Dr Amy Theresa Page
Amy Page[1] 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,[2] where she is also course director for the Doctor of Pharmacy Practice and the Masters of Advanced Clinical Practice.[3]
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.[4][5]
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.[1]
| Dr Amy Theresa Page | |
|---|---|
| Born | Australia |
| 💼 Occupation | Clinical Pharmacist and Academic |
| 🌐 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.[6][7] 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.[8]
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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
Researcher
Page is best known as a researcher.[12] Her work on deprescribing and the quality use of medicines for older people is well known.[13][14] Her work includes having developed an Australian potentially inappropriate medicines list[15] and the Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health Conditions During Dementia. She has co-chaired clinical guidelines in deprescribing.[16] 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.[17]
She is also well known for her work on prescribing for non-medical practitioners having contributed to this field for pharmacists.[4][5] She has also collaborated with Optometry Australia to develop a Quality Use of Medicines guideline for optometrists.[18][19]
Educator
Page is the Course Director for the first Doctor of Pharmacy Practice qualification for Australian registered pharmacists who wish to upgrade their qualifications.[20] This Doctor of Pharmacy Practice provides pharmacists with the opportunity to upgrade their existing qualifications over one year.[21] 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.[22]
Clinical Practice
Page continues to work in community pharmacy and to undertake Home Medication Reviews (HMRs).[5]
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.[23]
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.[24]
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.
| 2015 | Young Pharmacist of the Year – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia[25] |
| 2015 | Advanced Practice Pharmacist – Australian Pharmacy Council |
| 2017 | Prize for best work accepted for publication by a UWA Higher Degree by Research student – University of Western Australia |
| 2017 | Rising Stars – Australian Journal of Pharmacy[26] |
| 2018 | Agenda Setters - Second Leading Australian Journal of Pharmacy[27] |
| 2019 | 14 Most Influential People in Pharmacy – Australian Journal of Pharmacy[28] |
| 2022 | UWA Vice Chancellor's Early Career Researcher Award[1] |
| 2022 | 12 most influential people in pharmacy - Australian Journal of Pharmacy[29] |
| 2024 | Pharmacist of the Year - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia[30] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Amy Page". the UWA Profiles and Research Repository. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Paola, Sheshtyn (2024-07-30). "Turning over a new page". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Medical, Forum (2025-05-08). "Australia's first 'Dr Pharmacy' course set to launch in WA". Medical Forum. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Paola, Sheshtyn (2025-05-01). "A tale of serendipity". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cooper, Ruth (2024-07-25). "On the right page". Australian Pharmacist. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Charles Sturt University. "Three Charles Sturt alumni hailed as Australia's most influential people in pharmacy". news.csu.edu.au. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ McLachlan, Brooke (2018-06-13). "Women of influence on a pharmacy career path | Insight". Insight – Charles Sturt University. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Advanced Pharmacy Australia. "AdPha Honour Roll". adpha.au. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ The University of Western Australia. "Centre for Optimisation of Medicines". UWA. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Paola, Sheshtyn (2025-05-01). "A tale of serendipity". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ FPS, Dr Amanda Cross MPS & Dr Amy Page (2019-10-05). "Demystifying the pharmacist PhD career pathway". Australian Pharmacist. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Cooper, Ruth (2019-07-18). "Report highlights need for improved medicine management". Australian Pharmacist. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Paola, Sheshtyn (2024-09-04). "Deprescribing benefits for the "young old"". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Hava, Chloe (2024-02-14). "New PIM list reveals high-risk medicines for older patients". Australian Pharmacist. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "newsGP - Draft deprescribing guideline for older people issued". NewsGP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "newsGP - Around 50% of pharmacists intend to quit by 2033: Study". NewsGP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Paola, Sheshtyn (2025-03-18). "Pharmacists 'can improve medication safety' for optometrists". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Tappenden, James (2025-03-27). "New Clinical Practice Guide empowers optometrists to champion quality use of medicines". Optometry Australia. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Pharmacy Daily (2025-04-24). "UWA first with Dr of Pharmacy Practice". Pharmacy Daily. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Forum, Medical (2025-05-08). "Australia's first 'Dr Pharmacy' course set to launch in WA". Medical Forum. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ O'Donoghue, Nicholas (2025-04-28). "UWA announces Doctor of Pharmacy Practice". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Barbeler, David (2018-07-26). "A day in the life of a general practice pharmacist". Australian Pharmacist. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ "Media release | APC congratulates Advancing Practice program on reaching first milestone". www.pharmacycouncil.org.au. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (2015-07-31). "Amy Page named PSA Young Pharmacist of the Year for 2015". Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Australian Journal of Pharmacy (October 2, 2017). "Pharmacy's 10 Rising Stars".
- ↑ Australian Journal of Pharmacy (September 21, 2018). "Agenda Setters: Amy Page".
- ↑ Australian Journal of Pharmacy (October 10, 2019). "Most influential people in pharmacy: Amy Page".
- ↑ Brooker, Chris (2022-11-30). "The people of influence". AJP. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
- ↑ Clarke, Georgia (2024-08-02). "PSA24: Victorian researcher awarded top pharmacy honour". Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. Retrieved 2025-05-09.
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