Summer 2021–22
Producing a 'cover of covers' for this issue (No 4, 2021), Rob McDonald, SHPA Member Experience Manager has again captured the energy and passion for the profession.
Past Issues
Online ISSN: 2208-245X
Print ISSN: 2208-3612
2022
2021 (Volume 5)
2020 (Volume 4)
2019 (Volume 3)
2018 (Volume 2)
2017 (Volume 1)
In this Section
Spring 2021
In Spring 2021, members explored how pharmacists, as natural 'system thinkers', are uniquely positioned to drive change in the health care system. As a microscope found calming simplicity amid a tangle of messy flow diagrams, the issue (No 3, 2021) discussed how, long accustomed to doing the most with the least in busy and cost-constrained environments, hospital pharmacists are used to navigating complex processes and hierarchies to achieve what they need for their patients.
Autumn–Winter 2021 Special Issue
A white-hot molten core embodied the dazzling intensity of the hospital pharmacy profession, shining at the centre of the biggest public health challenge in a century: the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out. In a special double issue, (Nos 1–2, 2021), members shared their stories from the frontline of large state and territory run clinics to tiny outreach programs, from Perth to Melbourne and Kangaroo Island to the Gold Coast, reporting stress and strength, inundation and ingenuity, trials and, above all, teamwork.
Summer 2020–21
A nervous optimism greeted the new year and the Summer 2020–21 issue (No 4, 2020) cover evoked the progress of time at an historic moment. As upheaval gave way to hope and promise, on the ground SHPA members looking back while looking forward; from Emergency Medicine pharmacists traversing changes to staffing, stock, layout and clinical roles, to new approaches to preventing burn-out, the issue explored how to let go of poor practices and hold on to innovations forged in the crucible of 2020.
Spring 2020
The blood-red of the Spring 2020 issue (No 3, 2020) brought together the person and the practice; blending pharmacy (medicine) and the pharmacist (fingerprint) as a reminder that the human experience is intrinsic to the function of the profession, and the delivery of patient care. As life amid COVID-19 continued, members explored the vulnerability of frontline healthcare workers under strain, and the benefits of mindfulness in pharmacy practice.
Winter 2020
By Winter (No 2, 2020), COVID-19 in Australia had a steady but uncertain rhythm and was embedded in our everyday collective consciousness. The cover's coffee table spread showed this new reality, as features explored business as (un)usual on two concurrent paths: one focused on daily case counts, new clinical information on coronavirus and the ongoing battle to identify, contain and suppress outbreaks, and the other addressing other issues and opportunities in hospital pharmacy that remained just as relevant as they were before the pandemic shadow arose.