<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Pharm Life</title>
	<atom:link href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/</link>
	<description>Just another University of Nottingham Blogs site</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:16:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator>
	<item>
		<title>My BPSA journey as the BPSA 77th Annual Conference Organiser</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/07/08/my-bpsa-journey-as-the-bpsa-77th-annual-conference-organiser/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/07/08/my-bpsa-journey-as-the-bpsa-77th-annual-conference-organiser/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2019 10:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chloe Lim Xiu Yu]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=15682</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog has been written by 4th year undergraduate student, Chloe Lim Xiu Yu. Until now, I couldn’t believe the fact that more than 2 months have passed since my conference. I started university as an ordinary pharmacy student, just like everyone else. Moreover, being an international student, I could never imagine myself becoming the ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/07/08/my-bpsa-journey-as-the-bpsa-77th-annual-conference-organiser/">My BPSA journey as the BPSA 77th Annual Conference Organiser</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-600-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-600.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>This blog has been written by 4th year undergraduate student, Chloe Lim Xiu Yu.</p>
<p>Until now, I couldn’t believe the fact that more than 2 months have passed since my conference. I started university as an ordinary pharmacy student, just like everyone else. Moreover, being an international student, I could never imagine myself becoming the executive member of the <a href="https://www.bpsa.co.uk/">British Pharmaceutical Students&#8217; Association</a> (BPSA) to represent the voice of 15,000 students in the United Kingdom.</p>
<p>I can clearly remember my colleague, Hieu and I standing in the executive election and we won the bid to organize the next conference at our university – the University of Nottingham. Despite being grilled with countless questions, we managed to perform our best by carrying out thorough preparation. That was the moment I found out I had made the best decision of my university life.</p>
<div id="attachment_15692" style="width: 355px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-web.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15692" class="size-full wp-image-15692" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-web.jpg" alt="ChloeLimXiuYu- at the BPSA Annual Conference" width="345" height="518" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-web.jpg 345w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/07/ChloeLimXiuYu-web-200x300.jpg 200w" sizes="(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15692" class="wp-caption-text">ChloeLimXiuYu and colleagues at the BPSA Annual Conference</p></div>
<p>Throughout my mandate as an annual conference organiser, I worked closely with Hieu to organize day events and social events for the conference week. It was fun as we got to create the conference that we wanted to bring to the students. We decided the theme of the conference would be global pharmacy and we planned the activities for the social events. I really enjoyed working with Hieu. We learnt a lot together and we would always talk to each other when things went wrong. I am glad that we became close friends at the end of the conference. In addition, we also worked closely with the School and the conference centre to organise the logistics of the conference such as accommodation and theatre room bookings, packed lunch and dinner orders.  We had regular meetings with different staff at the university. I learnt a lot about communication such as negotiation and networking. I built long-lasting relationships with the Head of School, lecturers at the university and staff. I am grateful for the support from the School &#8211; the staff are always ready to provide help and support.</p>
<p>As BPSA executives, Hieu and I worked with the BPSA executive team to organize different aspects of the conference such as sponsorships, finance, speaker invitations and promotions for the conference. We had to attend weekly virtual meetings to catch up with everything that had happened within the organisation and we also updated the work that we had done for the week. I enjoyed the meetings a lot and it was always nice to catch up with other members.</p>
<p>After one full year of effort into preparing for the annual conference, the day finally came! We were pleased to have more than 150 students from 28 different universities coming to attend the conference in Nottingham. The conference week itself was stressful compared to the preparation stage as we worked from morning until night to organize both daytime and social events for the delegates. We constantly had to deal with last minute “crises” from the delegates and tried our best to ensure that our events ran smoothly but it was all worth it in the end. I met so many like-minded people from across the country and made life-long friendships. I received so much love and appreciation from the delegates, our sponsors and the team. People came to me and told me how much they enjoyed this conference and how the conference has inspired them.  Never would I have thought that I could inspire people to be more passionate about pharmacy.</p>
<p>I don’t think I will ever forget these wonderful moments. I would say this is one of the highlights of my life and I genuinely feel so happy that I was able to make an impact on people&#8217;s lives by organizing a conference.</p>
<p>Author:</p>
<p>Chloe Lim Xiu Yu</p>
<p>Master of Pharmacy Year 4/BPSA 77<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference Organiser</p>
<p>University of Nottingham</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/07/08/my-bpsa-journey-as-the-bpsa-77th-annual-conference-organiser/">My BPSA journey as the BPSA 77th Annual Conference Organiser</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/07/08/my-bpsa-journey-as-the-bpsa-77th-annual-conference-organiser/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Professor Claire Anderson elected to new chair role</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/06/25/15611/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/06/25/15611/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=15611</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Congratulations to Professor Claire Anderson on being elected Chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) English Pharmacy Board (EPB). Claire was voted into the role at a meeting last week, she said “I’m very humbled and privileged to be taking this position. All pharmacists are working under pressure with fewer resources as the NHS goes ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/06/25/15611/">Professor Claire Anderson elected to new chair role</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="250" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/06/Claire-Anderson-new-300x250.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Professor Claire Anderson" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/06/Claire-Anderson-new-300x250.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/06/Claire-Anderson-new.jpg 640w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Congratulations to Professor Claire Anderson on being elected Chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s (RPS) English Pharmacy Board (EPB).</p>
<p>Claire was voted into the role at a meeting last week, she said “I’m very humbled and privileged to be taking this position. All pharmacists are working under pressure with fewer resources as the NHS goes through unprecedented changes and I am very passionate about supporting them as they navigate this changing landscape.</p>
<p>The RPS is unique in representing all pharmacists from across all sectors and supporting them as they face massive organisational, economic and technological changes. Pharmacy is on the lips of NHS England, the health professional Royal Colleges and also in the media like never before. We are getting the professional recognition we deserve, but we need to continue to strengthen the value of pharmacists and act as representatives for the profession. As chair of EPB I will ensure that the RPS in England builds on our successful systems leadership work, ensuring that pharmacists are supported in delivering effective and integrated patient care. As we formulate the RPS in England’s primary care network/integrated care system visionary thought-leadership, my priority will be for us to work agilely to provide effective support to pharmacists from every sector to be an integral part of all primary care networks.</p>
