Draft:Amy Page
{{Short description|Australian academic and clinical pharmacist}}
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Amy Page{{Cite web |title=Amy Page |url=https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/amy-page |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=the UWA Profiles and Research Repository |language=en-GB}} is an Australian academic and clinical pharmacist. She currently serves as the inaugural Director for the Centre of Optimisation of Medicines at The University of Western Australia established in 2024,{{Cite web |last=Paola |first=Sheshtyn |date=2024-07-30 |title=Turning over a new page |url=https://ajp.com.au/news/turning-over-a-new-page/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}} where she is also course director for the Doctor of Pharmacy Practice and the Masters of Advanced Clinical Practice.{{Cite web |last=Medical |first=Forum |date=2025-05-08 |title=Australia's first 'Dr Pharmacy' course set to launch in WA |url=https://mforum.com.au/australias-first-dr-pharmacy-course-set-to-launch-in-wa/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Medical Forum |language=en-US}}
Page is the 2024 Australian Pharmacist of the Year. Page continues to work clinically as a pharmacist in conjunction to working as an educator and researcher at The University of Western Australia.{{Cite web |last=Paola |first=Sheshtyn |date=2025-05-01 |title=A tale of serendipity |url=https://ajp.com.au/in-depth/a-tale-of-serendipity/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Ruth |date=2024-07-25 |title=On the right page |url=https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/on-the-right-page/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Australian Pharmacist |language=en-AU}}
She is a regular commentator on medication use in the Australian media where she is recognised as a national expert in medication safety for older people.
{{Infobox academic
| name = Dr Amy Theresa Page
| caption = Dr Amy Page
| birth_place = Australia
| occupation = Clinical Pharmacist and Academic
| alma_mater = The University of Western Australia
| thesis_url = Too much of a good thing? Continuing and deprescribing medications for older people.
| discipline = Pharmacist
| workplaces = The University of Western Australia
| website = https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/amy-page
}}
Education
She earned her Bachelor of Health Sciences and a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Charles Sturt University.{{Cite web |last=Charles Sturt University |title=Three Charles Sturt alumni hailed as Australia's most influential people in pharmacy |url=https://news.csu.edu.au/latest-news/three-charles-sturt-alumni-hailed-as-australias-most-influential-people-in-pharmacy |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=news.csu.edu.au |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=McLachlan |first=Brooke |date=2018-06-13 |title=Women of influence on a pharmacy career path {{!}} Insight |url=https://insight.study.csu.edu.au/csu-women-influence/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Insight – Charles Sturt University |language=en-AU}} She completed a Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice, Graduate Diploma in Biostatistics and a Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education from Monash University.
She completed further clinical qualifications with a Masters of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Tasmania and a Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Management and Education from Flinders University.{{Cite web |title=ORCID |url=https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2084-8469 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=orcid.org}}
She completed a Doctor of Philosophy in 2017 from The University of Western Australia on deprescribing in older adults.
= Credentialling =
Page credentialled to complete medication management reviews in 2010 through the former Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy and earned her credentialling as both a Medication Mangement Review pharmacist and Aged Care Onsite Pharmacist through the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia in 2024.
= Fellowship =
She is a Fellow of both the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (since 2015) and Advanced Pharmacy Australia (formerly the Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia) since 2023.{{Cite web |last=Advanced Pharmacy Australia |title=AdPha Honour Roll |url=https://adpha.au/membership/honours-awards/honour-roll |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=adpha.au}}
Career
Page is a senior research fellow at the The University of Western Australia's School of Allied Health. In this capacity, she is the Director of the Centre for Optimisation of Medicines.{{Cite web |last=The University of Western Australia |title=Centre for Optimisation of Medicines |url=https://www.uwa.edu.au/schools/research/centre-for-optimisation-of-medicines |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=UWA |language=en}} She currently leads several large research projects into improving the quality use of medicines and medicines safety for older adults. Her research interests primarily relate to medicines safety and the quality use of medicines for older people, particularly those with dementia or chronic diseases or using polypharmacy.{{Cite web |last=Paola |first=Sheshtyn |date=2025-05-01 |title=A tale of serendipity |url=https://ajp.com.au/in-depth/a-tale-of-serendipity/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}}
= Researcher =
Page is best known as a researcher.{{Cite web |last=FPS |first=Dr Amanda Cross MPS & Dr Amy Page |date=2019-10-05 |title=Demystifying the pharmacist PhD career pathway |url=https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/demystifying-the-pharmacist-phd-career-pathway/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Australian Pharmacist |language=en-AU}} Her work on deprescribing and the quality use of medicines for older people is well known.{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Ruth |date=2019-07-18 |title=Report highlights need for improved medicine management |url=https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/report-highlights-need-improved-medicine-management/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Australian Pharmacist |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Paola |first=Sheshtyn |date=2024-09-04 |title=Deprescribing benefits for the "young old" |url=https://ajp.com.au/news/deprescribing-benefits-for-the-young-old/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}} Her work includes having developed an Australian potentially inappropriate medicines list{{Cite web |last=Hava |first=Chloe |date=2024-02-14 |title=New PIM list reveals high-risk medicines for older patients |url=https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/new-pim-list-reveals-high-risk-medicines-for-older-patients/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Australian Pharmacist |language=en-AU}} and the Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health Conditions During Dementia. She has co-chaired clinical guidelines in deprescribing.{{Cite news |title=newsGP - Draft deprescribing guideline for older people issued |url=https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/draft-deprescribing-guideline-for-older-people-iss |access-date=2025-05-09 |work=NewsGP |language=en}} Projects like these focusing on the development of tools to implement in practice are a focus of her research.
