APP Programme Manager

Tel: 020 7160 0537
Email: laura.obiols@pharmacy.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Laura Obiols Albiñana obtained her Pharmacy degree at the University of Navarra (Spain) in 2003.  She completed her pre-registration placement at the Barts and the London NHS Trust.  After a year of working as a research pharmacist both at the Royal London Hospital and the School of Pharmacy, she was offered the opportunity to undertake a PhD.  Her PhD was based at the School of Pharmacy in the University of London, supervised by Prof Ian Bates and focused on the development and evaluation of a Competency Framework to support pharmacy practice at advanced levels.  Since 2004, she has been collaborating with the Competency Development and Evaluation Group (CoDEG) whose work aims to develop pharmacist practice standards at General and Higher Levels, competence development models and strategies for Higher Education reform.

Laura's areas of expertise include quantitative and qualitative Health Services research, Advanced Pharmacy Practice and competency frameworks.

Laura has trained as a ballet and contemporary dancer for many years and is now part of The Place School for Contemporary Dance in London. She also did a Fashion Degree (specializing in Art Direction in 2006) at Central St. Martins’ School of Art and Design.

Current Post

Laura has worked for the Joint Programmes Board since June 2008 as the Manager for the Advanced Pharmacy Practice (APP) Programme.  This position involves supporting the development, validation and day-to-day running of the APP Programme.

Selected Publications / Conference Activity

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Davies JG, Webb DG, McRobbie D. (2007) Competency based advanced pharmacy practice: Design and evaluation of the advanced and consultant level framework (ACLF). 67^th International Congress of FIP, Beijing, China.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Webb DG, Davies JG, Mc Robbie D. (2007) Farmacêutica Baseada na Competência: Desenho e Avaliação da Grelha para Avaliação do Nível de Farmacêutico Avançado e Consultor. Annual Conference: National Association of Pharmacy, Lisbon, Portugal.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Duggan C, Carter S, Webb DG, Davies JG, McRobbie D. (2007) Higher-level practice: further validation using a qualitative approach. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 15, B72.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Davies JG, Webb DG, McRobbie D. (2006) Towards a robust differentiation of the Consultant Pharmacist from the advanced pharmacist practitioner. Pharmacy World and Science, 29(3), 303-304.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Webb DG, Davies JG, Mc Robbie D. (2006) Consultant pharmacists? Perspectives for the future. Pharmacy World and Science, 28(5), 295-296.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Davies JG, Webb DG, McRobbie D. (2006) Práctica profesional avanzada basada en competencias profesionales: Diseño y evaluación de marcos de referencia. 1er Congreso Internacional de Educación Superior en Ciencias Farmacéuticas, Barcelona, Spain.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Webb DG, Davies JG, Mc Robbie D. (2005) New directions: Re-engineering the UK career plan for pharmacy practitioners. 3^rd International Croatian Congress of Pharmacy, Cavtat, Croatia.

Obiols Albiñana L, Bates IP, Webb DG, Davies JG, Mc Robbie D. (2005) Validating advanced practice: Towards a definition of Consultant Pharmacist. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice; 13 (suppl): R54.

Obiols L, Bates IP, Webb DG, Davies JG, McRobbie D. (2005) Mapping levels of practice in the advanced practitioner workforce. Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, ISBN 0-9544961-8-3; p9.

Bates IP, Taylor KMG, Obiols L. (2004) A trends analysis of undergraduates enrolled for pharmacy degrees at UK schools of pharmacy. International Journal Pharmacy Practice, vol12; R18.

Obiols L, Bates IP, Lacey MF, Austin Z, Davies JG. (2004) A multi-faculty study of academic dishonesty, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, ISBN0-9544961-3-2; p26-27.