<p>We need to work more closely with hospital pharmacists and our hospital pharmacist advisory group, ensuring the EPB is in tune with developments in hospital pharmacy and how hospital colleagues are embracing the integrated care agenda. We must ensure that pharmaceutical scientist and industrial members all feel part of the RPS and that we consult them and use their talents.”</p>
<p><strong>Respect for profession</strong></p>
<p>Claire will be working with the EPB to achieve some of its key activities which include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Promoting the science and practice of pharmacy and its contribution to health</li>
<li>Providing professional advice to government and its agencies, NHS bodies, and other health and social care organisations</li>
<li>Guiding and supporting the Society’s local organisations in the individual countries</li>
<li>Supporting pharmacists in their professional roles</li>
<li>Maintaining an overview of current and possible future developments impacting upon the science and practice of pharmacy in the individual countries</li>
<li>Setting policy and objectives for the individual countries within the overall strategy and ask the National Director to implement them</li>
</ul>
<p>Claire concludes: “I will work tirelessly with the members and the RPS staff to ensure that our wonderful profession receives the respect it deserves from patients, the public, the NHS and other healthcare professionals.”</p>
<p>Many thanks to Jane Icke (from the News Room at the University of Nottingham) who allowed us to make a copy of this blog</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/06/25/15611/">Professor Claire Anderson elected to new chair role</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/06/25/15611/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Demonstrating from the comfort of home</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/03/19/demonstrating-from-the-comfort-of-home/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/03/19/demonstrating-from-the-comfort-of-home/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funmi Agbesanwa]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=15331</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog was written by Funmi Agbesanwa (3rd year PhD), her supervisors are Dr Matthew Boyd (School of Pharmacy) and Dr Simon Bishop (Nottingham University Business School). Demonstrating in pharmacy practice Being a qualified pharmacist, I regularly demonstrate (this is a form of teaching) to pharmacy undergraduate students in their dispensing classes. Apart from providing additional income, ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/03/19/demonstrating-from-the-comfort-of-home/">Demonstrating from the comfort of home</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="225" height="225" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Skype access" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access.jpg 225w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" /><p>This blog was written by <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/funmi.agbesanwa">Funmi Agbesanwa</a> (3<sup>rd</sup> year PhD), her supervisors are <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/matthew.boyd">Dr Matthew Boyd</a> (School of Pharmacy) and <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/people/lqzsb4.html">Dr Simon Bishop</a> (Nottingham University Business School).</p>
<div id="attachment_15511" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating1web2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15511" class="size-full wp-image-15511" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating1web2.jpg" alt="Demonstrating from afar" width="340" height="425" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating1web2.jpg 340w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating1web2-240x300.jpg 240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15511" class="wp-caption-text">Demonstrating from afar</p></div>
<h2>Demonstrating in pharmacy practice</h2>
<p>Being a qualified pharmacist, I regularly demonstrate (this is a form of teaching) to pharmacy undergraduate students in their dispensing classes. Apart from providing additional income, it is also great being involved in the students’ learning.</p>
<p>Last year I took up an opportunity from one of the teacher practitioners, <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/tristan.gildroy"><u>Tristan Gildroy</u></a>, to demonstrate to second year pharmacy students in Malaysia. Tristan said, &#8220;The first two years of the Nottingham MPharm programme runs concurrently at our School in Malaysia, and although students have identical timetabled opportunities to practise their communication skills, students from the Malaysia cohort may face greater aural communication challenges when arriving in the UK due to lack of familiarity with regional accents or commonly used expressions. This opportunity enables those students to be better equipped for classes/practice in the UK with native English speakers and also allow students to practice their telephone communication skills.&#8221;</p>
<h2>What did it involve?</h2>
<p>The demonstrating involved going through a role-play scenario with the Malaysian pharmacy students over the phone. In the role-play, I was a head teacher requesting for some prescription items to keep in my primary school and the Malaysian pharmacy students played the pharmacist. The students called the UK demonstrators using Skype, and I had to log-in by 5.30am (1:30pm Malaysia time), accepting calls from different students every 15 minutes until around 09:00 am GMT.</p>
<p>Tristan  had set up a Skype group for the UK demonstrators which meant that we could easily contact each other if we had any issues or connection problems.</p>
<div id="attachment_15381" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/coffee-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15381" class="size-full wp-image-15381" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/coffee-web.jpg" alt="Cup of coffee" width="180" height="135" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15381" class="wp-caption-text">Cup of coffee</p></div>
<h2></h2>
<div id="attachment_15391" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access-180.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15391" class="size-full wp-image-15391" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access-180.jpg" alt="Skyoe access" width="180" height="180" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access-180.jpg 180w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Skyoe-access-180-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15391" class="wp-caption-text">Skype access</p></div>
<h2></h2>
<h2></h2>
<div id="attachment_15401" style="width: 190px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Early-start.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15401" class="size-full wp-image-15401" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Early-start.jpg" alt="5:30 am Early start" width="180" height="101" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15401" class="wp-caption-text">5:30 am Early start</p></div>
<h2></h2>
<h2></h2>
<h2></h2>
<h2></h2>
<h2>In summary</h2>
<div id="attachment_15371" style="width: 350px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating3-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15371" class="size-full wp-image-15371" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating3-web.jpg" alt="Set-up at the pharmacy school, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC)" width="340" height="425" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating3-web.jpg 340w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2019/02/Demonstrating3-web-240x300.jpg 240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15371" class="wp-caption-text">Set-up at the pharmacy school, University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC)</p></div>
