we gave out a lot of badges!
It therefore seems like a good week to launch our revamped network newsletter. If you are already a network member, it's in your inbox. Otherwise, click here ⬇️
It therefore seems like a good week to launch our revamped network newsletter. If you are already a network member, it's in your inbox. Otherwise, click here ⬇️
May 2026: Welcome to the first edition of our revamped newsletter
Updates on #PharmacyResearch in the south west region including funding opportunities and network events.
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May 11, 2026 at 11:57 AM
It was great to meet so many people interested in #PharmacyResearch at @cpcongress.bsky.social last week - we gave out a lot of badges!
It therefore seems like a good week to launch our revamped network newsletter. If you are already a network member, it's in your inbox. Otherwise, click here ⬇️
It therefore seems like a good week to launch our revamped network newsletter. If you are already a network member, it's in your inbox. Otherwise, click here ⬇️
Are any SWPRN members going to be at @cpcongress.bsky.social?
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app will be there, mainly manning the University of Bath stand D18. Do pop by and say hello if you are passing and want to chat about your latest #PharmacyResearch endeavours!
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app will be there, mainly manning the University of Bath stand D18. Do pop by and say hello if you are passing and want to chat about your latest #PharmacyResearch endeavours!
3 weeks to go.
Somewhere in the last 15 years, there is a photo of you.
If you have been part of CPC, your moment belongs on the 15 Years Anniversary Wall.
Final week before print. Submit yours today 👇 forms.gle/3AMNkD1KyMW3...
8-9 May | Excel London
#Cpcongress #CPCL26
Somewhere in the last 15 years, there is a photo of you.
If you have been part of CPC, your moment belongs on the 15 Years Anniversary Wall.
Final week before print. Submit yours today 👇 forms.gle/3AMNkD1KyMW3...
8-9 May | Excel London
#Cpcongress #CPCL26
May 5, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Are any SWPRN members going to be at @cpcongress.bsky.social?
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app will be there, mainly manning the University of Bath stand D18. Do pop by and say hello if you are passing and want to chat about your latest #PharmacyResearch endeavours!
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app will be there, mainly manning the University of Bath stand D18. Do pop by and say hello if you are passing and want to chat about your latest #PharmacyResearch endeavours!
Great article by Amira Guirguis, Chief Scientist @rc-pharm.bsky.social. She shares insights from Prof David Jones on the importance of research and interdisciplinary collaboration. "Research should not sit at the margins of the profession’s next chapter — it should help shape it." #PharmacyResearch
May 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Great article by Amira Guirguis, Chief Scientist @rc-pharm.bsky.social. She shares insights from Prof David Jones on the importance of research and interdisciplinary collaboration. "Research should not sit at the margins of the profession’s next chapter — it should help shape it." #PharmacyResearch
This looks like a great in-person event for pharmacy colleagues in Scotland. Let us know @rc-pharm.bsky.social if you'd been interested in co-hosting a similar event here in the South West of England! #PharmacyResearch
Do you have an idea you’d like to develop but aren’t sure where to start?
Hosted with PSD Scotland, this event is designed to support pharmacists who want to learn how to explore ideas, evaluate practice, and turn everyday questions into meaningful improvements:: https://ow.ly/GRCf50YUXXy
Hosted with PSD Scotland, this event is designed to support pharmacists who want to learn how to explore ideas, evaluate practice, and turn everyday questions into meaningful improvements:: https://ow.ly/GRCf50YUXXy
May 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This looks like a great in-person event for pharmacy colleagues in Scotland. Let us know @rc-pharm.bsky.social if you'd been interested in co-hosting a similar event here in the South West of England! #PharmacyResearch
A reminder of the upcoming NIHR webinar for the pharmacy workforce: Is a career in research for me?
3 March 12:30pm.
Hear Richard Bourne, Debi Bhattacharya, Abbie Stirling and Arvind Sami discuss #PharmacyResearch career pathways, key opportunities and challenges.
Register here ⬇️
3 March 12:30pm.
Hear Richard Bourne, Debi Bhattacharya, Abbie Stirling and Arvind Sami discuss #PharmacyResearch career pathways, key opportunities and challenges.
