In July 2016 we hosted our first MyDispense International Symposium. This event was very successful with 40 attendees from 17 countries. It was a truly extraordinary event, where firm collaborations were made. Indeed, people who had never met before the event had forged highly productive connections and friendships by the end.

Attendees

Francisca Acevedo
BIOREN La Frontera University
Patricia Acuna-Johnson
Universidad de Valparaiso/Faculty of Pharmacy
Richard Adome
Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Role
University professor with long-standing interest in medicines use by communities. One time the only pharmacist in the University, I started the program of Pharmacy in the university back in 1988. I am also the pioneer Dean of the School of health Sciences, which have the programs of pharmacy, dentistry, nursing and Allied Health Sciences.

Interests
Pharmacologist by specialization and I have been teaching therapeutics to Medical, Dental Nursing, etc university students since 1981. I obtained a Medical Education Fellowship from FAIMER, Philadelphia 2006-2008, USA. I have a special interest in student assessment methods. Research interest: economics of medicines use
Heidi Anksorus
University of North Carolina
Role
I am a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. I completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center and joined the school in 2010 where I teach and coordinate courses in the Pharmaceutical Care Lab courses, as well as Pharmaceutical Calculations, Medical Terminology and Sterile Compounding. I am a board certified pharmacotherapy specialist and have practiced as a clinical generalist at UNC Hospitals within the Inpatient Rehabilitation Center and also spent some time in the Drug Information Center, and I currently practice in the dental clinic as an adjunct faculty member at the UNC School of Dentistry. I have experience working as pharmacist in not only the hospital setting, but the community (ìretail") setting as well.

Interests
My areas of interest and research include implementation of clinical pharmacists in the dental setting, Teaching & Learning innovations/Scholarship of Teaching, Interprofessionalism, and Emotional Intelligence/Soft-Skill development. In addition, I would be very interested in collaborating with colleagues from outside of my University regarding these areas of interest.
Lawrencia Louise Brown
University College London
Role
Principal Teaching Fellow in Pharmacy Practice

Interests
Pharmacy Education and training in UG and PG populations, Workplace learning, Currently studying towards an MSc in Clinical Education at UCL Institute of Education, Teaching interests, Current teaching on the MPharm, Pharmacy Law and Ethics, Pharmacy Professionalism and Leadership, Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
Jane Condee
University of Charleston
Role
Assistant Director of Experiential Education (IPPE)
Academic Affairs Committee, Chair
I am the course coordinator for IPPE and Sterile Compounding.
I am also involved in IPE and other simulation activities

Interests
I am currently working with other faculty on research involving ePortfolio, IPE, and hopefully MyDispense. I am very excited for the opportunity to learn more about the MyDispense simulation software. I have used it as a pilot for a couple of student groups and have received a lot of positive feedback. With more training, I hope to use it in other courses.
Mahama Duwiejua
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Role
Professor of Pharmacology but also plays a big role in department of pharmacy practice.

Interests
Teaches clinical pharmacy and pharmacology to both undergraduates and postgraduates. interested in quality of care.
Tesfahun Chanie Eshetie
College of Health Sciences, Jimma University
Role
I am university lecturer with rank of assistant Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at Jimma University, I am mainly involved in providing lectures for pharmacy students, mainly the last 4 and 5th year courses, as well as provide lecture for PG students in Clinical Pharmacy, I am a preceptor for student pharmacist practical ward clinical training, i am involved in supervising their research undertakings; apart from this i provide clinical pharmacy service in the teaching hospital through mentoring my students hospital as well as community pharmacy attachments, and undertake clinical research as part of the academics.

Interests
My teaching and Research areas: My teaching areas include teaching undergraduate and PG students on Pharmacotherapeutics, clinical pharmacy courses including drug information and literature evaluation courses, pharmacy practice courses.
Research Interest: Pharmacotherapy and outcomes research, chronic disease, pediatrics, clinical pharmacist role, Medication Related Problems and Health related quality of life.
Stefanie Ferreri
University of North Carolina
Role
Clinical associate professor in the Division of Practice Advancement and Clinical Education at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Director of the school's PGY1 community pharmacy residency program from 2004-2015.

