Dr Hayley Croft
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy (Pharmacy and Experimental Pharmacology)
- Email:hayley.croft@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4985 4263
Career Summary
Biography
Dr Hayley Croft (PhD BPharm GradCertDiabetes AACPA MPS) is a full-time teaching and research academic in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of Newcastle. She is a registered pharmacist and has been recognised for 15 years service as an accredited consultant pharmacist. Her clinical experience is in providing medication management services within the primary care sector including community pharmacy, residential aged care facilities, and private disability organisations.
Hayley's research interests encompass scholarship of teaching and learning including workforce development and experiential learning. Her specific research programs explore the assessment of health professional competence, and use of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in workplace-based learning that provide a means of evaluating the progressive increase in responsibility and autonomy that a student/learner can be entrusted to undertake professional task(s) safely and accurately; and supporting workplace preceptors in linking education and practice.
As a clinician researcher Hayley is also undertaking health services research and is passionate about establishing a role for pharmacists in disability care, recognising there is a lack of strong evidence for models of care to improve medicine safety in people with disability. The research program aims to establish an evidence base for pharmacists to be more heavily involved in medicine safety for people with disability and improve care for people with cognitive disability through collaborative practice arrangements that include pharmacists. This aligns with objectives of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and of the wider profession. Hayley is one of the founding members of POMPIDA (Pharmacists Optimising Medicines for People with Intellectual Disability and Autism) a community of practice for pharmacists with a special interest in disability care; and co-founder and director of Cognitive Pharmacy Consultants (CPC) a company that specialises in delivering medication and policy review services to people at a higher risk due to their medicines and setting such as disability and aged care organisations.
Hayley is involved in policy and projects at a state and national level through her involvement as a Pharmacy Board Examiner for Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA); a consultant to the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) on the development of workplace assessment approaches for Intern pharmacists; and a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Academic Advisory Committee.
Hayley has been acknowledged for 15 years service in teaching pharmacy and nursing students at the University of Newcastle (UoN) and has made substantial contributions to quality teaching and learning activities across all year levels, largely focused pharmacy practice and pharmacotherapeutics. Hayley was awarded the 2022 CHMW Early-Career Teaching award which recognises early-career staff members who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to the student learning experience.
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacy, University of Newcastle
- Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
Keywords
- Competency assessment
- Curriculum and pedagogy
- Disability care
- Entrustable Professional Activities
- Experiential learning
- Health services
- Pharmacist scope of practice
- Workforce development
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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420318 | People with disability | 30 |
390115 | Work integrated learning (incl. internships) | 20 |
390110 | Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy | 50 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy | University of Newcastle School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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25/2/2022 - |
Consultant Workplace based assessment project |
Australian Pharmacy Council Australia |
2/2/2019 - | Director and consultant | Cognitive Pharmacist Consultants (CPC) Australia |
6/6/2017 - | Casual Pharmacist | Merewether Pharmacy Australia |
Teaching appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2008 - 15/11/2019 | Clinical Educator (Pharmacy) | University of Newcastle Faculty of Health and Medicine |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2022 |
2022 College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing Early-Career Teaching award University of Newcastle |
2021 |
DVC(A) Educator Innovation and Impact Award University of Newcastle |
2015 |
Australian Post Graduate Award (APA) Scholarship University of Newcastle |
Prize
Year | Award |
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2018 |
Best Oral Presentation – Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference |
2006 |
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Pharmacy Graduate of the Year Pharmaceutical Society of Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Chapter (1 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2022 | Croft H, Thornton O, 'Medications and diabetes mellitus', Fundamentals of Pharmacology for Paramedics, John Wiley & Sons, UK (2022) |
