Mrs Hayley Croft

My research interests are focused on developing and evaluating professional pharmacy education.  Since 2011 I have been actively involved in research investigating simulation-based teaching and learning approaches within pharmacy school curricula. These areas of simulation have included high fidelity manikins, simulated patients and augmented/ virtual reality. In 2013 I led a project supported by a Teaching and Learning grant, examining the use of video and animation for improving communication skill acquisition for pharmacy students. Since then I have investigated the use of simulation based assessments in health professional training, and used simulated patient interactions to examine clinical decision making processes by community pharmacists using a qualitative methodology. This has led to my current area of study which involves the development and validation of a framework for providing evaluation of pharmacists during simulated medication supply tasks.

Other research interests include optimising the role of the accredited pharmacist, professional service delivery in community pharmacy, the role of the pharmacist in supply of medicinal cannabis and enhancing medication management skills for Nurse Practitioners.  

I am a registered pharmacist and an accredited consultant pharmacist, and practice in the community pharmacy sector regularly. I contribute to teaching into the areas of Pharmacy Practice, Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacotherapeutics in the B.Pharm at the University of Newcastle.