Interests
Advancing clinical practice in the community-pharmacy setting. In particular, to ensure that community pharmacists are embedded as a part of the health care team to optimize patient care. Developing and evaluating clinical services within the community practice setting.
Kate Fletcher
Reading University
Role
Lecturer in Pharmacy, focussing on Education and Practice.

Interests
UoRM Pharmacy Lead for Pharmacy Practice, MyDispense (!), outreach, admissions, placements, interprofessional and experiential education. Programme Lead for MPharm 2+2.
Christian Hanson
Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone
Role
Am a registered Pharmacist from Sierra Leone, with 7 years working experience.

Interests
Am currently in China, pursuing a postgraduate in Pharmacology
Kris Harrell
Role
I am the experiential education director for the University of Mississippi.

Interests I have an interest in student development and am looking to expand our student pharmacists' global pharmacy perspectives.
Nortan Hashad
Fatima College of Health Sciences
Peter James
University of Sierra Leone
Role
Associate Lecturer
John Alimamy Kabba
China Pharmaceutical University
Role
I am an inspecting pharmacist in sierra leone, employed by the ministry of health. I will be going into teaching role in the faculty of pharmacy upon completion of my studies.

Interests
Am presently a masters student majoring in pharmacology with research concentrate in antineuroinflammatory leads.
Said Abasse Kassim
China Pharmaceutical University
Monique Klitsie
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
Role
I am an associate lecturer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Interests
I teach the subject of Pharmacy Practice in the Department of Pharmacy and as a part of this, co-ordinate the dispensing module in the 2nd year of study towards our BPharm degree. I thoroughly enjoy teaching the practice side of dispensing and am looking forward to learning a new teaching tool.
Laura Knockel
University of Iowa College of Pharmacy
Role
I currently teach in the Foundations of Pharmacy Practice and Applications of Pharmacy Practice series at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy. We teach skills such as prescription and non-prescription counselling, immunizations, and documenting the patient interview (SOAP notes). I also practice as a community pharmacist in a small chain pharmacy in Iowa City, Iowa.

Interests
I am interested in immunizations, diabetes education, smoking cessation, and advancing community pharmacy. In regards to research, I am involved in the scholarship of teaching and learning, specifically on implementing innovative active learning techniques in a pharmacy practice laboratory setting.
Sunny Linnebur
Role
I teach a P1 course (Pharmacotherapy Self Care) for which the Dean of our School of Pharmacy thought this program would fit nicely into.

Interests
I teach the P1 course above, along with 9 other courses at the SOP, including our Pharmacotherapy Capstone Course in the P3 year. I mainly focus on clinical topics related to older adults, as that is my area of expertise.
Alemayehu Mekonnen
University of Gondar
Role
I am a third year PhD student at the University of Sydney, Australia doing my research in the health services and patient safety theme. Particularly, the role of pharmacists in medication management and medication reconciliation when patients are admitted to, and discharge from a hospital in settings where resources are scarce.

Interests
Teaching and research interest: As I am a specialist clinical pharmacist, I worked as a preceptor for Year IV and V pharmacy student for various clerkship courses (such as Internal medicine,ambulatory, and surgery) at Gondar University hospital. I taught many courses, including but not limited to, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmaceutical care, communication skills and patient counselling, pharmacy practice. My research interest more relies on quality use of medicines, and the impact pharmacists could brought by adopting various strategies into the healthcare system and evaluating interventions promoting the safety of patients.
Tsitsi Grace Monera Penduka
University of Zimbabwe
Role
I am a lecturer with the School of Pharmacy and head the Clinical Pharmacy department.

