About the Book:

Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice is a comprehensive revision book which summarises the basic principles in pharmacy practice. It comprises 70 concise chapters covering clinical pharmacy in both community and hospital settings, as well as the practice of pharmacy in other areas. This text is an essential resource for pharmacy students studying for exams, providing clear, bulleted information for quick reference and short questions at the end of each chapter to aid exam preparation. Essential information is covered in the following five sections of the book:

·         introduction to pharmacy

·         clinical pharmacy and pharmacotherapeutics

·         responding to symptoms in community pharmacy

·         pharmacy information and research

·         pharmacy systems.

This book follows and complements three other titles which were also edited by professor Azzopardi: Further MCQs in Pharmacy Practice (2006), MCQs in Clinical Pharmacy (2007) and MCQs in Pharmacy Practice, second edition (2009). Lecture Notes in Pharmacy Practice will help to prepare students for what they will experience when they start practising in real-life healthcare settings. It will also apply to practitioners in their day-to-day work, aiding pharmacists in their efforts to stay abreast and maintain competency.

Contents:

Part 1: Introduction to Pharmacy

1.    Historical Perspectives

2.    Pharmacy Practice and the Healthcare System

3.    Medicine Presentation and Administration

4.    Medicine Safety

5.    Community Pharmacy Practice

6.    Dispensing Prescriptions

7.    Health Promotion

8.    Communication Skills and Patient Counselling

9.    Compliance, Adherence and Concordance

10. Mathematical Principles of Drug Therapy

11. Point-of-Care Testing

Part 2: Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapeutics

12. Pharmaceutical Care Plans

13. Medicine Action

14. Clinical Pharmacokinetics

15. Constipation and Diarrhoea

16. Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease and Peptic Ulcer Disease

17. Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Other Chronic Bowel Disorders

18. Emesis

19. Cardiovascular Disorders

20. Hypertension

21. Ischaemic Heart Disease

22. Congestive Heart Failure

23. Hyperlipidaemia

24. Thrombosis

25. Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder and Allergic Rhinitis

26. Schizophrenia

27. Mood Disorders

28. Anxiety Disorders

29. Sleep Disorders

30. Eating Disorders

31. Pain Management and Fever

32. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

33. Parkinson's Disease

34. Anti-infective Agents

35. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

36. Viral Hepatitis

37. Thyroid Disorders

38. Diabetes Mellitus

39. Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy

40. Menstrual Cycle Disorders and Contraception

41. Genito-urinary Disorders

42. Cancer and Palliative Care

43. Anaemia and Drug-induced Blood Dyscrasias

44. Rheumatoid Arthritis

45. Osteoarthritis and Gout

46. Bone Disorders

47. Skin Disorders

48. Wound Management

49. Drug Therapy in Geriatric Patients

50. Drug Therapy in Paediatric Patients

51. Drugs Used in Pregnancy and During Lactation

52. Critical Care Therapeutics

53. Recent Advances in Pharmacotherapy

Part 3: Responding to Symptoms in Community Pharmacy

54. Colds and Influenza

55. Eye

56. Oral and Dental

57. Foot

58. Ear

59. Musculoskeletal

60. Abdominal Pain, Perianal and Perivulval Pruritus

61. Travel Medicine

Part 4: Pharmacy Information and Research

62. Pharmacy Literature and Medicine Information

63. Medical Writing

64. Research Methodology

Part 5: Pharmacy Systems

65. Primary Care Health Services

66. Community Pharmacy Management

67. Hospital Pharmacy Services

68. Formulary Systems

69. Medicines Regulatory Affairs

70. Quality Standards in Community Pharmacy Practice

About the Editors:

Lilian M Azzopardi studied pharmacy at the University of Malta. Faculty of Medicine and Surgery. In 1994 she took up a position at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta as a teaching and research assistant. Professor Azzopardi completed on an Mphil on thc development of formulary systems for community pharmacy in 1995, and in 1999 she graduated a PhD. Her PhD thesis led to the publication of the book Validatiot lnstruments for Community Pharmacy: Pharmaceutical care for the third millennium published in 2000 by Pharmaceutical Products Press, USA. She worked together with Professor Anthony Serracino Inglott who was a pioneer in the introduction of clinical pharmacy in the late 1960s. In 2007 Professor Azzopardi edited the book MCQs in Pharmacy Practice published by the Pharmaceutical Press, London, which was followed in 2006 by the book Further MCQs in Pharmacy Practice and in 2007 by the book MCQs in Clinical Pharmacy.

Professor Azzopardi is currently an associate professor in pharmacy practice at the Department of Pharmacy, University of Malta and is responsible for coordinating several aspects of teaching of pharmacy practice including clinical pharmacy for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as supervising a number of pharmacy projects and dissertations in the field. She is an examiner at the University of Malta for students following the course of pharmacy and is an assessor in determining suitability practice.

For a short period Professor Azzopardi was interim director of the European Soceity of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) and is currently coordinator of the ESCP newsletter. She served as a member of the Working Group on Quality Care Standards within the Community Pharmacy Section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). She was a member of the Pharmacy Board, the licensing authority for pharmacy in Mallta for a number of years and Registrar of the Malta College of Pharmacy Practice which is responsible for continuing education. In 1997 she received an award from the FIP Foundation for Education and Research and in 1999 the ESCP German Research and Education Foundation grant. She has practised clinical pharmacy in the hospital setting and she practises in community pharmacy.