Register here ⬇️
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Is a career in research for me? - Pharmacy. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
This 90-minute webinar is for anyone interested in exploring research as part of their career in pharmacy. The NIHR funds world-leading health and social care research that improves people's health an...
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February 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
A reminder of the upcoming NIHR webinar for the pharmacy workforce: Is a career in research for me?
3 March 12:30pm.
Hear Richard Bourne, Debi Bhattacharya, Abbie Stirling and Arvind Sami discuss #PharmacyResearch career pathways, key opportunities and challenges.
Register here ⬇️
3 March 12:30pm.
Hear Richard Bourne, Debi Bhattacharya, Abbie Stirling and Arvind Sami discuss #PharmacyResearch career pathways, key opportunities and challenges.
Register here ⬇️
It's Journal Club day! 13:15 today Hannah Avery (specialist cardiac and critical care pharmacist at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust) will be presenting on anticoagulation. The meeting invite is on our Teams site or reply below and I can send it on.
#PharmacyResearch
#PharmacyResearch
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February 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
It's Journal Club day! 13:15 today Hannah Avery (specialist cardiac and critical care pharmacist at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust) will be presenting on anticoagulation. The meeting invite is on our Teams site or reply below and I can send it on.
#PharmacyResearch
#PharmacyResearch
Great to see Teresa sharing more about here internship experience including the work she completed with the network. #PharmacyResearch
⭐New blog:⭐ Research as a core pillar of #pharmacy - my experience on an NIHR internship
Teresa Chan - a hospital #pharmacist - recently completed a NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Internship in Bristol.
Read about the extensive development opportunities this offered.
👉 tinyurl.com/mtv2kfv8
Teresa Chan - a hospital #pharmacist - recently completed a NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Internship in Bristol.
Read about the extensive development opportunities this offered.
👉 tinyurl.com/mtv2kfv8
February 12, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Great to see Teresa sharing more about here internship experience including the work she completed with the network. #PharmacyResearch
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Reply to this thread if you would like more details about either study. For network members, there are already posts on the Teams channel that have more information and contact details.
#PharmacyResearch
Reply to this thread if you would like more details about either study. For network members, there are already posts on the Teams channel that have more information and contact details.
#PharmacyResearch
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Reply to this thread if you would like more details about either study. For network members, there are already posts on the Teams channel that have more information and contact details.
#PharmacyResearch
Reply to this thread if you would like more details about either study. For network members, there are already posts on the Teams channel that have more information and contact details.
#PharmacyResearch
We have a couple of MPharm final year projects to share, take a look at the posts below.
Do considering participating if you can and help support tomorrow's pharmacists in developing their #PharmacyResearch skills 💚
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Do considering participating if you can and help support tomorrow's pharmacists in developing their #PharmacyResearch skills 💚
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We have a couple of MPharm final year projects to share, take a look at the posts below.
Do considering participating if you can and help support tomorrow's pharmacists in developing their #PharmacyResearch skills 💚
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Do considering participating if you can and help support tomorrow's pharmacists in developing their #PharmacyResearch skills 💚
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Any network members close to Plymouth, take a look at this opportunity from @penarc.bsky.social to meet other researchers and community members in an informal setting to discuss project ideas. A Research Café sounds like a great idea!
#PharmacyResearch
#PharmacyResearch
We’re hosting a Pop-Up Research Café in Plymouth on 7 Nov 11am-2pm!
A relaxed space for researchers + community members to talk ideas, share projects, and build partnerships.
📍Methodist Central Hall, PL1 1BA
Questions? As Susanne at s.hughes@exeter.ac.uk
A relaxed space for researchers + community members to talk ideas, share projects, and build partnerships.
📍Methodist Central Hall, PL1 1BA
Questions? As Susanne at s.hughes@exeter.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Any network members close to Plymouth, take a look at this opportunity from @penarc.bsky.social to meet other researchers and community members in an informal setting to discuss project ideas. A Research Café sounds like a great idea!
#PharmacyResearch
#PharmacyResearch
What a fantastic day at the #SWPRN25 network Innovation Day yesterday. A brilliant range of #PharmacyResearch talks, workshops, posters and networking opportunities.
Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees.
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Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees.
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October 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What a fantastic day at the #SWPRN25 network Innovation Day yesterday. A brilliant range of #PharmacyResearch talks, workshops, posters and networking opportunities.
Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees.
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Huge thanks to the organising committee, our speakers, poster presenters, workshop leaders and attendees.
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Well, that's a wrap on the #SWPRN25 Innovation Day - thank you to all the organisers and especially to Matthew Jones who masterminded the whole thing.
At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch
At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch
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October 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Well, that's a wrap on the #SWPRN25 Innovation Day - thank you to all the organisers and especially to Matthew Jones who masterminded the whole thing.
At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch
At the end of the day we were all challenged to make one commitment to keep the momentum going - anybody want to share theirs? #PharmacyResearch
We are the first audience to hear about IMPP since the publication of one of their key papers last week! #SWPRN25 #polypharmacy #pharmacyresearch
The team includes researchers from @apexcomms.bsky.social and @capcbristol.bsky.social as well as Keele, Munich, Edinburgh and Alberta
The team includes researchers from @apexcomms.bsky.social and @capcbristol.bsky.social as well as Keele, Munich, Edinburgh and Alberta
Optimising polypharmacy management in primary care through general practitioner−pharmacist collaboration, informatics, and enhancing clinician engagement: the IMPPP cluster-randomised trial
A complex medication optimisation intervention did not reduce potentially inappropriate
prescribing in patients with polypharmacy. The findings are at odds with the current
policy drive for digital he...
www.thelancet.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are the first audience to hear about IMPP since the publication of one of their key papers last week! #SWPRN25 #polypharmacy #pharmacyresearch
The team includes researchers from @apexcomms.bsky.social and @capcbristol.bsky.social as well as Keele, Munich, Edinburgh and Alberta
The team includes researchers from @apexcomms.bsky.social and @capcbristol.bsky.social as well as Keele, Munich, Edinburgh and Alberta
If you'd like a way to show your love for the network beyond the day, look out for @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app who has re-stocked our pin badges with a new speech-bubble design for 2025. Perfect for your lanyard wherever you work. But stocks are limited: get in quick!
#SWPRN25 #PharmacyResearch
#SWPRN25 #PharmacyResearch
October 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If you'd like a way to show your love for the network beyond the day, look out for @sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app who has re-stocked our pin badges with a new speech-bubble design for 2025. Perfect for your lanyard wherever you work. But stocks are limited: get in quick!
#SWPRN25 #PharmacyResearch
#SWPRN25 #PharmacyResearch
🎉 It's tomorrow! Tuesday 21 October is the 2025 network #SWPRN25 Innovation Day.
👋 We are looking forward to meeting in person, learning from our amazing speakers and hearing about some of the #PharmacyResearch projects which our members have been working on over the last 12-months.
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👋 We are looking forward to meeting in person, learning from our amazing speakers and hearing about some of the #PharmacyResearch projects which our members have been working on over the last 12-months.
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October 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🎉 It's tomorrow! Tuesday 21 October is the 2025 network #SWPRN25 Innovation Day.
👋 We are looking forward to meeting in person, learning from our amazing speakers and hearing about some of the #PharmacyResearch projects which our members have been working on over the last 12-months.
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👋 We are looking forward to meeting in person, learning from our amazing speakers and hearing about some of the #PharmacyResearch projects which our members have been working on over the last 12-months.
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Great to see some of the work about prescribing for personality disorders co-authored by SWPRN members featuring on the
@thementalelf.bsky.social blog
#PharmacyResearch
@thementalelf.bsky.social blog
#PharmacyResearch
Prescribing in borderline personality disorder: Evidence, relationships, and the realities of practice - National Elf Service
No drugs are officially approved for borderline personality disorder, yet prescribing is widespread. This systematic review explores why clinicians prescribe, the pressures they face, and what it mean...