Journal article (10 outputs)
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2023 |
Maundu J, Galbraith K, Croft H, Clark B, Kirsa S, Wilkinson G, Abeyaratne C, 'Development of workplace-based assessment tools to support postgraduate training of provisionally registered pharmacists in Australia', JACCP Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, 6 370-376 (2023) [C1] The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the national accreditation authority for pharmacy education and training in Australia. In 2020, APC published revised Accreditation Standa... [more] The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the national accreditation authority for pharmacy education and training in Australia. In 2020, APC published revised Accreditation Standards and a new Performance Outcomes Framework (POF). The POF details expected performance for pharmacy students at the point of graduation and for pharmacy graduates on completion of postgraduate training. The APC and the pharmacist regulator, the Pharmacy Board of Australia collaborated on a project to develop workplace-based assessment (WBA) tools for use in assessing performance of pharmacy graduates in the postgraduate training period. The objectives of the project were to; identify and develop an initial suite of WBA tools; develop accompanying guidance and supporting documentation; seek feedback from stakeholders; and pilot the WBA tools in community and hospital settings. The WBA tools were developed through consultative process overseen by a group of education experts (a Technical Working Group) and a governance group. The latter comprising members from the Pharmacy Board and APC. The Technical Working Group agreed on the tools to develop based on an available Intern Year Assessment Blueprint and the tools were then drafted by a consultant. APC held consultative forums and a pilot study to gather feedback from intern pharmacists and preceptors. The project resulted in development of a suite of three types of WBA tools; Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs), Case Based Discussions (CbD), and In Training Assessment (ITA) activities covering six areas of focus. All types of tools that were initially agreed upon were made available for use. The WBA tools address 15 performance outcomes in the POF. Future direction will involve further evaluation of the tools in diverse practice settings and expansion of the current suite of tools to cover additional performance outcomes.
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2021 |
Gilligan C, Powell M, Lynagh MC, Ward BM, Lonsdale C, Harvey P, et al., 'Interventions for improving medical students' interpersonal communication in medical consultations.', Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2 CD012418 (2021) [C1]
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2020 |
Salem S, Cooper J, Schneider J, Croft H, Munro I, 'Student Acceptance of Using Augmented Reality Applications for Learning in Pharmacy: A Pilot Study.', Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 8 1-10 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Croft H, Gilligan C, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, Schneider J, 'Development and inclusion of an entrustable professional activity (EPA) scale in a simulation-based medicine dispensing assessment', Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 12 203-212 (2020) [C1] Background and purpose: Effective, safe, and patient-centred dispensing is a core task of community pharmacists. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) offer a way of defining... [more] Background and purpose: Effective, safe, and patient-centred dispensing is a core task of community pharmacists. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) offer a way of defining and assessing these daily practice activities. Although EPAs have become popular within competency-based medical education programs, their use is new to pharmacy education and assessment. Educational activity and setting: A simulation-based assessment framework containing a scale of entrustment was developed to evaluate the readiness of Year 4 undergraduate pharmacy students to safely manage the supply of prescribed medicine(s) in a community pharmacy. The assessment framework was piloted in a fourth year ¿Transition to Practice¿ course with 28 simulation-based assessments conducted. Findings: An entrustment framework was developed and implemented successfully with Year 4 undergraduate pharmacy students. The EPA for medicine dispensing integrates competency domains that include information gathering, providing patient-centred care, clinical reasoning, medicine dispensing, and professional communications. On a scale ranging from level 1 to level 5, the majority (73%) of entrustment ratings were level 2 or level 3; and of the students who achieved different ratings between clinical scenarios, 75% of students improved on their second simulation attempt. There was a strong correlation between the global EPA ratings with the total score achieved across the domains. Using simulation-based assessment, entrustment decision making can be incorporated in ¿entry to profession¿ undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses to assess students' readiness to transition between learning and professional practice.
