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Claire Anderson

Professor of Social Pharmacy, Faculty of Science

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Biography

I worked as a pharmacist for seven years both as a hospital clinical pharmacist and a community pharmacist in a small group in Oxford. I then took up a joint appointment as regional postgraduate tutor for Oxford and North West Thames Regional Health Authorities and a lectureship at Department of Pharmacy, King's College of London. I was part time Pharmaceutical Adviser at Buckinghamshire Health Authority in 1992. I eventually became a full time lecturer at King's College and completed my PhD in 1997, "Health Promotion by Community Pharmacists" an evaluation of the Barnet High Street Health Scheme. In 1999 I was appointed to a senior lectureship at Nottingham, promoted to reader in 2002 and then to a personal chair in 2003.

I am head of the division of Social Research in Medicines and Health within the School of Pharmacy.

I am lead for academic and institutional capacity for the International Pharmaceutical Federation Global Pharmacy Education Taskforce www.fip.org/education.

Teaching Summary

Teaching

My main teaching interests are public health,social pharmacy, reserach methods and skills and pharmacy and communication skills

Professional Skills 1: An Introduction to Professional Skills, Professional Skills 2: Pharmacist Patient Partnerships in Health & Illness Professional Skills 4: Preparation for Practice,Preparation for Practice

I supervise 60 credit MPharm Projects in University of Auckland, Monash University, Melbourne, Univeristy of Sydney, Ottawa Children's Hospital, Canada , Boots the Chemist.

I have developed student summer exchanges with ten partners in seven countries. I have been awarded British Council PMI2 money to send 10 students for summer placements in India.

Research Summary

My work focuses on designing and evaluating pharmacy practice models that improve patient and public health using qualitative and observational methods. I am also working on global health… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

My work focuses on designing and evaluating pharmacy practice models that improve patient and public health using qualitative and observational methods. I am also working on global health professional education and human resources for health. I am doing a NIHR funded study with Healthtalkonline a University of Oxford looking at patents views about taking medicines in depression, a systematic review about the global pharmacy workforce and on a British Council project about us of antibiotics in Bangladesh. I was part of the team evaluating patient reporting to the Yellow Card System, for the Department of Health. I am working with the International Pharmaceutical Federation,(FIP) WHO and UNESCO on a major project about pharmacy education, The Pharmacy Education Taskforce and am currently undertaking the WHO FIP global survey of pharmacy schools . I have worked on the evidence base for the role of the pharmacist on improving the health of the public for the Department of Health, this was used to inform policy in the White Paper on pharmacy,.

I am supervising PhD students who are researching pharmacy education, the implementation of new pharmacy services, sexual health, pharmacist communication beliefs about medicines in diabetes, diabetes and TB and quality of supply of OTC medicines, organisational boundaries and prescribing, and nurse prescriber communication with children and young people. We are the only school of pharmacy to have ESRC recognition for postgraduate training.

I was part of the team who evaluated the community pharmacy medicines management project. I have been involved in an ongoing initiative with the Department of Health and PharmacyHealthLink looking at the evidence base for the role of the pharmacist in health. I was part of the team who have evaluated supplementary prescribing by nurses and pharmacists for the NHS, Other research interests include sexual health, particularly the sale and supply of emergency contraception from community pharmacy and prescribing.

I am a visiting professor at UiTM , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I am an external examiner for the MSc in International Health at the London School of Pharmacy and the non medical prescribing certificate at University of Reading. I am examiner for the MPharm at University of Ulster.

Memberships of Committees and Professional Bodies

Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain

Member of College of Pharmacy Practice

Governor College of Pharmacy Practice 1996-2008

Member of Executive Committee Board of Pharmacy Practice International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) 2007-9

Immediate Past President of Academic Section International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)

Member of WHO/UNESCO/ FIP International Pharmacy Education taskforce. Aim: To Develop an Acceptable Global Framework for the Strategic Enhancement of Pharmacy Education, Particularly in the Global South. Project lead Academic workforce and capacity.

Member of Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe

Member of Pharmacy Practice Research Trust (PPRT) grant awarding panel

Member, organising committee, Immediate past chair, International Social Pharmacy Workshop

Chair of National Institute for Health Research: Research for Patient Benefit Programme (RfPB) East Midlands

Chair of East Midlands Regional Sexual Health Strategy Group 2005-7

Editorial work and Membership of the Editorial Boards of:

International Associate Editor American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Pharmacy Practice

Human Resources for Health

International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Teaching

Professional Skills 1: An Introduction to Professional Skills Professional Skills 2: Pharmacist Patient Partnerships in Health & Illness (Module Convenor) Professional Skills 3 Professional Skills 4: Preparation for Practice

MPharm Projects

I have developed student summer exchanges with ten partners in seven countries. I was awarded British Council PMI2 money to send 10 students for summer placements in India.

School of Pharmacy

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