About the Author:
Nadia
Bukhari is the Chair of the RPS
Pre-registration Conferences. She developed the extremely popular and
over-subscribed conference, when it first started in 2012. Nadia graduated from
the School of Pharmacy, University of London in 1999. After qualifying, she
worked as a pharmacy manager at Westbury Chemist, Streatham for a year, after
which she moved on to work for Bart's and the London NHS Trust as a clinical
pharmacist in surgery It was at this time that Nadia developed an interest in
teaching, because part of her role involved the responsibility of being a
teacher practitioner for the school of Pharmacy, University of London. Two and
a half years later, she commenced working for the School of Pharmacy,
University of London as the pre-registration coordinator and the academic
facilitator. This position involved teaching therapeutics to Master of Pharmacy
students and assisting the director of undergraduate studies.
While teaching undergraduate students, Nadia
completed her Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmacy Practice and her Post Graduate
Diploma in Teaching in Higher Education. She then took on the role of the
Master of Pharmacy Programme Manager, which involved the management of the
undergraduate degree as well as being the pre-registration co-ordinator for the
university.
Since the merger with UCL, Nadia has now taken on
the role of Senior Teaching Fellow in Pharmacy Practice and is the
pre-registration co-ordinator for the university. She is also a Fellow of the
Higher Education Academy. Nadia has taken on the responsibility of course
co-ordinator for the final year MPharm.
Taking her research interest further, Nadia is
currently in the third year of her PhD, which she is doing on a part-time
basis. Her research area is 'Professional Leadership in pharmacy'.
Nadia's interest in writing emerged in her first
year of working in academia. Thirteen years on, Nadia has authored seven titles
with the Pharmaceutical Press. She is currently writing her eighth title, which
is due to be published in February 2018.
Nadia has recently been awarded the status of Fellow
of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, for her distinction in the profession of
pharmacy. |