Dr Marea Patounas
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Biography
Marea's career has extended across a range of pharmacy practice and healthcare settings.She has been an academic at QUT for over 10 years, and completed her PhD in 2020.
Marea enjoys applying her experience and knowledge to help others, especially for teaching undergraduate health students and post-graduate health professionals the principles of Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) to optimise prescribing and improve patient health outcomes.
Marea's passion is for project organisation and people contact, which is a good fit for both research and teaching projects.
Personal details
Positions
- Lecturer
Faculty of Health,
School of Clinical Sciences
Keywords
medication reviews, pharmacy practice, Quality Use of Medicines, health services research, interprofessional research, qualitative research
Discipline
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Pharmacy (University of Queensland)
- AACPA (Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy)
Professional memberships and associations
Awarded Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Awarded Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) - Indigenous
Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy (AACPA) - Accredited to Perform Medication Reviews
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA)
Teaching
Lead, Interprofessional Education (IPE) Programs, School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health.
Since 2011, Marea has led and coordinated multiple programs which focus on IPE and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) including:
- Coordinator CSB111 - Foundations of Clinical Practice - a first year interprofessional unit for Faculty of Health, spanning across health disciplines of paramedicine, pharmacy, podiatry, medical radiation sciences, nursing/paramedicine.
- Coordinator CSB601 - Introduction to Clinical Therapeutics for Health - an undergraduate interprofessional unit for students including paramedicine, nursing, podiatry.
- Coordinator NSN430 - Clinical Therapeutics for Health - postgraduate online program for registered nurses.
- Coordinator NSN432 - Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) and Safe Prescribing - postgraduate online program for registered nurses.
- Coordinator QUT Allied Health Prescribing Training Program - a collaboration with Allied Health Professions' Office of Queensland (AHPOQ) - select allied health (registered physiotherapists, pharmacists) learn to prescribe in this postgraduate CPD program.
Since 2011, extensive teaching experience in undergraduate, postgraduate, CPD My Community programs administered by School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health. These programs included interprofessional units and School of Nursing programs.
Teaching experience also includes publications and presentations from various QUT Faculty of Health teaching programs.
See ePrints https://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Patounas,_Marea.html
Awarded SFHEA (Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy) in January 2019.
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Marea, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Appointment to State/National/International Reference Group or Government Committees
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Member of Committee to review PSA Professional Pharmacy Practice Standards - Medication Reviews and Dosage Administration Aids
- Type
- Editor/Contributor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Editor/reviewer for the PSA Australian Pharmaceutical Formularly (APF) 24th edition. Sections to be co-authored include Dispensing Practice and Cautionary and Advisory Labels
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2016
- Details
- Committee member for the Real Health of the Nation project. Selected to represent School of Clinical Sciences in this cross-Faculty committee. Contributed to survey development and collaboration across Faculty of Health. Participated in a video portraying Pharmacy and School of Clinical Sciences, as well as PhD project for this ambitious project
- Type
- Editor/Contributor of a Prestigious Work of Reference
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- The Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and Handbook (APF 23) was launched in 2015 and is "The Everyday Guide to Pharmacy Practice". The APF covers a broad spectrum of pharmacy practice and is a comprehensive clinical handbook. My contribution in 2014 was to review various sections of the APF 22 handbook including: Dispensing Practice,Counselling and Cautionary Advisory Labels,and Instructions for administration of different dosage forms(approximately pages 2-16 in the current APF 23 edition).
- Type
- Assessor, Examiner or Supervisor Role
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- Assessor for intern oral exams, return to practice exams and other exams, for the Pharmacy Board of Queensland (2013-2015).