Edition #28 Newsletter

Welcome to Edition #28 of Computachem E-Newsletter.
This month we see the results of Rollo Manning having attended classes on Internet writing presentation. Using his new found skills, Rollo has begun the construction of model for his subject "The Job of a Pharmacist".
With a little help from a panel of pharmacists scattered throughout Australia, Rollo is developing a consensus of opinion on what this ought to be.
In each edition, he will add to the model and go deeper into the subject.
Most of the authors in the newsletter have touched on the subject independently and will focus their efforts in the same direction.
We would also welcome Ken Stafford as a new writer for the newsletter.
Ken is committed to the Quality Use of Medicines concept and is helping to develop consultant pharmacy in Western Australia. Ken works for the Department of Veteran Affairs, who are extremely interested in this aspect of pharmacy development.
Welcome also, to Allan Jelleff, another new writer for the newsletter.
Allan has had difficulties obtaining an approval number for his medical centre pharmacy based in Western Australia. When you read his comments you would have to wonder why this problem ever eventuated, and why the Pharmacy Guild is ignoring expert advice in the matter of pharmacy locations.

Retail fallout, a result of globalisation, is discussed as it relates to the food and pharmaceutical industry. Read how the food wholesalers are helping to pay the home mortgages of independent supermarkets, exactly as described for pharmacy in a recent spurious newspaper article. What do we need to do and what are the underlying reasons for this new attack?
Jon Aldous discusses the future for recent pharmacy graduates in his continuing series on pharmacy education, while Roy Stevenson delivers the first part of an article which discusses a major problem he encountered on a recent locum assignment. The problem was unusual and is worth reading about, and printing some detail for your own future reference.
Peter Sayers begins a series on Practice Management geared towards an idealised model for consultant pharmacists. This series will complement and integrate with Rollo Manning's model noted above.

Mark Dunn, of AuspharmList fame, tackles some issues in our Roundup column, which are left a little up in the air. We discuss the lack of funding for some rural/remote projects that is being held up by the Pharmacy Guild, and ask the question "Why".
The discussion is a little "unbalanced", and you will see why when you read the Roundup article entitled "Where is the Money?".

Brett Clark of e-pharmacy fame is putting the final touches to his paper to be presented at the E-Pharmacy conference to be held at the Le Meridien Hotel in Sydney, from the 27th-29th June inclusive. If you missed the details in our last edition it is worth following the link below to revisit the article. It represents one of the most important conferences produced specifically for Internet medicine.
It covers all phases of the pharmaceutical industry, electronic prescription writing and doctor attitudes to e-pharmacies. If you can get away, there is still time to book. We also look forward to having Brett back writing for us after the conference.
Visit our last edition article and discover the quality of presenters, at this link:
E-Pharma Conference

From an Australian pharmacist:
Dear Neil,
I thought I was reading your newsletter when I came across the following article in the British pharmacy journal.
Have enjoyed reading the articles on "the job" and would like to contribute.
How can I do this without having to spend a lot of time at the keyboard?
I recommend the following link to all pharmacists interested in the future of the profession, or is there no future? http://www.pharmj.com/Editorial/20010512/comment/lett08.html

Cheers,
Andy Kumarasinhe

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