Medway school of pharmacy

Andrea joined Medway School of Pharmacy in September 2009. Regarding his academic background he obtained his degree in pharmacy in 1988 from the Faculty of Pharmacy at University of Trieste, Italy and in 1991 his second degree, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology with focus on pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry, from the same University.

While working in hospital and community pharmacies, he completed in 1999 a postgraduate qualification in Hospital Pharmacy (Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy) at Padua University, Italy, with special interest in antibiotics and chemotherapy.

In 2003 he obtained a Certificate in Foundation of Senior Management from the Open University Business School (OUBS), UK and 2005 he then went on to achieve a MBA (Master of Business Administration) from Bradford School of Management, UK, with a major in strategy and business modelling. During the same year he also received two accreditations: MUR (Medicine Use Review) from the Medway School of Pharmacy, UK and Repeat Dispensing from CPPE, University of Manchester, UK. At the present he is completing a PGCHE (Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education) and in the meantime he is doing PhD in Pharmacy Management Science and Operation Research in collaboration with the Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK.

Andrea had the opportunity to explore different fields achieving a holistic view of the drug sector. He worked in several community and hospital pharmacies, (Italy, UK and Switzerland) and in the industry and research (Italy). He worked for public sectors (NHS) and for a Private Multinational Company. Andrea also worked as Pharmacist Manager and Locum having been pharmacist proprietor in Italy and Switzerland and management consultant in Italy too.

Andrea contributes to teaching in the following areas: Foundation Degree in Pharmacy Practice, dispensing and aseptic labs, the genito urinary system.

International teaching

Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Padua, Italy
Visiting Lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy, University of Perugia, Italy.

Membership of Committees and working parties

Member of the Global Education Taskforce
Commonwealth Pharmaceutical Association
From 1999 Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
From 2006 PharmaSuisse, Switzerland CH
From 1994 Italian Society of Hospital Pharmacy (SIFO)
PLB pioneer

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Pharmacy is not only a very demanding profession but it can also be very rewarding and pharmacists are among the major players in the health care arena. This is why we need to work together.

These are some interesting areas that require further investigation:

• Pharmacy Practice in Europe: the European area is really fragmented, 23 different official languages and a population which is over 500 million so far. Pharmacists are working with different ICT (Information Communication Technology) systems, approaching the dispensing procedure in different ways and delivering different services according with their country of practice. The application of different dispensing methods and different ways to process prescription, from the paper based, to the more evolved electronic once, in order to generate electronic PMR (Patient Medication Record) require further investigation.
• Development and application of new models in community pharmacy: moving from a static model, drug centric, where pharmacists are mainly involved in checking, to a dynamic model, patient centric, where pharmacists have a proactive role, dealing with clinical issues such as ADR, drug administration, injections, vaccination, drug information.
• The financial burden must be address and in order to achieve this objective pharmacist need to be aware of the financial implication of their choices. The financial side of the pharmacy model is becoming a critical success factor that will dictate the survival or the end of pharmacy in the near future.
• Creation and development of a platform in order to share information in real time among different countries: a new and crucial role for the profession is coming up. There is even more need to share information about patients in real time in order to provide better and tailored service. Information communication technology (ICT) and Pharmacists are a very powerful combination and they could make a real contribution to people’s lives.
• Creation of a standardized European PMR (Patient Medication Record): there is the need to create a standardized PMR to facilitate people movement around Europe; at the same time to share information and reduce medication errors.
• The development of research studies/projects targeted to acquire data which can be analysed by mean of multivariate statistical techniques will allow the development of a roadmap from where we are now to where we would like to be in the next 5 years.

