Dr. Scott CunninghamDr. Cunningham is a senior lecturer and group leader for Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacy Practice at the School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences. He is the immediate past Chair of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Faculty Accreditation Panel and has a broad interest in all aspects of quality assurance related to pharmacist development. Dr. Cunningham is an external examiner for pharmacy courses and regularly reviews for a number of journals.
Dr. Cunningham is an active researcher with research interests spanning many aspects of pharmacy practice and education. Key research interests include:
- Pharmacist prescribing and e-Health implementation
Dr. Cunningham is involved in researching aspects of pharmacist prescribing, including: the training program, why some pharmacists choose to train as prescribers and others do not; how pharmacist prescribers actually practice; the views of the pharmacist prescribers, their doctor colleagues and the patients themselves. Dr. Cunningham also has an interest in the barriers and facilitators to implementation of e-Health strategies for the prescribing, supply and administration of medicines in hospitals.
- Medication Adherence in Chronic conditions
Work in this area currently focuses on cardiovascular conditions and seeks to explore the barriers and facilitators for adherence in patients – particularly post-percutaneous coronary intervention. Other facets include the use of NOACs in AF and optimal strategies for the treatment of STEMI in remote and rural settings.
- Remote and Rural Healthcare
Dr. Cunningham has an interest in many aspects of healthcare provision in remote and rural settings. This includes the barriers and facilitators to recruitment and retention of pharmacy practitioners. In addition, he is involved in work related to access to medicines and pharmaceutical care in remote and rural populations.