All the Society's publications are online only, and for the editorial board of Pharmacology Matters this seemed like an opportunity to encourage readers to engage with and discuss our articles through the Society's website. This blog will offer a sneak peak at the next issue, as we will be unveiling a few of the articles early online for comment, before the magazine itself is even published.
New blogs will be posted on a regular basis throughout the year. Updates will be highlighted to members through the Society's email newsletters, Twitter and Facebook.
All members of the British Pharmacological Society are able to comment on each individual blog article. The option to comment is enabled once you have signed in to the Society's website with your email and password.
Let us know your reactions by commenting on the blogs as they are posted and adding any more recent developments to the topics as time goes by.
29 Jan 2018
by Simon Maxwell
published January 2018
Prescribing is a core activity for all healthcare systems and most of the doctors who work in them. The average member of the public in the UK will be in receipt of around 20 prescriptions annually which are intended to treat current illnesses and symptoms or prevent future disease.
19 Jan 2018
by Stephen Alexander, Adam Pawson
published January 2018
There are many ways in which the British Pharmacological Society promotes pharmacology. Some of the more visible routes include the organisation of scientific meetings, as well as education and policy work. Alongside the publication of its three peer-reviewed journals, the Society also supports the IUPHAR/ British Pharmacological Society Guide to PHARMACOLOGY database (GtoPdb), a free online resource for pharmacologists and scientists in related disciplines. Here, Steve Alexander and Adam Pawson reflect on the Concise Guide to PHARMACOLOGY (CGtP) 2017/18 and the database that underpins it.
10 Jan 2018
by Stephen Hill
in President's message
published January 2018
As I begin my term as President I want to update you on my priorities for the year ahead.
08 Jan 2018
published January 2018
Current university applicants are at the interface of two generational cohorts: they are sufficiently old to relate to the values and entitled attitudes of generation Y millennials, but young enough to embrace the more socially conscious generation Z with their concerns for fairness, equity and justice. These digital natives inhabit a hybrid space between generations that hold divergent views on technology and ethics.
03 Jan 2018
by Michael Seed, Andrew Webb
in Affinity groups
published January 2018
For a Society Affinity Group, the Education & Skills Affinity Group is unusual in that it aligns with a British Pharmacological Society committee - the Education and Training Committee chaired by Dr Lisa Wallace and managed by Dr Anna Zecharia, Director of Policy & Public Affairs at the Society. This gives group members important opportunities to inform the Society of pharmacology educators’ needs and concerns, and to advise of developments in innovative practice. It also allows Lisa and Anna direct access to members for ‘on the ground expertise and opinion’.