Interests
My teaching areas and research interests: I teach on the Over-the-Counter, Pharmacotherapeutics, Pathophysiology and Clinical Pharmacokinetics courses. I am interested in the monitoring and assessment of interactions of herbal medicine with antiretroviral drugs as well as training healthcare professionals in the same.
Sulamita Miranda Nam
Andrés Bello University
Role
I am an assistant professor of pharmacy school at the University Andres Bello in Santiago and Chile. I belong to the Clinical and Hospital Pharmacy. I classes in the subject of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Care II on the issue of oncology. I am also coordinator of connectedness School of Pharmacy, this unit aims to develop activities that seek new links with other professionals or institutions and educational activities to the community.

Interests
My areas of interest are oncology, palliative care and pain relief and active learning methodologies.
Nettie Ndzabala
Pharmacy dept College of Medicine University of Malawi
Role
Head of Pharmacy

Interests
My areas of interest are Pharmacy practice and pharmacovigilance
Terry Ng
University College London
Role
Senior Teaching Fellow in Pharmacy Practice

Interests
Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy, research interest in pharmacy education
Michael Pettit
University of Sussex
Role
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice
Pam Reiter
Children's Hospital Colorado
Role
I am a pediatric ICU and trauma pharmacist at Children's Colorado and a Clinical Associate Professor at Skaggs School of Pharmacy in Denver. I teach in the Pediatric Elective and precept both students and residents.

Interests
My areas of interest and research include: pediatric pharmacotherapy, pain and sedation in the critically ill and venous thromboembolism in children.
Eliza Tam
University of Hong Kong
Role
My Role and teaching: I am a pharmacist trained in Australia and currently working as lecturer at the University of Hong Kong.

Interests
My teaching area is pharmacy practice and I am the course coordinator for pharmacy practice, responsible for curriculum design and practical trainings.
Connie Valdez
Role
I am an associate professor who teaches heavily in the first and fourth year of the curriculum at CU. I teach self care in the first year and work with students directly who are on rotation with me at my 2 clinical practice sites. Interests
My research interests are in the realm of education (retention of knowledge/educational teaching techniques) and clinical practice.

Steering Group

Keenan Beaumont
Monash University
Role
Lead software developer for the MyDispense development team and the Monash University Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Keenan joined the team in 2012, and has since stamped his mark on its development capably supporting MyDispense as it continues to grow. Keenan is the primary support for the software and server maintenance.
Tina Brock
University of California San Francisco

Role
Associate Dean for Global Health & Educational Innovations at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy. She works primarily in the area of interprofessional curriculum development and global health workforce capacity building. MyDispense has been both an educational innovation in the UCSF program and a lifesaver for some accreditation challenges that Tina has been involved in.

Interests
Interprofessional curriculum development and global health workforce capacity building.

Marian Costelloe
Monash University
Role
General Manager in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University. She joined the faculty in 2004 after spending over 17 years at the University of Melbourne in various senior management roles, including General Manager in the Vice‐Chancellor’s Office. Marian’s background is in education, with experience in a number of international business development projects involving industry and university collaborations. She holds a Master of Arts and a Graduate Diploma in Education from The University of Melbourne.
Marcus Ferrone
University of California San Francisco
Role
Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. His clinical research focuses on the drug formulation aspects of hyperpolarized molecules for magnetic resonance molecular imaging. In addition to sterile drug product development, he is particularly interested in the legal climate that impacts both pharmacy compounding and industrial manufacturing. Collaborating with internal and external partners committed to creating cutting‐edge advances in pharmaceutical science education also plays an important role in my academic position. Marcus has been at the heart of the development of MyDispense USA. He developed the model for the USA dispensing process in MyDispense and has created over 150 exercises for the US version.