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2020 |
Schneider J, Patfield M, Croft H, Salem S, Munro I, 'Introducing Augmented Reality Technology to Enhance Learning in Pharmacy Education: A Pilot Study.', Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 8 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Croft H, Gilligan C, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, Schneider J, 'Developing a validity argument for a simulation-based model of entrustment in dispensing skills assessment framework.', Currents in pharmacy teaching & learning, 12 1081-1092 (2020) [C1]
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2019 |
Croft HA, Glass B, Gilligan C, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, 'Integrated simulation-based skills assessment for evaluating pharmacist competence: A scoping review', Pharmacy Education, 19 381-396 (2019) [C1]
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2019 |
Croft H, Gilligan C, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, Schneider J, 'Current Trends and Opportunities for Competency Assessment in Pharmacy Education-A Literature Review.', Pharmacy (Basel), 7 (2019) [C1]
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2018 |
Croft H, Gilligan C, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, Schneider J, 'Thinking in Pharmacy Practice: A Study of Community Pharmacists' Clinical Reasoning in Medication Supply Using the Think-Aloud Method.', Pharmacy, 6 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Croft H, Nesbitt K, Rasiah R, Levett-Jones T, Gilligan C, 'Safe dispensing in community pharmacies: applying the software, hardware, environment and liveware (SHELL) model', Clinical Pharmacist, 9 1-15 (2017) [C1]
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Conference (4 outputs)
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2015 |
Hookham G, Nesbitt K, Cooper J, Croft H, Rasiah R, 'Gamification for education: Designing a pharmacy education game', Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (2015) [E1] A key motivator for the use of serious games has been the notion that ¿gamification¿ provides users with an additional level of engagement. This study examines a traditional model... [more] A key motivator for the use of serious games has been the notion that ¿gamification¿ provides users with an additional level of engagement. This study examines a traditional model of usability in terms of engagement and efficacy, presenting the results obtained from a formative evaluation of a serious game prototype that has been developed to assist in pharmacy education.
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2015 |
Hunter SM, Johnston CL, Rasiah R, Roberts E, O'Toole G, MacDonald-Wicks L, et al., 'Using healthy ageing as a vehicle for interprofessional education', 6th International Clinical Skills Conference. Abstracts, Prato, Tuscany (2015) [E3]
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2014 |
Croft H, Rasiah R, Cooper J, Nesbitt K, 'Comparing Animation with Video For Teaching Communication Skills', Proceedings of the 2014 Conference on Interactive Entertainment, Newcastle, NSW (2014) [E1]
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2014 |
Hookham G, Cooper J, Rasiah R, Croft H, Nesbitt K, 'Efficacy and Usability in the Design of a Pharmacy Education Game', ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING - ICEC 2014, Sydney, AUSTRALIA (2014) [E3]
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Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 16 |
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Total funding | $142,717 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20241 grants / $25,000
Community Pharmacist-led Intervention for Individuals with Intellectual Disability$25,000
Funding body: Newcastle & Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association Inc
Funding body | Newcastle & Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association Inc |
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Project Team | Doctor Hayley Croft, Dr Manya Angley, Mrs Chelsea Felkai, Associate Professor David Newby |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2024 |
Funding Finish | 2025 |
GNo | G2400483 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
20232 grants / $8,275
Team-based care delivered by behaviour support practitioners and pharmacists for persons with intellectual disability at risk of inappropriate chemical restraint$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Hayley Croft, Dr Manya Angley, Sam Boag, Miss Chelsea Felkai, Adeline Tan |
Scheme | Industry Matched Funding Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G2300411 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
External collaboration_Domestic_Croft $3,275
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Doctor Hayley Croft |
Scheme | External Collaboration Grant Scheme - Domestic |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2023 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | G2300415 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20223 grants / $13,630
Exploring the role of the community pharmacist within a team-based model of care for patients with disability$6,565
Funding body: Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds
Funding body | Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds |
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Project Team | Croft, H (CI); Felkai, C; Newby, D; Munro, I; Ross, D. |
Scheme | Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3300 – Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3300 |
UON | N |
Empowering community pharmacists to support trainees through entrustable professional activities (EPAs)$6,565