<p>It was a great experience and brought back lovely memories from my study abroad experience in Malaysia during my undergraduate second year of pharmacy. Although the early waking was tricky, it was a good way to connect with some of the Malaysian students and hopefully the experience will make them more comfortable should they finish their degree here at Nottingham!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/03/19/demonstrating-from-the-comfort-of-home/">Demonstrating from the comfort of home</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2019/03/19/demonstrating-from-the-comfort-of-home/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8216;Pharm-ing&#8217; an international landscape at the 1st International Conference FIP Pharmacy Practice Research</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/08/30/pharm-ing-an-international-landscape-at-the-1st-international-conferernce-fip-pharmacy-practice-research/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/08/30/pharm-ing-an-international-landscape-at-the-1st-international-conferernce-fip-pharmacy-practice-research/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy abroad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Funmi Agbesanwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasmin Karsan]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=15092</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>1st International Conference FIP Pharmacy Practice Research: Postgraduate students, Postdoctoral fellows, and supervisors&#8217; symposium in Lisbon, Portugal. This blog was written by Funmi Agbesanwa (2nd year PhD) and Yasmin Karsan (3rd year PhD), both from the division of Pharmacy Practice and Policy. Our take on the conference The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) pharmacy practice conference ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/08/30/pharm-ing-an-international-landscape-at-the-1st-international-conferernce-fip-pharmacy-practice-research/">&#8216;Pharm-ing&#8217; an international landscape at the 1st International Conference FIP Pharmacy Practice Research</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="University of Nottingham representatives outside the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><h3>1<sup>st</sup> International Conference FIP Pharmacy Practice Research: Postgraduate students, Postdoctoral fellows, and supervisors&#8217; symposium in Lisbon, Portugal.</h3>
<p>This blog was written by <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/olufunmilayo.agbesanwa">Funmi Agbesanwa</a> (2<sup>nd</sup> year PhD) and <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/yasmin.karsan">Yasmin Karsan</a> (3<sup>rd</sup> year PhD), both from the division of <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/research/divisions/pharmacy-practice-and-policy/index.aspx">Pharmacy Practice and Policy</a>.</p>
<h3>Our take on the conference</h3>
<p>The <a href="https://www.fip.org/">International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)</a> pharmacy practice conference invited academics, fellows and students into a shared space to discuss subjects revolving around pharmacy practice. The conference was held in June 2018 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faculty_of_Pharmacy,_University_of_Lisbon">Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Lisbon</a>. Delegates attended from across the world including Canada, Denmark and Australia.</p>
<div id="attachment_15112" style="width: 262px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15112" class="wp-image-15112 " src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web.jpg" alt="University of Nottingham representatives outside the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon" width="252" height="252" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi1-web-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15112" class="wp-caption-text">University of Nottingham representatives outside the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon</p></div>
<p>The conference had a packed timetable including networking, workshops and lectures. It started with a few sessions of “3 Minute Thesis”. This allowed the audience to gain a brief insight into various pharmacy practice studies across the world – our very own Lydia Tutt presented her work on developing breast cancer services.</p>
<p>An engaging workshop which we attended focussed on “Research methodology for the implementation of Professional Services”. It enabled delegates to follow the journey of the implementation process alongside leading academics within the field. It brought to light alternative methods from varying practices such as “social network analysis” commonly used in engineering to pharmacy practice. The workshop allowed researchers to share their work and critically analyse various research methods when implementing services.</p>
<div id="attachment_15122" style="width: 381px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15122" class=" wp-image-15122" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi2.jpg" alt="Funmi next to her academic poster" width="371" height="495" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi2.jpg 480w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Funmi2-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15122" class="wp-caption-text">Funmi next to her academic poster</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Research presentations were commonly featured throughout the conference, these involved topics comprising of “Network meta analysis”, “Mobile health interventions” and “Deprescribing”. Colleagues from the University of Alberta described the primary care landscape across Canada and the impact on community pharmacy services. Each day of the conference had networking opportunities over lunch and in coffee breaks, this gave an opportunity for more than the FIFA world cup to be discussed.</p>
<p>Academic posters were also presented and discussed during lunch breaks; <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/olufunmilayo.agbesanwa">Funmi Agbesanwa</a> and <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/ifunanya.ikhile">Ify Ikhile</a> (from our division) presented their PhD work through their posters. Posters were also presented by Claire Mann (postgraduate research fellow) and her 4<sup>th</sup> year pharmacy undergraduate students (Katy and Hannah) on the national clinical pharmacists in General Practice evaluation.</p>
<p>We met a variety of colleagues from across the world; a few from University College London and the University of Technology Sydney who had posters on interesting qualitative work as well as colleagues from the Pharmaceutical Care Research Group, University of Basel who were also undertaking novel research on electronic dispending devices within patient settings.</p>
<h3>Funmi&#8217;s perspective: the pharmacy museum</h3>
<div id="attachment_15172" style="width: 295px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Old-packaging-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15172" class=" wp-image-15172" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Old-packaging-web.jpg" alt="Old packaging of medicines including myomicin and aspirin" width="285" height="214" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Old-packaging-web.jpg 400w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Old-packaging-web-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15172" class="wp-caption-text">Old packaging of medicines including myomicin and aspirin</p></div>
<p>Aside from the conference, there was so much to do in Lisbon! Being pharmacists ourselves, we took the opportunity to visit the <a href="https://www.museudafarmacia.pt/EN/museu_en.htm">Pharmacy Museum in Lisbon</a>. Here we explored the journey of pharmacy from the late fifteenth century to modern pharmacy as it is today. The museum also featured world pharmacy from across</p>
<div id="attachment_15162" style="width: 326px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Historic-display-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15162" class=" wp-image-15162" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Historic-display-web.jpg" alt="Historic display pharmacy" width="316" height="178" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Historic-display-web.jpg 400w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Historic-display-web-300x169.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15162" class="wp-caption-text">Historic display pharmacy</p></div>
