Official Opening of new Keele University School of Pharmacy Building

Keele’s new School of Pharmacy building was officially opened yesterday (Tues) by Professor Sir Alasdair Breckenridge CBE with a ceremony attended by over 200 invited guests, students past and present, and university staff.
The Hornbeam Building has been completely transformed in a £2.2 million project which has seen the original main entrance being demolished and rebuilt [...]

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Virtual Patient to improve treatment for allergy sufferers

Keele University has created a new programme to be used with its innovative Virtual Patient system to help pharmacists train in dispensing medication and providing advice on the treatment of hay fever and allergies.
With the summer fast approaching and pollen counts set to rise, the number of people seeking help for allergies will be on [...]

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“Virtual Patient” helps train pharmacists of the future

Keele University has developed a “virtual patient” to help train the pharmacists of the future.
Students in the Staffordshire-based university’s School of Pharmacy interact with the computer-generated characters to gain experience in effective communication and decision-making.
Learners talk with the “patient” via voice recognition technology or by typing questions into a standard computer interface and the “patient” [...]

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National study launched to measure impact of non-medical prescriptions on patient care

The impact of non-medical prescriptions by nurses and pharmacists on patient care is being investigated in a national study launched by Southampton and Keele Universities.
The two universities are conducting a national Evaluation of Nurse and Pharmacist Independent Prescribing (ENPIP) to assess the quality, safety and costs of prescribing. The study was commissioned by the Department [...]

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