AWARD WINNER
PHARMACIST OF THE FUTURE
Providing patient centred care, as the
Ashley Thomson with Professor Donald Cairns, Head, School of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, RGU and Philip Winn, Head of Institute and Head, School of Pharmacy, University of Strathclyde
skills and knowledge, Ashley Thomson of Robert Gordon University’s School of Pharmacy was the worthy recipient of the Pharmacist of the Future Award recently.
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Accepting her accolade at the Scottish Pharmacist Awards, Ashley described it as being the ultimate pinnacle to her beginning in the pharmacy profession.
Ashley has displayed innovative and unique qualities in her commitment to quality patient care, co-ordinating various activities which allow her and her colleagues to acquire attributes, skills, and knowledge so that they may provide better patient-centred care as the healthcare professionals and
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ith a passion for patient care and an active search for enhancement of her
pharmacists of the future.
Ashley’s main contributions have been through her position as event co-ordinator for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), as a student representative for the Centre for the Advancement of Inter- professional Education (CAIPE), as the faculty of quality improvement representative for pharmacy and life sciences and as the founder and RGU president of the Inter-professional Education Society (IPESoc).
The RGU IHI chapter is pharmacy led and focuses on tackling patient safety issues specifi c to pharmacy. Her role as events co-ordinator is to propose topics for the chapter to address and to help design and organise workshops and discussion sessions. Ashley is also helping to organise the
chapter’s anaphylaxis event which aims to teach pharmacy students about the regulations surrounding emergency administration of adrenaline in the community and the team are also trying to arrange training for administration of adrenaline.
One of her key contributions has been the design of a format for IPE Society Events. Ashley explains, “My main contribution to the student learning experience and largest potential impact on patient care has been through the founding and running of IPE society. I founded the society during my fi rst year and it is now in its third year of running. The society membership comes from the nine health and social care disciplines across both Robert Gordon (RGU) and Aberdeen (AU) Universities.
“Firstly, a patient scenario is outlined and a student representative from each discipline on our committee delivers a fi ve minute presentation on their role in the care of that patient. I try to cover a range of disease states whilst also constructing cases that refl ect the complex socioeconomic circumstances of the patients that students will encounter as professionals.
“Secondly, after the presentation, members are invited to participate in 3 clinical skills relevant to the patient scenario. The members are split into groups and rotate through the stations where they are given the opportunity to work together in a clinical setting. Some examples of clinical skills taught include: suturing, cannulation, nasogastric tube insertion, defi brillator use and Patient Handover (via SBAR).
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