<p>different civilisations and cultures, exploring their key features and how they helped to shape pharmacy in modern day Portugal.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Yasmin&#8217;s perspective: pharmacy in Lisbon</h3>
<div id="attachment_15192" style="width: 216px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Yasmin.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-15192" class=" wp-image-15192" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Yasmin.jpg" alt="Yasmin in the one of the many hat shops in Lisbon" width="206" height="275" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Yasmin.jpg 480w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Yasmin-225x300.jpg 225w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-15192" class="wp-caption-text">Yasmin in the one of the many hat shops in Lisbon</p></div>
<p>Lisbon was great fun! As a 3<sup>rd</sup> year pharmacy student who has just come back from maternity leave, I relished the fact that I was surrounded by fellow researchers. At first it was quite daunting to come back to work and continue my research. Being able to go to Lisbon and attend the conference helped me immerse myself back into research and refocus on my own work. Lisbon itself is a beautiful city with characteristic cobbled streets and within an hour&#8217;s train journey of a coastline of golden sand.</p>
<p>On one of the free days, I visited a friend in Lisbon who owns a chain of community pharmacies. He took me round to a few and we discussed the differences and similarities between the English and Portuguese model of community pharmacy. An interesting note was that they had two different types of community pharmacy; dispensing pharmacies (which deal with prescription only medicine and over the counter medicines) and over the counter only medicine pharmacies.</p>
<h3>To conclude</h3>
<p><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Lisbon-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class=" wp-image-15212" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Lisbon-web.jpg" alt="The group outside Cais do Sodré station en route to Cascais" width="270" height="203" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Lisbon-web.jpg 400w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/08/Lisbon-web-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px" /></a><span style="font-size: 14px;">The group outside Cais do Sodré station en route to Cascais</span></p>
<p>Needless to say, the conference itself provided a great opportunity to engage with other pharmacy practice researchers from across the world whilst allowing us to further reflect on our own research.</p>
<p>We were also able to explore different pockets of Lisbon such as the district of Alfama on the way to the Castillo de San Jorge and took a turbulent ride in a tuk tuk to the town of Belém where we gorged in too many pastéis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts)!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/08/30/pharm-ing-an-international-landscape-at-the-1st-international-conferernce-fip-pharmacy-practice-research/">&#8216;Pharm-ing&#8217; an international landscape at the 1st International Conference FIP Pharmacy Practice Research</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/08/30/pharm-ing-an-international-landscape-at-the-1st-international-conferernce-fip-pharmacy-practice-research/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>New approach to HIV prevention</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/30/new-approach-hiv-prevention/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/30/new-approach-hiv-prevention/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2018 13:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlos Sanders-Velz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14962</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog has been written by Carlos Sanders-Velez, who is working in the School of Pharmacy with Dr Pavel Gershkovich. Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, HIV infections are still a worldwide issue. Currently 37 million individuals are living with HIV, with nearly 2 million new diagnoses in 2016 (UNAIDS, 2017). While treatment currently exists ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/30/new-approach-hiv-prevention/">New approach to HIV prevention</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="The Pharmacy School, University of Nottingham" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq.jpg 487w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>This blog has been written by Carlos Sanders-Velez, who is working in the School of Pharmacy with <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/pavel.gershkovich">Dr Pavel Gershkovich</a>.</p>
<p>Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, HIV infections are still a worldwide issue. Currently 37 million individuals are living with HIV, with nearly 2 million new diagnoses in 2016 (UNAIDS, 2017). While treatment currently exists and is effective in most cases, all of the antiviral agents have severe side effects.</p>
<p>To tackle this the School of Pharmacy has embarked on a research project to develop an alternative form of PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) which would be administered locally into the rectum or vagina after potentially unsafe intercourse.</p>
<p>In order to develop the treatment the team first need to understand people’s sexual habits, in particular regarding the use of condoms and have developed a short survey <a href="https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/sexual-health-and-hiv-prevention-english">https://nottingham.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/sexual-health-and-hiv-prevention-english</a></p>
<div id="attachment_14992" style="width: 497px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14992" class="size-full wp-image-14992" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq.jpg" alt="The Pharmacy School, University of Nottingham" width="487" height="487" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq.jpg 487w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/PharmacySchool-sq-300x300.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14992" class="wp-caption-text">The Pharmacy School, University of Nottingham</p></div>
<h2>Survey</h2>
<p>Carlos Sanders-Velez is undertaking the study and says; “We believe that if we design a novel “virus-like” drug delivery system which could be administered rectally or vaginally, within a 3 day time frame we would be able to prevent HIV infection. Due to the unusual delivery, we have developed a social survey to understand interest for our approach. The purpose of the survey is to identify and demonstrate the frequency of the situations of accidental unsafe rectal or vaginal sex.”</p>
<p>Most preventive HIV campaigns are based on a safe sex practice (i.e. the use of condoms during intercourse), despite this unprotected sex with an HIV positive individual is the main transmission route for HIV.</p>
<h2>Current preventative approaches</h2>
<p>Besides safe sex, other preventive approaches exist, all of them based on drug-based schemes: Treatment as Prevention (TasP), pre exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post exposure prophylaxis (PEP). TasP is based on the principle of treating existing HIV cases, so that they can’t pass on the virus. PrEP and PEP are based on the prescription of antivirals to healthy people, however there are big differences between them.</p>
<ul>
<li>PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis): this is based on low-dose oral tablets of antiretroviral drugs which are to be taken every day by people who are sexually active, and are in a high risk group of acquiring HIV (Ozdener et al, 2017).</li>
<li>PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis): This is currently only used in very high risk cases, usually after confirming HIV positivity of the source. It involves a full month of daily treatment (with oral tablets) using a very high dose of anti-HIV drugs, with a lot of serious adverse effects (Cresswell et al, 2016).</li>
</ul>
<h2>New approch</h2>
<p>The rationale for this new approach is based on the fact that following rectal or vaginal exposure to the virus, it takes several days (up to 7 days in some cases) for the virus to enter the blood stream (Murray et al, 2011).</p>
