Pharmacy Days aims to keep all stakeholders in pharmacy, from students and researchers to private company professionals and practicing pharmacists, up to date with academic and professional developments. The event fosters cross‑sector knowledge exchange and highlights evolving roles for pharmacists in healthcare.
Main themes included:
- Preparedness and pharmacies: Sessions examined how pharmacies integrate with broader emergency preparedness systems, what role community and hospital pharmacies can play during crises, and practical steps to strengthen readiness.
- AI for drug discovery and drug information: Presentations explored AI‑driven methods to accelerate discovery of new therapeutic candidates, to improve information retrieval about drugs, and to assist clinical decision support — including ethical considerations and validation needs.
- Home treatment hospitals and pharmacist leadership: As care shifts toward decentralized and home-based models, pharmacists have new opportunities to lead medication management, safety, and patient counseling programs in home treatment settings.
PharmaSafe members were involved in a number of ways this year. Anne Gerd Granås delivered a Pecha Kucha (400‑second talk): “Menopausens Fakta og mysterier,” and Hedvig Nordeng presented the prize "Det Giftige Kors".
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Several posters highlighted practical research with direct implications for practice, education and patient safety.
- Ingunn Björnsdottir contributed a poster that showcased her ongoing work on action research on athletes' information needs to avoid unintentional doping.
Lavin Kadir presented a poster titled “Assessing medication safety culture in Norwegian pediatric wards.”
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Mia Heimdal also participated in the conference, and Liv Vidas helped ensure the event’s success through service on the organizing committee.
We are additionally happy to share that our master student Dung Kim Tran received a stipend from NFS to support her master’s project — congratulations!
We are very proud of our PharmaSafe members for representing our department and research group well.