CASPPER (Collaboration of Australians and Sri Lankans for Pharmacy Practice, Education and Research) is an international partnership of clinicians, educators and researchers mainly from Australia, Sri Lanka, and UK. We aim to develop clinical pharmacy services through education and research, in order to enhance health outcomes in Sri Lanka. The group started in 2009. We have taught in the University of Sri Jayawardenapura, and the University of Peradeniya and supported research at the University of Kelaniya
Mission: To help Sri Lanka become a leading country in models of pharmacy service provision, education, and pharmacy research in order to enhance health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Vision: To enable a capable clinical pharmacy workforce delivering evidence based pharmaceutical care in Sri Lanka
Objectives:
Through collaboration between Australian and Sri Lankan health care providers, educators and researchers to:
Mission: To help Sri Lanka become a leading country in models of pharmacy service provision, education, and pharmacy research in order to enhance health outcomes in Sri Lanka.
Vision: To enable a capable clinical pharmacy workforce delivering evidence based pharmaceutical care in Sri Lanka
Objectives:
Through collaboration between Australian and Sri Lankan health care providers, educators and researchers to:
- Develop sustainable clinical pharmacy teaching, learning and evaluation for undergraduate students
- Undertake high quality practice based research to evaluate the impact of clinical pharmacists in medication management and health outcomes
- To undertake world class research in order to generate the evidence base to demonstrate the value add of an integrated clinical pharmacy workforce to Sri Lankan health care
- To facilitate the development of a competent and capable clinical pharmacy workforce in Sri Lanka
History A new 4 year undergraduate degree program for the qualification of BPharm was commenced in 2005/2006. The 4th year curriculum includes modules of clinical and hospital pharmacy. In 2009, Ian and Judith Coombes were invited to provide lectures and workshops aiming to teach and assess components of the clinical pharmacy course, part of the BPharm program at the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka. This visit was supported by the South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration (SACTRC).
This was however just the beginning of a strong relationship between Pharmacists between Australia and Sri Lanka. |
ResearchResearch carried out can be seen at above Research tab.
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