Collaborations and research projects with:

European Universities
University of Padua, Italy
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland
University of Lisbon, Portugal
University of Granada, Spain
National and Kapodistrian University of Athenes, Greece

Other international collaborations

OFCT (Canton Tessin’s Chamber of Pharmacists) Switzerland
Trevisio’s Chamber of Pharmacists, Veneto Region, Italy

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Publication

• Lyall S., Oyefeso A., Berhe Z., Manfrin A. Analyse & compare POM Orlistat vs. P Orlistat. Drug Information Journal. Vol. 45, (2) March 2011 ISSN 0092-8615. p 217.
  

Poster Presentations

• Manfrin A., Gill T.S., Mar Molinero C., Recalde L., Sanchez Pozo A., Caparrotta L. Impact of Information Communication Technology on Community Pharmacies, Pharmacists and Patients in Europe. British Pharmaceutical Conference, 11-12 September 2011, London, UK (accepted)

• Manfrin A., Mar Molinero C. Using multivariate statistics to understand pharmacy management: from shopkeepers to gatekeepers and new service providers. EAFP (European Association Faculty of Pharmacies) New Roles for Pharmacists and Pharmacies in Europe: a Challenge for Education in Pharmacy. June 23-25, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

• Gallager L., Manfrin A. From Aseptic Dispensing to clinical Implementation using active Learning and Technology. APTUK 10th June 2011, London, UK.
  Lyall S., Oyefeso A., Berhe Z., Manfrin A. Analyse & compare POM Orlistat vs. P Orlistat. Medway School of Pharmacy University of Greenwich and University of Kent (UK). 23rd EuroMeeting, 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Manfrin A., Lyons B., Kaur Mahil A., Warda S., Ogunbase E., Fattah D., Corlett S. The pharmacy model is changing from a package-service to a service-package: are community pharmacists and academia working together to develop the European Pharmacist? EAFP (European Association Faculty of Pharmacies), 24-26 June 2010, Catania, Italy

Oral Communications

• Manfrin A., Gill T. S., Recalde L., Sánchez Pozo A., Polak S., Morais J. G., De Menezes J. C. M., CaparrottaL. New Pharmacies and Pharmacists in Europe: what gets measured gets done. EAFP (European Association Faculty of Pharmacies). New Roles for Pharmacists and Pharmacies in Europe: a Challenge for Education in Pharmacy. June 23-25, 2011, Lisbon, Portugal

• Manfrin A, Keating M, Gallager L, Shi X, Khambay P, Apampa B. Bridging the gap between Aseptic Preparation and Potential Clinical Consequences. Pharmacy Education Symposium, Monash University Australia, 11-13 July 2011, Prato, Italy

Invited Speaker

• Manfrin A. Caparrotta L. Behavioural changing models and drug addiction. Padua Summer School, University of Padua, 19th July 2011, Italy.#

• Manfrin A. The development of a profession and its critical success factors. The Conference of Deans of Italian School of Pharmacies. 29th June 2011 University of Catania, Italy.

• Manfrin A. Community Pharmacy in Europe: the present and the future. Annual meeting OFCT (Ordine dei Farmacisti del Ticino), 10th June 2011, Bellinzona, Switzerland.

• Manfrin A. Community Pharmacy across Europe. LPF meeting, 12th May 2011,Wrotham UK.

• Manfrin A. Adherence: Pharmacist’s critical success factor? (a bottom up approach). Department of Pharmacology and Anaestesiology, University of Paduva 13th April 2011, Italy

• Manfrin A, Caparrotta L. Pharmacist and Pharmacy: the transformation of a model. National Italian Pharmacists’ Head Quarter (FOFI), 2nd March 2011, Rome Italy.

• Manfrin A. Sciolli R. Caparrotta L. Pharmacist and Pharmacies: a European comparison. ECM, Ordine dei Farmacisti di Treviso, 7th February 2011, Italy.

• Manfrin A. Hospital Pharmacists: from zero to hero. School of Specialization in Hospital Pharmacy, University of Perugia 25th January 2011, Italy.

• Manfrin A. Pharmacist “in” practice. Padua Summer School, University of Padua 19-23 July 2010, Italy.

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