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Annual Report 2016<br />
Member benefits<br />
Peer support and advice<br />
Our online forums are viewed as the most valuable<br />
member benefit and professional support and<br />
development resource by many of our members.<br />
Whilst our educational events provide face to face<br />
networking and support, the forums on the website<br />
allow members to continue to access that<br />
professional expertise and support throughout the<br />
year, wherever they are located geographically.<br />
During 2016 we have been working to identify<br />
improvements to the forums and members will be<br />
able to see these during 2017.<br />
Awards<br />
“Easy access to professionals<br />
who know the answers.”<br />
We continue to offer awards as a member benefit.<br />
These include therapeutic focussed awards,<br />
conference abstract awards, poster awards and our<br />
prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. We are<br />
proud to have recognised so many inspiring and<br />
excellent practitioners this year.<br />
Abstract feedback<br />
UKCPA member<br />
We have continued to provide detailed constructive<br />
feedback on abstracts submitted to our conference<br />
by members. This peer review helps our members to<br />
improve their writing and research skills and increase<br />
their chances of presentation and publication.<br />
“Excellent source of information<br />
when faced with a real life<br />
clinical dilemma.”<br />
Research support<br />
UKCPA member<br />
We continued our partnership with Pharmacy<br />
Research UK in 2016 to enable UKCPA members to<br />
apply for our Clinical Pharmacy Research Grant. This<br />
year we were delighted to award two grants.<br />
Andrew Sturrock, Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy<br />
Practice and Clinical Therapeutics at the University of<br />
Sunderland, will be investigating the perceptions of<br />
patients towards the prevention of osteonecrosis of<br />
the jaw, a rare but unpleasant and preventable<br />
consequence of using bisphosphonates.<br />
Daniel Greenwood, a PhD student in Pharmacy and<br />
Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of<br />
Manchester, will be looking the activities undertaken<br />
by pharmacists with enhanced clinical skills in the<br />
emergency department and what this means for<br />
patient care.<br />
Ann Page, Chair of UKCPA, said, "It is important to<br />
prevent osteonecrosis of the jaw and this project<br />
should result in better patient care for those taking<br />
bisphosphonate. We also look forward to seeing the<br />
evidence around the impact that A&E pharmacists<br />
can make in emergency care.”<br />
This concludes our three year research grant<br />
programme, but we will continue to offer research<br />
support through our annual conference workshops.<br />
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