Interests
His clinical research focuses on the drug formulation aspects of hyperpolarized 5 molecules for magnetic resonance molecular imaging. In addition to sterile drug product development, he is particularly interested in the legal climate that impacts both pharmacy compounding and industrial manufacturing. Collaborating with internal and external partners committed to creating cutting‐edge advances in pharmaceutical science education also plays an important role in my academic position.
Jill Fitzgerald
University Of Connecticut
Role
PharmD, Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pharmacy Practice and Director of Pharmacy Professional Development at University of Connecticut. Jill’s career has involved many aspects of pharmacy practice including community and hospital practice, teaching and hospice care. She is currently responsible for developing activities for pharmacist continuing education and career counseling services, with teaching responsibilities in the Pharmacy Practice Lab, Pain Management Elective and First Year Experience for Honors prepharmacy students. Jill has worked on the US implementation of MyDispense since 2014 and has fully implemented MyDispense in Pharmacy Practice Lab at UConn.

Interests Community and hospital practice, teaching and hospice care. Currently responsible for developing activities for pharmacist continuing education and career counselling services, with teaching responsibilities in the Pharmacy Practice Lab, Pain Management Elective and First Year Experience for Honours pre‐pharmacy students.
Lisa M. Holle
University Of Connecticut
Role
PharmD, BCOP, FHOPA is a board certified oncology pharmacist, and a fellow of the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association. Currently, Lisa is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy where she teaches pain management , oncology therapeutics, patient assessment and advanced practice experiential students. Her practice site is at the UConn Health Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center, where she works in a team‐based ambulatory care clinic.
Lisa has worked with Monash University and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) since 2013, and more recently other US School of Pharmacy faculty, to develop a US‐based MyDispense version. Along with her colleague Jill Fitzgerald, Lisa has introduced MyDispense into UConn’s School of Pharmacy curriculum: Introductory to Pharmacy Practice Experience (IPPE), Pain Management Elective and Dispensing Laboratory courses. She and Dr Fitzgerald have also mentored advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE) students and independent research students to assist with MyDispense exercise development and research related to implementation of MyDispense.
Clark Kebodeaux
University of Kentucky
Role
PharmD, BCACP, is a clinical assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science at the University of Kentucky, College of Pharmacy. Clark is an adjunct faculty member at the School of Nursing at St. Louis University and coordinator of the online advanced pharmacology course for advanced practice nurse practitioners.
In his previous shared faculty role at St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Clark implemented MyDispense into the didactic and laboratory portions of an Advanced Pharmacy Practice course for P3 students. He is implementing the instance at the University of Kentucky and is currently developing the adoption of MyDispense in a 6‐semester integrated lab sequence for P1–P3 students.
Jennifer Marriott
Monash University
Role
Former Director of the BPharm at Monash University, introduced major restructure and development, and many teaching innovations into the program. She fuelled the initial drive to teach dispensing online – the genesis of MyDispense – and was involved in its initial scoping work. She is past President of the Academic section of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) and past member of the FIP Board of Pharmacy Practice. She is Director of the FIP‐UNESCO UNITWIN programme.
Jenny McDowell
Monash University
Role
Senior Education Project Coordinator at the faculty and works on varied projects. Jenny has been a central part of the MyDispense development team since its inception. Working on the initial design, Jenny brought her experience of clinical and community practice and processes to the project design, and continues to advise on ongoing software specifications and development for more advanced use. She also supports faculty staff to create exercises on MyDispense and use the software. She wrote the initial dispensing tutorials that support the delivery of MyDispense exercises to first‐year students, and advises on tutorial development for all year levels.
Keith Sewell
Monash University
Role
Learning Technologies Project manager in the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University. His role involves managing major learning technology projects within the faculty. Keith has led the MyDispense project from its inception and is instrumental in creating the learning design aspect of the specifications. He now works with colleagues all over the World to make the software available to learners in over 25 universities.
Kaan Unugur
Monash University
Role
Designer for the MyDispense project. Kaan has worked on MyDispense since 2010 and is responsible for the entire look and feel of the software as it appears on screen. Kaan has also brought his invaluable expertise in User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) design to the project, making it easy to navigate and intuitive to use.