<p>The main target population for this preventative measure are people who usually do use condoms, but for one reason or another had an event of unsafe sex (such as condom failure, no condom available and still proceeding with intercourse, pressure from partner to have unsafe sex and so on). Our approach would then provide an option to people who found themselves in such situations to go to a health-care professional, to obtain prescription to this rectal (or vaginal) preparation, to administer it up to few days after the incident, and prevent serum conversion.</p>
<p>If you have five minutes to spare to answer ten questions regarding this subject, it would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/30/new-approach-hiv-prevention/">New approach to HIV prevention</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/30/new-approach-hiv-prevention/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pint of Science Nottingham brings scientists out of the lab and into your local pub</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/15/pint-science-nottingham-brings-scientists-lab-local-pub/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/15/pint-science-nottingham-brings-scientists-lab-local-pub/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2018 16:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jamie Thompson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pint of Science]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14832</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog has been written by Jamie Thompson, a PhD student who works with Professor Morgan Alexander in the Biomaterials Discovery Group. After selling out all events last year, Pint of Science returns to Nottingham for its 3rd year running. As part of the three-day Pint of Science festival, thousands of scientists around the world ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/15/pint-science-nottingham-brings-scientists-lab-local-pub/">Pint of Science Nottingham brings scientists out of the lab and into your local pub</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Pint-of-Science-600-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Speakers from the Our Body theme, 2017" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Pint-of-Science-600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Pint-of-Science-600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Pint-of-Science-600-768x768.jpg 768w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Pint-of-Science-600.jpg 861w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>This blog has been written by Jamie Thompson, a PhD student who works with <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/morgan.alexander">Professor Morgan Alexander</a> in the <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/biomaterials-discovery/index.aspx">Biomaterials Discovery Group</a>.</p>
<div id="attachment_14842" style="width: 210px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Evening-of-lang-res2017-200.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14842" class="size-full wp-image-14842" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Evening-of-lang-res2017-200.jpg" alt="An evening of language research - part of Pint of Science 2017" width="200" height="150" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14842" class="wp-caption-text">An evening of language research &#8211; part of Pint of Science 2017</p></div>
<p>After selling out all events last year, Pint of Science returns to Nottingham for its 3<sup>rd</sup> year running. As part of the three-day Pint of Science festival, thousands of scientists around the world will speak about their research. The festival brings a unique line-up of talks, demonstrations and live experiments to the nation’s favourite locals. Hannah Tomlin and I, both second year PhD students, joined the Pint of Science team last year and were involved with publicising the festival. This year, we have taken on the role of co-ordinators, managing a team of over 60 volunteers! As the festival is gaining popularity, we thought we would host 7 different science themes in Nottingham this year: Planet Earth, Tech Me Out, Our Society, Our Body, Atoms to Galaxies, Beautiful Mind and a new special theme focused around the science of Nottingham, Nottingham Frontiers. We are also hosting a sub-theme of the festival, with help from Shalaka Kurup and Nicole Zordan, called Creative Reactions. This is a programme where artists and scientists collaborate to produce incredible artworks inspired by scientists’ research, such as poetry centred on quantum physics, improvised comedy based on scientists’ short monologues, temporary tattoos inspired by sustainability and much more. These works break down barriers between the two subjects and encourage creativity for both parties. The results are breath-taking!</p>
<div id="attachment_14852" style="width: 210px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Inves-physics-of-light-200.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14852" class="size-full wp-image-14852" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Inves-physics-of-light-200.jpg" alt="Investigating physics of light demo at the Atoms to Galaxies 2017 event" width="200" height="150" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14852" class="wp-caption-text">Investigating the physics of light demo at the Atoms to Galaxies 2017 event</p></div>
<p>We think Pint of Science is a brilliant way to communicate real research and encourage non-scientists to feel more comfortable understanding and discussing complex scientific concepts. This also helps people distinguish science fact from science fiction with stories they hear in the media. The festival makes science informal and helps demonstrate research impact. It’s a brilliant way to stimulate interest and better understanding of science in a relaxed and approachable atmosphere.</p>
<div id="attachment_14862" style="width: 319px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Speakers-from-OurBody-theme-400.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14862" class=" wp-image-14862" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Speakers-from-OurBody-theme-400.jpg" alt="Speakers from the Our Body theme, 2017" width="309" height="231" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Speakers-from-OurBody-theme-400.jpg 400w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/04/Speakers-from-OurBody-theme-400-300x224.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14862" class="wp-caption-text">Speakers from the Our Body theme, 2017</p></div>
<p>Tickets are available from the <a href="http://www.pintofscience.co.uk/events/nottingham">Pint of Science website</a>, with each evening costing just £4!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Photographs by Anja Wettergren and Krisztián Kósa</strong></p>
<p>Pint of Science is a non-profit organisation coordinated by a small central team who work alongside volunteers predominantly based within the various participating universities. A bit of background on the team can be found here &#8211; <a href="http://pintofscience.co.uk/team/">http://pintofscience.co.uk/team/</a></p>
<p>The 2018 programme will see UK talks held in: Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cambridge Cardiff, Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Guildford, Hull, Kent, Leeds, Liverpool, London Manchester, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Portsmouth, Sheffield, Southampton and York; and new for 2018 – Coventry, Colchester, Sunderland, Swansea, Stirling and Reading. Whilst every science evening during the festival is unique, each will include at least two experts presenting their research.</p>
<p>Imperial College London awarded Pint of Science the &#8220;President&#8217;s Inspirational Partner Award for Excellence in Societal Engagement&#8221; in June 2017 and Pint of Science was awarded Points of Light by the UK Prime Minister in November 2015.</p>
