Mrs Sonja Littlejohns

Lecturer

University Newcastle Department of Rural Health

Email:sonja.littlejohns@newcastle.edu.au

Career Summary

Biography

Sonja is a Lecturer in Pharmacy at The University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health (UONDRH) in Tamworth. This position enables her to work collaboratively with undergraduate pharmacy students and preceptors to enhance the clinical placement experience of students in rural and regional settings.

Sonja's role at the UONDRH includes being a Rural Pharmacy Liaison Officer (RPLO). As an RPLO, Sonja supports local pharmacists by coordinating and facilitating local continuing professional development opportunities and providing networking opportunities and mentoring for intern and newly graduated pharmacists. Sonja is passionate about developing strategies to address the rural pharmacy workforce shortage

Sonja has worked as a clinical pharmacist in both community and hospital settings across NSW and is a credentialed pharmacist with the PSA.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Sydney

Keywords

Inter-professional learning
Multidisciplinary
Pharmacy
Rural Health

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Lecturer	University of Newcastle University Newcastle Department of Rural Health Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
29/4/2015 - 31/1/2017	Lecturer	Department of Rural Health University of Newcastle Australia Australia

Membership

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
2/2/2004 -	Accredited Consultant Pharmacist	Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy Australia

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Conference (2 outputs)

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2024

Littlejohns S, Frewin C, 'Fostering Rural Pharmacy Interns: Addressing Pharmacy Workforce Challenges in Rural Australia', Sydney (2024)

Co-authors	Claire Frewin

2022

Cooper E, Little A, Littlejohns S, Crowley E, 'Designing an escape room to facilitate interprofessional learning in rural higher education: An educator journey', Cairns, QLD (2022)

Co-authors	Alexandra Little, Elesa Crowley

Journal article (3 outputs)

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2021

Frewin C, Littlejohns S, Smith A, 'Pharmacy Workforce Profile in Rural New South Wales: Demographics, Preceptorship and Scope of Practice', Australian Journal of Pharmacy, (2021)

Co-authors	Claire Frewin, Tony Smith

2016

Littlejohns SN, Ferns J, 'Rural Pharmacy: Adding value to the rural experience in student placements with community engagement', Australian Pharmacist, 35, 24-24 (2016)

Co-authors	Jane Ferns

2016

Croker A, Smith T, Fisher K, Littlejohns S, 'Educators' Interprofessional Collaborative Relationships: Helping Pharmacy Students Learn to Work with Other Professions', Pharmacy, 4 (2016) [C1]

DOI	10.3390/pharmacy4020017
Citations	Web of Science - 5
Co-authors	Tony Smith, Anne Croker, Karin Fisher

Report (2 outputs)

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2021

Croker A, Fisher K, Wakely K, Cooper E, Grotowski M, Cone L, Wakely L, Carter L, Little F, Littlejohns S, Squires K, Brown L, Munro S, 'Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Pedagogical and equity implications of videoconferencing for higher education students’ learning in rural areas' (2021)

Co-authors	Leanne Brown, Lauren Cone, Luke Wakely, Kelly Squires, Anne Croker, Miriam Grotowski, Karin Fisher, Fiona Little

2019

Croker A, Wakely K, Brown L, Cone L, Cooper E, De Silva L, Edgar A, Fisher K, Grotowski M, Little A, Little F, Littlejohns S, Munro S, Wakely L, 'Out of sight, out of mind?: Pedagogical and equity implications of videoconferencing for healthcare students’ education in rural areas' (2019)

Co-authors	Karin Fisher, Anne Croker, Leanne Brown, Miriam Grotowski, Lauren Cone, Fiona Little, Luke Wakely, Alexandra Little

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