Funding body: Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds
Funding body | Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds |
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Project Team | Croft H (CI), Newby, D; Dineen-Griffin, S; Salem, S; Munro I |
Scheme | Newcastle Hunter Valley Pharmacists Association philanthropic funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3120 - Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3120 |
UON | N |
Ins and Outs of Entrustable Professional Activities $500
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Croft, H |
Scheme | Educator Professional Development Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20213 grants / $25,182
Virtually improving secondary prevention for CHD with personalised care $18,182
Funding body: John Hunter Hospital (JHH) Charitable Trust
Funding body | John Hunter Hospital (JHH) Charitable Trust |
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Project Team | Mcivor, D., Collins, N., Thomas, L., Croft, H., Anderson, M., McCarter, V. |
Scheme | John Hunter Hospital (JHH) charitable trust grant scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1700 - Aust Competitive - Other |
Category | 1700 |
UON | N |
Exploring appropriate pharmacotherapy for anxiety and depression in high-risk cardiovascular and cancer patients$5,000
Funding body: Hunter Medical Research Institute
Funding body | Hunter Medical Research Institute |
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Project Team | Doctor Hayley Croft, Professor Brian Kelly, Professor Doan Ngo, Professor Aaron Sverdlov |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | G2100161 |
Type Of Funding | C3300 – Aust Philanthropy |
Category | 3300 |
UON | Y |
College Academic Support Scheme $2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | University of Newcastle, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing Academic Support Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20202 grants / $33,140
University of Newcastle Academic support $30,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | H Croft |
Scheme | New academic appointment research start-up funding |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2023 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Exploring medicines management for people with a disability residing in supported independent living and the potential role for pharmacists. $3,140
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Croft, H (CI), Reeves, A., Schneider, J., Cooper, J., Munro, I., Felkai, C. |
Scheme | University of Newcastle Strategic Pilot Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20191 grants / $2,550
Web-based simulation for enhancing workplace readiness in pharmacy students $2,550
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Munro, I. (CI), Cooper, J., Newby, D., Salem, S., Schneider, J., Croft, H. |
Scheme | University of Newcastle Teaching Innovation Investment Scheme (T12) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20182 grants / $13,940
Simulation based assessment for evaluating pharmacists' competence in clinical decision making during medication review and supply$9,940
Funding body: Pharmacy Council of New South Wales
Funding body | Pharmacy Council of New South Wales |
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Project Team | Doctor Hayley Croft, Associate Professor Conor Gilligan, Associate Professor Jenny Schneider, Associate Professor Rohan Rasiah, Tracy Levett-Jones |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | G1800462 |
Type Of Funding | C2400 – Aust StateTerritoryLocal – Other |
Category | 2400 |
UON | Y |
Development of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) Applications to Enhance Learning in Pharmacy$4,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Salem, S. (CI), Munro, I., Croft, H., Schneider, J. |
Scheme | University of Newcastle Strategic Pilot Grant – Research and Teaching |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20141 grants / $11,000
Embedding inter-professional interactions during clinical placement to assist pharmacy student learning of healthy aging$11,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Hunter, S. M., Johnston, C. L., Rasiah, R., Roberts, E., O'Toole, G., Croft, H., MacDonald-Wicks, L., Newstead, C |
Scheme | University of Newcastle Inter Professional Education Health Education Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20131 grants / $10,000
Simulated Professional Communication: creative strategies for accelerating reflective professional leadership skills and decision-making through role-play$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Croft, H and Arrighi, G |
Scheme | Teaching and Learning Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2021 | PhD | Impact of Pharmacist Involvement in the Transitional Care of High-Risk Cardiovascular patients for Medication Reconciliation, Medication Education, and Postdischarge Call-Backs | PhD (Pharmacy), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Establishing a Framework for the Delivery of Pharmacist-Led Services to Improve Medicine Management in Disability Care | PhD (Pharmacy), College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
Dr Hayley Croft
Position
Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy
School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Focus area
Pharmacy and Experimental Pharmacology
Contact Details
hayley.croft@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4985 4263 |
Mobile | 0412292415 |
Fax | (02) 4921 7903 |
Office
Room | MS125 |
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Building | Medical Sciences Building |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |