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Staff Profile

Dr Adam Rathbone

Lecturer

Background

Dr Rathbone is a registered pharmacist and independent prescriber. He completed his clinical pharmacy foundation training at South Tess NHS Hospitals Foundation Trust and worked in various pharmacy settings across the North East, including community, general practice, hospital and academia. Dr Rathbone has also completed the postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy as an advanced generalist and now works clinically at the Great North Children's Hospital in Emergency and Acute Assessment. He has experience of delivering clinical pharmacy services and completed his PhD at Durham University, John Snow College. Dr Rathbone became a Lecturer in Clinical and Social Pharmacy in 2019.


Research

Dr Rathbone's work specialises in social and clinical pharmacy research.

Dr Rathbone has expertise in qualitative methodology, drawing on behavioural, cognitive and social science to examine relationships between people and their pills.


Current research interests include health services research in relation to

  • health services for children and young people
  • sexual and reproductive health experiences
  • Visit research.ncl.ac.uk/prepnow for more information
  • pharmacy education and training


Dr Rathbone currently holds the following research roles

  • Chief Research Officer, International Social Prescribing Pharmacy Association
  • Associate Editor, Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
  • Peer-reviewer for a broad range of health and social science journals, including Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy, International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy, BMJ Open, Health Services Research Journal, Qualitative Health Research, PlosOne etc
  • Faculty of Medical Science Ethics Committee Member





Teaching

Dr Rathbone teaches across multiple aspects of social and clinical pharmacy; this includes physical examination skills (such as respiratory, cardiovascular and abdominal examinations) and procedural skills such as taking blood pressure, cholesterol and blood glucose measurements as as well as communication skills. Dr Rathbone also contributes to the work-based learning activities at the School and supervises placements. Dr Rathbone's expertise in education, learning and assessment is recognised as a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AdvanceHE).


Dr Rathbone also Chair's Consultant Pharmacist Credentialing Committees and is a mentor at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, supporting pharmacist training across all career stages.

Publications