<p>Hindawi have generously supported Pint of Science 2018, for more information on our partners please visit our website <a href="https://pintofscience.co.uk/partners/">https://pintofscience.co.uk/partners/</a></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/15/pint-science-nottingham-brings-scientists-lab-local-pub/">Pint of Science Nottingham brings scientists out of the lab and into your local pub</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/04/15/pint-science-nottingham-brings-scientists-lab-local-pub/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Let&#8217;s talk careers: A different kind of postgraduate study group</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/22/lets-talk-careers-a-different-kind-of-postgraduate-study-group/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/22/lets-talk-careers-a-different-kind-of-postgraduate-study-group/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 14:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olufunmilayo Agbesanwa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14712</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog was written by Funmi Agbesanwa who is in her second year of her PhD at the School of Pharmacy. Her supervisors are Dr Matthew Boyd in the School of Pharmacy and Dr Simon Bishop from Nottingham University Business School. What is the typical PhD journey? You decide to do a PhD, you start said ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/22/lets-talk-careers-a-different-kind-of-postgraduate-study-group/">Let&#8217;s talk careers: A different kind of postgraduate study group</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="300" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-600sq-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Postgraduate study group" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-600sq-300x300.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-600sq-150x150.jpg 150w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-600sq.jpg 557w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>This blog was written by Funmi Agbesanwa who is in her second year of her PhD at the School of Pharmacy. Her supervisors are <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/people/matthew.boyd">Dr Matthew Boyd</a> in the School of Pharmacy and <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/business/people/lqzsb4.html">Dr Simon Bishop</a> from Nottingham University Business School.</p>
<h3>What is the typical PhD journey?</h3>
<p>You decide to do a PhD, you start said PhD, navigate through the 3-4 years, finally finish writing the thesis, do the <em>viva</em> and ultimately end the project. Somewhere down the line it may strike you that actually, you may not want to stay within traditional academia after completion.</p>
<p>Within my division of <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/research/divisions/pharmacy-practice-and-policy/index.aspx">Pharmacy Practice and Policy</a>, we have monthly postgraduate study group sessions for PhD students on topics such as qualitative data analysis, PhD top tips and viva preparations. Recently, I had the opportunity to organise a slightly different study group; a session on non-traditional careers post-PhD.</p>
<div id="attachment_14732" style="width: 476px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-web.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14732" class="size-full wp-image-14732" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-web.jpg" alt="Postgraduate study group" width="466" height="349" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-web.jpg 466w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/Funmi1-web-300x225.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14732" class="wp-caption-text">Postgraduate study group</p></div>
<h3><strong> </strong>Who attended?</h3>
<p>Three speakers from different career sectors came to give us 10 minute talks on their career journey so far post PhD. Speakers included a senior research fellow, a Quality Assessor at the UK Government Medicines and  Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and a researcher trainer and development manager from the University&#8217;s Graduate School. All three speakers were ex-Nottingham students who had all previously completed PhD’s within the School of Pharmacy.</p>
<p>10 PhD students came for the event – the highest attended study group session! All students were at different stages of their research; including new starters, those collecting their data and those writing or having just submitted their thesis.</p>
<h3>Take home points</h3>
<p>It was encouraging to hear about each speaker’s journey after their PhD, but the main key messages are below:</p>
<ul>
<li>We are all on our own individual journey – no journey is alike and we are all different. The aim is to find out what you enjoy and start from there. List the roles you definitely don’t want to do first.</li>
<li>Identify your skill set: what skills do you have now and which do you need to improve?</li>
<li>Challenge yourself and take hold of opportunities. Travel, meet and talk to others about their careers, get involved. Experiences make us richer people.</li>
</ul>
<h3>To conclude</h3>
<p>It was great hearing from a range of people, who had previously walked in our very own shoes. It was also very useful to bounce career ideas off one and another within an informal and supportive environment. Everyone enjoyed the session and it provided a good networking opportunity!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/22/lets-talk-careers-a-different-kind-of-postgraduate-study-group/">Let&#8217;s talk careers: A different kind of postgraduate study group</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/22/lets-talk-careers-a-different-kind-of-postgraduate-study-group/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nottingham subjects continue to be among the best in the world &#8211; including Pharmacy!</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/19/nottingham-subjects-continue-to-be-among-the-best-in-the-world-including-pharmacy/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/19/nottingham-subjects-continue-to-be-among-the-best-in-the-world-including-pharmacy/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 08:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14672</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Subjects taught at The University of Nottingham are once again among the best in the world according to a new league table. This year’s ‘QS World University Rankings by Subject’, features Nottingham in the top 150 in 39 of the 43 subjects surveyed. The ranking also features 23 Nottingham subjects in the global top 100, ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/19/nottingham-subjects-continue-to-be-among-the-best-in-the-world-including-pharmacy/">Nottingham subjects continue to be among the best in the world &#8211; including Pharmacy!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="198" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/BlogPic-300x198.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Female postgraduate student using an Accela Autosampler, Bioanalysis and Separation Science Room, Boots Science Building" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><p>Subjects taught at The University of Nottingham are once again among the best in the world according to a new league table.</p>
<div id="attachment_14682" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/BlogPic.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14682" class="size-full wp-image-14682" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2018/03/BlogPic.jpg" alt="Female postgraduate student using an Accela Autosampler, Bioanalysis and Separation Science Room, Boots Science Building" width="300" height="198" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14682" class="wp-caption-text">Female postgraduate student using an Accela Autosampler, Bioanalysis and Separation Science Room, Boots Science Building</p></div>
<p>This year’s ‘<a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/">QS World University Rankings by Subject</a>’, features Nottingham in the top 150 in 39 of the 43 subjects surveyed.</p>
<p>The ranking also features 23 Nottingham subjects in the global top 100, and seven in the top 50.</p>
<p>The University was placed particularly highly in <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/">Pharmacy &amp; Pharmacology </a>(6th in the world rankings and 3rd in UK), <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/education/index.aspx">Education</a> (24th and 4th in the UK),  <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/healthsciences/index.aspx">Nursing </a>(28th in world rankings and 4th in UK), <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/vet/">Veterinary Science</a>(29th), <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medicine/index.aspx">Anatomy &amp; Physiology</a> (44th),  <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/index.aspx">English Language &amp; Literature</a>(45th) and <a class="sys_16" href="http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/geography/">Geography</a> (48th).</p>
<p>Thousands of universities were evaluated as part of the survey, with around 1,000 institutions making the official ranking.</p>
