SMU Clinical Pharmacy

09/02/2022

Our 2022 MPharm students
Welcome to the programme 🌹

25/01/2022

Clinical division interns meets with staff members 💕

24/10/2021

MPharm students they were doing their oral exam 👏🏻so proud of them 💐💕

24/10/2021

My boss Dr Bronkhorst and Ms Phumzile soon to be Dr Skosana 💐💕

20/11/2020

As part of WORLD ANTIBIOTIC WEEK, the trailer for the SUPERBUGS AND YOU: True Stories from Scientists and Patients Around the World podcast series has been released, and is FREE TO LISTEN. 👏🏻💊💉

Episode 1 will be released on 24 November, then weekly thereafter.

Do not miss the interview in episode 3 with our own Professor, Natalie Schellack on 8 December. 💪🏼 You make us so proud Prof.

See below for links to listen and to share within your network if you'd like!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W3Zmg3iBr0utl5cHMZr4e

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1540797497

General Link: https://link.chtbl.com/superbugsandyoutrailer

12/11/2020

We are so proud of Prof. Natalie Schellack and Dr. Elmien Bronkhorst who collaborated with so many multidisciplinary colleagues to perform the first South African Antibiotic Stewardship programme (SAASP)-coordinated study which involved both the public and the private sector. 👏🎉😍

The primary objective of this study was to assess the utilization of non-specialised pharmacists in both public and private hospitals to implement community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) stewardship interventions.

What a remarkable co-learning experience that will provide a platform to further positively impact antibiotic stewardship in South Africa.

The study was published in the international journal of Antimicrobial Agents. Ths link to the article: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2020.1061🤩💪

19/08/2020

The Clinical department are going live with their Clinical Case Study discussions and you are invited 🤩🥳💪 Join us tonight at 18:00 for our first case study discussion on Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome.💊🩺
The link to the discussion is https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/922ee6b42a8c483fa459457f38731b5d

30/07/2020

Congratulations to Mrs. Deirde Engler for publishing her Ph.D. in a very reputable international journal - Journal of Chemotherapy. 🥳Mrs. Engler previously motivated us with the following quote from Robert Downey Jr., which truly speaks to her diligence and road to success:

“Nothing will serve you better than a strong work ethic. Nothing."

We celebrate this amazing achievement with you and are fortunate to be able to learn from you 🥳🎉🤩👏

The link to her paper is:

(2020). Compliance with South Africa’s Antimicrobial Resistance National Strategy Framework: are we there yet?. Journal of Chemotherapy. Ahead of Print.

06/07/2020

Another international publication!!! 🤩👏
Congratulations to three of our mentors, Dr. Elmien Bronkhorst, Prof. Natalie Schellack, and Prof. Andries Gous.
Read more on how the clinical pharmacy profession in South Africa has matured over the past decades, as well as
areas where clinical pharmacists should concentrate to build practice and strengthen clinical pharmacy.

We celebrate your success and appreciate your dedication to the profession! 🤓🎉

The profession of pharmacy is maturing as a clinical profession in South Africa and has experienced significant development over the past 10 years. The development of clinical pharmacy in Southern Africa started in the late 1980s. The Director-General of Health and Welfare requested an expansion of....

29/06/2020

Low- and middle-income countries face a
disproportionate burden of antimicrobial resistance and also face challenges related to resource
availability. Prof Natalie Schellack partnered with Virginia Commonwealth University in the USA to identify the resources available that can help institutions develop and sustain antimicrobial stewardship programs and monitor
outcomes. Read more on antimicrobial stewardship programs in low and middle-income countries across the globe, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220304367.

12/06/2020

Here's what we call "PUBLISH OR PERISH"!!! 😎
Go check out these brand new articles published by members of the SMU Clinical Pharmacy Team.

Global Antimicrobial Stewardship with a Focus on Low- and
Middle-Income Countries https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.126

Adult patients with cardiac failure: an update http://sapj.co.za/index.php/SAPJ/article/view/2812

Parents’ knowledge, attitudes and use of antibiotics in upper respiratory infections in Nigerian children https://ajbrui.org/ojs/index.php/ajbr/article/view/437

Focus on the current outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) http://www.sapj.co.za/index.php/SAPJ/article/view/2802

Mycoses and anti-fungals–an update http://sapj.co.za/index.php/SAPJ/article/view/2788

Overview of prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics https://doi.org/10.36303/SAGP.2020.1.0009

An overview of allergic and bacterial conjunctivitis https://doi.org/10.36303/SAGP.2020.1.0010

Shifting the paradigm in the management of conditions affecting the thyroid gland http://ww.jemdsa.co.za/index.php/JEMDSA/article/view/731

An Ototoxicity Grading System Within a Mobile App (OtoCalc) for a Resource-Limited Setting to Guide Grading and Management of Drug-Induced Hearing Loss in Patients With Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: Prospective, Cross-Sectional Case Series https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/1/e14036/pdf

09/06/2020

Parental knowledge of antibiotic use in URTI impacts significantly in the preservation of
antibiotic efficacy, yet has not been adequately studied in Nigerian settings. Prof Natalie Schellack collaborated with Nigerian researchers to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and self-medicating practices of caregivers towards the use of antibiotics in URTI among children.

Follow the link to the article https://ajbrui.org/ojs/index.php/ajbr/article/view/437/163 published in the African Journal of Biomedical Research.