What is it about?

Patient care can be optimised if pharmacists know and understand how medicines work, and what the body does to drugs after they are administered. If pharmacists understand basic physiology, for example, the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract, good advice may be given about the best way or time to take medicines

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Why is it important?

Although pharmacy graduates are well trained about applications of basic sciences to pharmacy practice, there are emerging new technologies for pharmacists to understand and apply their knowledge to patient care.

Perspectives

Understanding basic sciences is not just about direct patient care. Interactions with physicians and sometimes other members of the health care team can be more productive if basic sciences are applied whenever appropriate

Desmond Williams
University of South Australia

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This page is a summary of: Application of pharmaceutical sciences to modern pharmacy practice, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, December 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/jppr.1404.
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