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Job positions for pharmacists in academia
The information for the job positions listed is a guide only and varies for different education institutions.
WoRkSHoP TuToR
Duties:
• Prepares for and organises the efficient running of workshops such as allocating tasks to each group of students
• Promotes interactive learning among students
• Provides workshop feedback to course coordinator
• Marks assessments
• Answers student enquiries
Requirements:
• Clinical experience in community and/or hospital pharmacy
• Familiar with topic areas covered in workshops
• Teaching experience or mentored by a supervisor
• Good communication and leadership skills, empathetic and organised
• Usual to be undertaking further studies e.g. Master of Clinical Pharmacy or PhD
RESEARCHER
Duties:
• Assists with the development of experiment procedures and ensures high standard of care
• Involved in data analysis
• Works with other researchers in
publishing work
• Conducts detailed and systematic
literature reviews
• Organises ethics committee submissions
and writes grants to obtain funding for conducting research
Requirements:
• Pharmacy, medical, science or related degree
• Highly recommended to have previously conducted research; PhD would be beneficial
• Understands and appreciates a variety of different research methods within the broad area of pharmacy practice
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Good time management skills and has high attention to detail
RESEARCH SuPERvISoR
CouRSE CooRDINAToR
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Duties: Duties:
• Supervises postgraduate and honours students, and meets regularly with them to provide input on their research
• Works with students or other researchers in publishing work
• Reads and edits manuscripts for publication
• Writes grants in order to obtain funding for conducting research
• Responds to student enquiries
Requirements: Requirements:
• Understands and appreciates a variety of different research methods within the broad area of pharmacy practice
• Highly recommended to have conducted research; PhD would be beneficial
• Good time management and organisational skills
lECTuRER
• Pharmacy, medical, science or related degree
• PhD
• Education based qualification e.g.
Graduate Certificate in Educational
Studies is recommended
• Must be knowledgeable of the course
and content
yEAR CooRDINAToR
• Responsible for the development and day-to-day operation of a specific course
• Provides students with course syllabus that covers course objectives, schedule and assessment requirements.
• Creates a structured course schedule for students and staff
• Facilitates course improvement through reflection and student evaluations
• Sets and grades assessments
Duties: Duties:
• Composes and presents lecture materials • Marks student assessments
• Updates course material following
research
• Provides guidance and advice to students • Answers student enquiries
Requirements:
• Pharmacy, medical, science or related degree
• Conducts face-to-face teaching
• Prepares teaching materials for lectures
and tutorials and checks academic robustness of own materials and those of work colleagues
• Co-ordinates course logistics such as lecture and assessment arrangements
• Provides input into teaching improvements and answers student enquiries
• Ensures assessments and assessment marks are released on time
• Research or clinical experience
• Widely read with content expertise Requirements:
• Experience in presenting lectures and seminars or willing to gain experience
• Experience in developing teaching material for lectures and seminars
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• PhD and recommended to have an education based qualification e.g. Graduate Certificate in Educational Studies
• Conducted or has interest in educational research
• Experience working within the Faculty or department of Pharmacy is recommended
• Experience teaching contents to students in the year
• Good understanding of all course curricula and content