nationalelfservice.net
September 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Great to see some of the work about prescribing for personality disorders co-authored by SWPRN members featuring on the
@thementalelf.bsky.social blog
#PharmacyResearch
@thementalelf.bsky.social blog
#PharmacyResearch
Happy World Pharmacist Day. We know that pharmacists make a difference every day in so many different ways, some very visible and some less well seen. Thank you for all that you do, especially your contributions to research and our network 💚
#WorldPharmacistsDay2025 #PharmacyResearch
#WorldPharmacistsDay2025 #PharmacyResearch
September 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Happy World Pharmacist Day. We know that pharmacists make a difference every day in so many different ways, some very visible and some less well seen. Thank you for all that you do, especially your contributions to research and our network 💚
#WorldPharmacistsDay2025 #PharmacyResearch
#WorldPharmacistsDay2025 #PharmacyResearch
New member profile alert: Rachel Pilgrim shares her research journey and the joy of revisiting music from your teens!
🌟 She's also just published the completed systematic review: internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Rachel!
#PharmSky #PharmacyResearch
🌟 She's also just published the completed systematic review: internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Rachel!
#PharmSky #PharmacyResearch
Member profile: Rachel Pilgrim
In this series of posts, meet some of our poster presenters from the 2024 Innovation Day
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August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
New member profile alert: Rachel Pilgrim shares her research journey and the joy of revisiting music from your teens!
🌟 She's also just published the completed systematic review: internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Rachel!
#PharmSky #PharmacyResearch
🌟 She's also just published the completed systematic review: internationalbreastfeedingjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Congratulations Rachel!
#PharmSky #PharmacyResearch
👀 Take a look at this exciting new tool that could be a real asset to those undertaking medicines related research projects. We'll be encouraging #SWPRN members explore OpenPrescribing: Hospitals and give feedback.
hospitals.openprescribing.net
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
hospitals.openprescribing.net
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
Interested in a drug and what hospitals are prescribing it?
Behold our new analysis page!
Tool: hospitals.openprescribing.net/analyse/
Blog: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...
Check the data for yourself!
Tell your mates!
Behold our new analysis page!
Tool: hospitals.openprescribing.net/analyse/
Blog: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2025/05...
Check the data for yourself!
Tell your mates!
Custom analyses on OpenPrescribing Hospitals | Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
The new custom analysis feature on OpenPrescribing Hospitals.
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk
May 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
👀 Take a look at this exciting new tool that could be a real asset to those undertaking medicines related research projects. We'll be encouraging #SWPRN members explore OpenPrescribing: Hospitals and give feedback.
hospitals.openprescribing.net
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
hospitals.openprescribing.net
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
👋 Hello Bluesky, we've been a bit quiet here as we've been grappling with how to make best use of the changing social media landscape, but we are planning to share more here from now on.
To kick off, here's our latest newsletter, and it's a bumper edition 📚💚💡
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
To kick off, here's our latest newsletter, and it's a bumper edition 📚💚💡
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
SWPRN Newsletter May 2025
We're very sorry that it's been a while since our last newsletter - it's been a particularly busy time for the small team of SWPRN volunteers. We hope that the regular sharing of information via our M
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May 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
👋 Hello Bluesky, we've been a bit quiet here as we've been grappling with how to make best use of the changing social media landscape, but we are planning to share more here from now on.
To kick off, here's our latest newsletter, and it's a bumper edition 📚💚💡
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
To kick off, here's our latest newsletter, and it's a bumper edition 📚💚💡
#PharmacyResearch #PharmSky
The July/August issue of The Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (JPSW) is now available!
Explore the full issue ➡️ www.jpswi.org/jpswja25.html
#JPSW #PharmacyResearch #PharmacyPractice #WIPharmacy #ContinuingEducation
Explore the full issue ➡️ www.jpswi.org/jpswja25.html
#JPSW #PharmacyResearch #PharmacyPractice #WIPharmacy #ContinuingEducation
June 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The July/August issue of The Journal of the Pharmacy Society of Wisconsin (JPSW) is now available!
Explore the full issue ➡️ www.jpswi.org/jpswja25.html
#JPSW #PharmacyResearch #PharmacyPractice #WIPharmacy #ContinuingEducation
Explore the full issue ➡️ www.jpswi.org/jpswja25.html
#JPSW #PharmacyResearch #PharmacyPractice #WIPharmacy #ContinuingEducation