<p>The QS World University Rankings by subject series are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. It allows prospective students to compare universities in their particular area of interest.</p>
<p>The QS World University 2018 Rankings also placed The University of Nottingham as =84th in the world and joint 14th in the UK.</p>
<p>Originally created by Liz Cass</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/19/nottingham-subjects-continue-to-be-among-the-best-in-the-world-including-pharmacy/">Nottingham subjects continue to be among the best in the world &#8211; including Pharmacy!</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2018/03/19/nottingham-subjects-continue-to-be-among-the-best-in-the-world-including-pharmacy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>School of Pharmacy Research Blog May &#8211; July 2017</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/12/18/school-of-pharmacy-research-blog-may-july-2017/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/12/18/school-of-pharmacy-research-blog-may-july-2017/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Journal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmacy research blog]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14531</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to our research blog, bringing you highlights from the latest edition of the School of Pharmacy Journal, a quarterly collection of publications and press releases. This edition continues to demonstrate the breadth and depth of the research undertaken across the School of Pharmacy in Nottingham and Malaysia. A particular highlight is a paper in Science ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/12/18/school-of-pharmacy-research-blog-may-july-2017/">School of Pharmacy Research Blog May &#8211; July 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="300" height="270" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal-300x270.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="‘Water soluble, multifunctional antibody-porphyrin gold nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy’ by Oriol Penon, María J. Marín, David A. Russell and Lluïsa Pérez-García." style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal-300x270.jpg 300w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal.jpg 483w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><p>Welcome to our research blog, bringing you highlights from the latest edition of the <a href="https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/documents/pharmacy-journal/pharmacy-journal-may-july-17.pdf">School of Pharmacy Journal</a>, a quarterly collection of publications and press releases.</p>
<div id="attachment_14551" style="width: 493px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14551" class="size-full wp-image-14551" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal.jpg" alt="‘Water soluble, multifunctional antibody-porphyrin gold nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy’ by Oriol Penon, María J. Marín, David A. Russell and Lluïsa Pérez-García." width="483" height="435" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal.jpg 483w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/12/PharmacyJournal-300x270.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14551" class="wp-caption-text">The photo above is from the paper ‘Water soluble, multifunctional antibody-porphyrin gold nanoparticles for targeted photodynamic therapy’ by Oriol Penon, María J. Marín, David A. Russell and Lluïsa Pérez-García.<br />Schematic representation of the PR-AuNP-PEG-Ab conjugates: gold nanoparticles functionalized with the thiolated porphyrin derivative ligand (red) and the thiolated polyethylene glycol derivative ligand (black) bound to an anti-erbB2 antibody (green).’</p></div>
<p>This edition continues to demonstrate the breadth and depth of the research undertaken<br />
across the School of Pharmacy in Nottingham and Malaysia. A particular highlight is a<br />
paper in Science authored by Adam Celiz of our Advanced Materials and Healthcare<br />
Technologies division entitled “Tough Adhesives for Diverse Wet Surfaces” which reports the development and application of a ‘bioinspired’ multi-layered adhesive that permits non-harmful adhesion to wet surfaces that will have wide-spread application in areas including tissue adhesives, wound dressings, and tissue repair.</p>
<p>The extent of interest in the work expressed through social media has been considerable<br />
and very pleasing. We continue to work to enable our research to make positive impact in healthcare, and this work carried out by Adam is a fine example of our efforts.</p>
<p>The papers also exemplify our cross institutional and collaborative research, with articles co-authored by colleagues in Chemistry, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medicine, Psychology, and Veterinary and Medical Sciences, and collaborators at Birmingham, Dublin, Leicester, Glasgow, Harvard, to name but a few.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/12/18/school-of-pharmacy-research-blog-may-july-2017/">School of Pharmacy Research Blog May &#8211; July 2017</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/12/18/school-of-pharmacy-research-blog-may-july-2017/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Inspiring children with Science in The Park</title>
		<link>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/11/27/inspiring-children-with-science-in-the-park/</link>
					<comments>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/11/27/inspiring-children-with-science-in-the-park/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2017 08:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy in the news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmacy Student Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alshaimaa Almehmady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Research]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/?p=14211</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p>This blog has been written by PhD student, Alshaimaa Almehmady , who works in the Division of Molecular Therapeutics and Formulation.  she would like to share her story of how her group was involved in the &#8216;Science in the Park&#8217; exhibition earlier this year. With a view towards inspiring a new generation of young scientists, ...</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/11/27/inspiring-children-with-science-in-the-park/">Inspiring children with Science in The Park</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="213" height="213" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Square-Sci-in-Park213.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Square-Sci-in-Park213.jpg 213w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Square-Sci-in-Park213-150x150.jpg 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px" /><p>This blog has been written by PhD student, Alshaimaa Almehmady , who works in the Division of Molecular Therapeutics and Formulation.  she would like to share her story of how her group was involved in the &#8216;Science in the Park&#8217; exhibition earlier this year.</p>
<p>With a view towards inspiring a new generation of young scientists, the School of Pharmacy organised a pharmaceutical exhibit as part of &#8216;Science in the Park&#8217; day, in collaboration with <a href="https://www.britishscienceassociation.org/">The British Science Association</a> as part of <a href="https://www.britishscienceweek.org/">British Science Week</a>. As part of a group consisting of postgraduate students and staff from the School, including those from the <a href="http://www.advancedtherapeutics-cdt.ac.uk/">EPSRC sponsored Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Advanced Therapeutics and Nanomedicines</a>, we exhibited some scientific activities in order for children to learn about a range of pharmaceutical science topics. After suiting-up with tiny safety specs, lab coats and gloves, the children started the round of three different activities in high spirits.</p>
