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Associate Professor Kay Stewart

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Director, Postgraduate Studies and Professional Development Unit

BPharm(Hons) University of Queensland
PhD University of Queensland

Telephone: +61 3 9903 9618
Fax: +61 3 9903 9629
Email: kay.stewart@pharm.monash.edu.au

Centre for Medicine Use and Safety

Research interests

  • Community Pharmacy Services  – specialised and disease state management services
  • Medication Usage – Prescription and Non-Prescription medicines
  • Medication adherence – barriers and facilitators

Education

  • Year level co-ordinator, fourth year, Bachelor of Pharmacy 
  • Unit co-ordinator VCP4011 – Pharmacy Practice IVA (Professional Experience Placement Program)

Lecturer in:

  • Community pharmacy practice
  • Primary healthcare (responding to symptoms of minor ailments)
  • Women’s health
  • Dermatology

Representative publications

  1. Al-Badriyeh D, Liew D, Stewart K, Kong D. Cost-effectiveness of voriconazole versus liposomal amphotericin B as empirical therapy for febrile neutropenia in Australia. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2009; 63:197-208
  2. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. A national survey on knowledge and perceptions of senior medical students about generic medicines in Australia. (Letter) Medical Journal of Australia. 2008; 188(2):123-124
  3. Gordois A, Armour C, Brillant M, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Burton D, Emmerton L, Krass I, Saini B, Smith L, Stewart K. Cost effectiveness of a pharmacy asthma care program in Australia. Disease Management and Health Outcomes. 2007; 15(6):387-396
  4. George J, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Adherence to disease management programs in patients with COPD: a review. International Journal of COPD.  2007; 2(3):253-262
  5. Krass I, Armour C, Mitchell B, Brillant M, Dienaar R, Hughes J, Lau P, Peterson G, Stewart K., Taylor S, Wilkinson J. The Pharmacy Diabetes Care Program: Evaluating the impact of a diabetes service model delivered by community pharmacists in Australia. Diabetic Medicine. 2007; 24:677-683
  6. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. A comparison between senior medical students’ and pharmacy pre-registrants’ knowledge and perceptions of generic medicines. Medical Education. 2007; 41(7):703-710
  7. Armour C, Bosnic-Anticevich S, Brillant M, Burton D, Emmerton L, Krass I, Saini B, Smith L, Stewart K. Pharmacy Asthma Care Program (PACP) improves outcomes for patients in the community. Thorax. 2007; 62(6):492-592
  8. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Knowledge and perceptions of recent pharmacy graduates about generic medicines. Pharmacy Education. 2007; 7(1):89-95
  9. Krass I, Armour C, Mitchell B, Brillant M, Dienaar R, Hughes J, Lau P, Peterson G, Stewart K, Taylor S, Wilkinson J. Pharmacy Diabetes Care Program: Analysis of two screening methods for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes in Australian community pharmacy. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2007; 75:339-347
  10. George J, Kong DCM, Santamaria N, Ioannides-Demos L, Stewart K. Adherence to Disease Management Interventions for COPD Patients: Patients’ Perspectives. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2006; 36(4):278-285
  11. Larizza MA, Dooley MJ, Stewart K, Kong D. Exploration of Factors Influencing Adherence to Molecular Therapies in Haematology-Oncology Outpatients. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2006; 36(2):115-118
  12. George J, Kong DCM, Santamaria NM, Ioannides-Demos LL, Stewart K. Smoking Cessation: COPD Patients’ Perspective. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2006; 36(2):107-110
  13. George J, Vuong T, Bailey MJ, Kong DCM, Marriott JM, Stewart K. Regimen Complexity and Medication Adherence in Patients at Risk of Medication Misadventure. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research. 2006; 36(2):99-102
  14. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Generic Medicines: Perceptions of general practitioners in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Generic Medicines. 2006; 3(3):214-225
  15. George J, Vuong T, Bailey MJ, Kong DCM,  Marriott JM, Stewart K. Development and validation of the Medication-based Disease Burden Index . Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 2006; 40(4):645-650
  16. George J, Mackinnon A, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Development and validation of the Beliefs and Behaviour Questionnaire (BBQ). Patient Education and Counselling. 2006; 64(1):50-60
  17. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Generic Medicines: Perceptions of community pharmacists in Melbourne, Australia. Journal of Pharmaceutical Finance, Economics and Policy. 2005; 14(3):27-45
  18. Hassali MA, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Generic Medicines: Perceptions of consumers in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 2005; 13(4):257-264
  19. George J, Kong DCM, Thoman R, Stewart K. Factors associated with medication nonadherence in patients with COPD. Chest. 2005; 128(5):3198-3204
  20. Goeman DP, Hogan CD, Aroni RA, Abramson MJ, Sawyer SM, Stewart K, Sanci L, Douglass JA. Barriers to delivering asthma care: a qualitative study of general practitioners. Medical Journal of Australia. 2005; 183(9):457-460

External appointments

  • Executive Member, Australian Pharmacy Examining Committee (APEC) of the Australian Pharmacy Council