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The Pharmaceutical Journal, July 14, 2001

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Leading Articles   
   P-P-P-P-Pick up a penicillin
   Ways to find staff and keep them

News & Features   
   News

   Facing the recruitment and retention crisis in pharmacy: looking abroad

   Should pharmaceutical companies be allowed to advertise to patients?

Comment   
   Broad Spectrum: Pharmacokinetics
   Letters to the Editor

Continuing Education   
   Finding out about learning styles to learn and teach effectively
   »(PDF*, 50K)

Original Papers   
   Benchmarking clinical pharmacy services:
     (2) Wessex measured
   »(PDF*, 65K)

   A survey by medicines information pharmacists of the medical information services provided by drug companies
   »(PDF*, 55K)

Articles   
   Recruitment and retention initiatives
   “Teaching” primary care trusts
   Giving up-to-date advice on malaria prevention

   Benchmarking clinical pharmacy services:
     (1) Developing the standards
   »(PDF*, 45K)

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   News
   Obituaries & tributes
   
Notice-board
   Advice to patients NEW
   Guide to the Society updated
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   Future events
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Tackling pharmacy’s recruitment and retention crisis by looking abroad is examined in a news feature this week. A London hospital has used a range of initiatives to cut vacancies and improve retention. Leading article.

Advertising to patients
The pros and cons of direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines are examined in a news feature this week. Leading article.

Learning styles
An article in our series on continuing professional development discusses techniques for teaching and learning new skills.

Teaching PCTs
The concept of “teaching” primary care trusts could represent an important development for pharmacy in the future.

Malaria prevention
Comprehensive new guidance for travellers is introduced this week in the first of two articles on the prevention of malaria.

Clinical pharmacy standards
Standards for clinical pharmacy services have been developed and evaluated in the Wessex region.

Medical information
Researchers have assessed the views of medicines information pharmacists about the information provided by the pharmaceutical industry.


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