Background: The delivery of the undergraduate pharmacy professional degree programme in Ireland changed in 2014 from a 4 + 1-year internship programme to a five-year integrated programme1. The new programme integrates ...

Introduction: Falls in older patients (≥65 years) is a growing burden on healthcare resources globally. Falls in older persons are responsible for 10–15% of presentations to acute hospitals and are the cause of > 50% of ...

Background: Community pharmacies in the Republic of Ireland are required to have a clear and documented system for the management, review and recording of dispensing errors (DEs) and near misses (NMs). Despite this, only ...

Rationale: Stress can be a part of third level education and experienced by undergraduate students across a range of degree courses. Stress can be positive in stimulating optimum performance. However, excessive stress ...