<div id="attachment_14221" style="width: 608px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure1.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14221" class="size-full wp-image-14221" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure1.jpg" alt="Picture 1. Pictures show the tablet press machine (on the left). On the right Alexandra (from CDT) is demonstrating how powder compressed into tablet using the punch press handles." width="598" height="377" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure1.jpg 598w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure1-300x189.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14221" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 1. Pictures show the tablet press machine (on the left). On the right Alexandra (from the CDT) is demonstrating how powder is compressed into a tablet using the punch press handles.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the first activity, we illustrated to the children how tablets were made in the old days by using a tablet press machine.  We subsequently explained how in the pharmaceutical industry nowadays companies can make hundreds of tablets in no time. The children then had the opportunity to choose which type, shape and colour of tablets they wanted to make and then they tested how quickly they could break the tablets and release the active ingredient, in comparison to effervescent tablets (Pictures 1 and 2).</p>
<div id="attachment_14231" style="width: 609px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure2.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14231" class="size-full wp-image-14231" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure2.jpg" alt="Picture 2. Simple dissolution test of tablets was tested on the day by children to compare the rate of dissolution between normal compressed tablets and effervescent one." width="599" height="215" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure2.jpg 599w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure2-300x108.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14231" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 2. Simple dissolution test of tablets was tested on the day by children to compare the rate of dissolution between normal compressed tablets and effervescent tablets.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The second activity involved the preparation of a cream. We first explained how pharmacists can incorporate drugs into a cream formulation. Children then had the chance to prepare their own cream from a range of colours and smells, which they could take home as a souvenir of the day , as long as the creams had been labelled properly as a pharmacists would do (Pictures 3 and 4).</p>
<div id="attachment_14241" style="width: 609px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure3.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14241" class="size-full wp-image-14241" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure3.jpg" alt="Picture 3. Children suited up in a lab coat, gloves and safety specs to prepare a cream formulation." width="599" height="265" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure3.jpg 599w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure3-300x133.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14241" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 3. Children suited up in a lab coat, gloves and safety specs to prepare a cream formulation.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The third activity gave the children an insight into the concept of modern targeted therapeutics. Using a ping-pong ball as a drug, plasticine cut to different shapes as the drug carrier and a 3D poster showing target organs in the human body, the children could build a drug-carrier system in a shape of their choice (Pictures 5 and 6).</p>
<div id="attachment_14251" style="width: 610px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure4.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14251" class="wp-image-14251 size-full" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure4.jpg" alt="Picture 4. To produce colorful cream, children had to choose a colouring agent to incorporate it in the cream formulation (picture on the left). After that, they had to mix components together using traditional glass mortar and pestle (picture in the middle) and pack it and label it nicely in a plastic jar." width="600" height="157" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure4.jpg 600w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure4-300x79.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14251" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 4. To produce colourful cream, children had to choose a colouring agent to incorporate it into the cream formulation (picture on the left). After that, they had to mix components together using traditional glass mortar and pestle (picture in the middle) and pack it and label it nicely in a plastic jar.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_14261" style="width: 608px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure5.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14261" class="wp-image-14261 size-full" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure5.jpg" alt="Picture 5. On the left, picture shows a model drug-carrier system where a pingpong ball is the drug and plasticine is the carrier, which was cut to shape to fit into one of the organs in the 3D poster. On the right, one of the children decided to target the brain he is trying to fit his system into the human body poster." width="598" height="191" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure5.jpg 598w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure5-300x96.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14261" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 5. On the left, picture shows a model drug-carrier system where a pingpong ball is the drug and plasticine is the carrier.  The plasticine was cut to shape to fit into one of the organs in the 3D poster. On the right, one of the children decided to target the brain and he is trying to fit his system into the human body poster.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was a very busy event and we were really happy to see children aged from 3 &#8211; 13 years old, plus their parents getting enthusiastic and performing the various activities.</p>
<div id="attachment_14271" style="width: 607px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure6.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14271" class="size-full wp-image-14271" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure6.jpg" alt="Picture 6. On the left, one of the children decided to target the heart so, she has cut a pink plasticine into a heart shape while on the right another child decided to target the lung." width="597" height="199" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure6.jpg 597w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure6-300x100.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14271" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 6. On the left, one of the children decided to target the heart, so she has cut some pink plasticine into a heart shape while on the right another child decided to target the lung.</p></div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>We showcased our first science in &#8216;Science in the Park&#8217; day during March 2016 and we had around 7000 visitors. After that successful day, we participated in the science week again in March 2017. It was certainly worth all the effort put into organising the event especially when you saw the big smiles on the children&#8217;s faces. Here are a few pictures of the team (see below, picture 7) &#8211; I hope this story inspires you to start your own scientific activity for future generations!</p>
<div id="attachment_14301" style="width: 612px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure7.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-14301" class="size-full wp-image-14301" src="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure7.jpg" alt="Part of the organisation team" width="602" height="699" srcset="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure7.jpg 602w, https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/files/2017/11/Figure7-258x300.jpg 258w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-14301" class="wp-caption-text">Picture 7: Part of the organization team</p></div>
<p><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;"> </span></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/11/27/inspiring-children-with-science-in-the-park/">Inspiring children with Science in The Park</a> appeared first on <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy">Pharm Life</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
					
					<wfw:commentRss>https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/pharmacy/2017/11/27/inspiring-children-with-science-in-the-park/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
