University of Otago

A $3.27 million scholarship fund for Māori health students, including those studying pharmacy, has been launched to keep more Māori in pharmacy schools. 

The high failure rate for intern assessments has spurred pharmacy students into action 

A pilot clinic held for LGBTQIA+ patients at the University of Otago’s School of Pharmacy was such a success that plans to extend it are afoot. 

University of Otago researchers are calling for the $5 prescription copayment to be scrapped after their randomised control trial showed the fee is damaging the health of vulnerable populations

Pharmacy schools are taking novel approaches to attract students to the profession, as a shortage of pharmacists bites.

Pharmacy schools are taking novel approaches to attract students to the profession, as a shortage of pharmacists bites.

As interns once again sit their final exam this month, sector leaders are hoping the trend of high failure rates eases, writes Paulette Crowley

As interns once again sit their final exam this month, sector leaders are hoping the trend of high failure rates eases, writes Paulette Crowley

The only meningococcal vaccine funded for tertiary students living in halls of residence does not protect against the most common cause of the potentially deadly disease

The University of Otago School of Pharmacy, along with the rest of Otago’s Division of Health Sciences, may soon give people with disabilities priority access to its courses.