Page's research has often explored pharmacy practice to identify current practice or test new interventions. As part of the Consultant Pharmacists' Services Research Network (COHERENT), her research contributed to the practice of consultant pharmacists. Other research she has conducted on pharmacist career paths found that many were planning on changing careers within the next 10 years.{{Cite web |title=newsGP - Around 50% of pharmacists intend to quit by 2033: Study |url=https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/around-50-of-pharmacists-intend-to-quit-within-10 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=NewsGP |language=en}}
She is also well known for her work on prescribing for non-medical practitioners having contributed to this field for pharmacists. She has also collaborated with Optometry Australia to develop a Quality Use of Medicines guideline for optometrists.{{Cite web |last=Paola |first=Sheshtyn |date=2025-03-18 |title=Pharmacists 'can improve medication safety' for optometrists |url=https://ajp.com.au/news/pharmacists-can-improve-medication-safety-for-optometrists/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |last=Tappenden |first=James |date=2025-03-27 |title=New Clinical Practice Guide empowers optometrists to champion quality use of medicines |url=https://www.optometry.org.au/advocacy_government/new-clinical-practice-guide-empowers-optometrists-to-champion-quality-use-of-medicines/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Optometry Australia |language=en-AU}}
= Educator =
Page is the Course Director for the first Doctor of Pharmacy Practice qualification for Australian registered pharmacists who wish to upgrade their qualifications.{{Cite web |last=Pharmacy Daily |date=2025-04-24 |title=UWA first with Dr of Pharmacy Practice |url=https://pharmacydaily.com.au/news/uwa-first-with-dr-of-pharmacy-practice/114702 |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Pharmacy Daily |language=en}} This Doctor of Pharmacy Practice provides pharmacists with the opportunity to upgrade their existing qualifications over one year.{{Cite web |last=Forum |first=Medical |date=2025-05-08 |title=Australia's first 'Dr Pharmacy' course set to launch in WA |url=https://mforum.com.au/australias-first-dr-pharmacy-course-set-to-launch-in-wa/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Medical Forum |language=en-US}} Pharmacists studying the qualification must complete training in aged care pharmacy, medication management reviews, diabetes education and prescribing to earn the DPharm postnomial and be able to use the Dr title.{{Cite web |last=O'Donoghue |first=Nicholas |date=2025-04-28 |title=UWA announces Doctor of Pharmacy Practice |url=https://ajp.com.au/news/uwa-announces-doctor-of-pharmacy-practice/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=AJP |language=en-AU}}
= Clinical Practice =
Page continues to work in community pharmacy and to undertake Home Medication Reviews (HMRs).
Page was previously a clinical pharmacist at Alfred Health in Melbourne for four years from 2018 to 2022 where she held the role of Lead Pharmacist Rehabilitation, Aged Care and Community services.
She was one of the first pharmacists in Australia to work in a general practice, a role she held from 2015 to 2022.{{Cite web |last=Barbeler |first=David |date=2018-07-26 |title=A day in the life of a general practice pharmacist |url=https://www.australianpharmacist.com.au/general-practice-pharmacist/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=Australian Pharmacist |language=en-AU}}
Awards and recognition
She has received numerous awards and recognition for her work. She was recognised as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist in the Advanced Practice Pharmacist pilot in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Media release {{!}} APC congratulates Advancing Practice program on reaching first milestone |url=https://www.pharmacycouncil.org.au/media-hub/apc-congratulates-advancing-practice-program-on-first-milestone/ |access-date=2025-05-09 |website=www.pharmacycouncil.org.au |language=en-US}}
The peak body for pharmacists (the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia) recognised her as the Australian Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2015 and the Australian Pharmacist of the Year in 2024.