Dua, K, Sharma, VK, Ramana, MV, Sara, UVS & Pabreja, K 2009, 'Developments in transdermal drug delivery', Australian Journal of Pharmacy, vol. 90, no. 1073, pp. 69-71.
Dua, K, Sharma, VK, Sara, UVS, Agarwal, DK & Ramana, MV 2009, 'Penetration enhancers for TDDS: A tale of the under skin travelers', Advances in Natural and Applied Sciences, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 95-101.
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The noninvasive route of delivery systems has many advantages over the conventional delivery systems. Although its applications are limited by low skin permeability and physicochemical properties of drugs The permeation of drugs through skin can be enhanced by various methods including phys ical methods such as iontophoresis (application of low level electric current), phonophoresis (use of ultra sound energy), eletroporation and by chemical penetration enhancers etc. The transdermal route has been recognized as one of the highly potential routes of systemic drug delivery and provides the advantage of avoidance of the first-pass effect, ease of use and withdrawal (in case of side effects), and better patient compliance. However, the major limitation of this route is the difficulty of permeation of drug through the skin. Studies have been carried out to find safe and suitable permeation enhancers to promote the percutaneous absorption of a number of drugs. The present review highlights various categories of penetration enhancers; the involved mechanism leading to a judicious s election of suitable penetration enhancers for improving the transdermal permeation of poorly absorbed drugs. © 2009, American Eurasian Network for Scientific Information.
Kelly, FS, Williams, KA & Benrimoj, SI 2009, 'Does Advice from Pharmacy Staff Vary According to the Nonprescription Medicine Requested?', ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY, vol. 43, no. 11, pp. 1877-1886.
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Background: Community Pharmacy Has Long Been Advocated As An Appropriate Gateway Of Supply For Nonprescription Medicines And Health-Related Advice. Consumers Sometimes Self-Treat The Symptoms Of Minor Illness, Yet There Is Conflicting Evidence Over Their
Singh, SK, Kumar, Y, Kumar, S, Sharma, VK, Dua, K & Samad, A 2009, 'Antimicrobial evaluation of mangiferin analogues', Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 71, no. 3, pp. 328-328.
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Taylor, SJ, Maharaj, P, Williams, K & Sheldrake, C 2009, 'Pharmacy students' intention to practise in a rural setting: Measuring the impact of a rural curriculum, rural campus and rural placement on a predominantly metropolitan student cohort', Australian Journal of Rural Health, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 305-309.
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AbstractObjective: To compare pharmacy students' intention to practise in a rural setting expressed in their first year of university with that expressed during their final year. Design: Longitudinal survey of students in their first and final years. Setting: Tertiary educational institution. Participants: Predominantly metropolitan pharmacy students. Interventions: Students were exposed to a rural curriculum, rural campus and rural placement or rural placement alone during their degree. Main outcome measure: Change in proportion of students expressing an intention to practise in a rural setting following registration. Results: The proportion of respondents who indicated an intention to practise in a rural setting was 21.6% (27/125) in 2006 compared with 11.2% (14/125) in 2003. This was a statistically significant increase of 10.4% (P = 0.001) over the four years. Positive influences on students' intention to practise in a rural setting were: rural background (P = 0.012); rural placement (either two weeks or 12 weeks) (P = 0.002); having been enrolled in the BPharm (Rural) (P = 0.001).Conclusions: This study confirmed the work of others in that the students most likely to express an intention to practise in a rural setting were those from a rural background who elected to undertake and complete a rural d...
Williams, K 2009, 'Strategies to reduce the impact of osteoarthritis', Australian Journal of Pharmacy, vol. 90, no. 1067, pp. 71-73.
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic progressive disease of the synovial joints, characterised by destruction of joint cartilage leading to eventual joint destruction. It is the most common form of arthritis and a major cause of chronic pain and disability. 1 As there is currently no cure for OA, management is focused on reducing pain, maintaining or improving function and mobility of affected joints, and increasing the quality of life of the patien
Woulfe, J, Williams, K & Ryan, G 1970, 'Evaluating pharmacy students' wiki-based collaboration', ASCILITE 2009 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education, pp. 1197-1199.
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Final-year Master of Pharmacy (MPharm) students at The University of Sydney are required to submit a series of group-generated Problem-based Learning (PBL) cases. When submitted as word-processed, or paper-based documents, the cases are characterised by a fragmented approach, and academics often report that a patient-focus is lacking. Following a successful pilot in 2007, wiki format was introduced, with a view to encouraging a wholepatient approach to the task. In Semester 1 2008, students submitted their group cases on paper, and in Semester 2, via a wiki. At the end of each semester, students' views regarding the two case presentation formats were sought via self-completed questionnaires. At the end of the year, and independent of the students' course assessments and grading, an evaluation of the PBL assignments was carried out by an external evaluator. The overall performance using the wiki was much less than expected following the pilot. However overall scores indicated no significant difference between the two methods. © 2009 Jim Woulfe, Kylie Williams and Greg Ryan.
