Mr Stefan Kowalski

Program Director School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences

City East Campus (P5-48)
tel +61 8 830 22678

email Stefan.Kowalski@unisa.edu.au

About me

Welcome to my home page. I am the Program Director for the post graduate suite of clinical pharmacy programs and teach in many undergraduate and postgraduate pharmacy courses. My main clinical and research interests are in the fields of pharmacy practice, neurological and geriatric pharmacotherapy. I look forward assisting you with your studies.

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Research

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Healthy futures

Research focus

Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Information and Computing Sciences
Medical and Health Sciences
Other Medical and Health Sciences

Highlights

Geriatric Pharmacotherapy,Pharmacy Practice

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2017	Chang, WT, Kowalski, SR, Sorich, W & Alderman, CP 2017, 'Medication regimen complexity and prevalence of potentially inappropriate medicines in older patients after hospitalisation', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 39, no.4, pp. 867-873. 6 7
2017	Pandya, KH, Eaton, V, Kowalski, S & Sluggett, JK 2017, 'Safety of continuous antibiotic infusions administered through an Australian hospital in the home service: A pilot study', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 47, no. 5, pp. 333-339. 4
2017	Wahab, MSA, Othman, N, Kowalski, SR, Zulkifly, HH, Ali, AA, Ming, LC & Majeed, ABA 2017, 'Pharmacy students' and pharmacists' perceptions about geriatric pharmacotherapy education', Pharmacy Education, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 100-108. Open access 1
2016	BinDhim, NF, Alanazi, EM, Aljadhey, H, Basyouni, MH, Kowalski, SR, Pont, LG, Shaman, AM, Trevena, LJ & Alhawassi, TM 2016, 'Does a mobile phone depression-screening app motivate mobile phone users with high depressive symptoms to seek a health care professional's help?', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 18, no. 6, article no. e156, pp. 1-10. Open access 12 11 26
2016	Shaman, AM & Kowalski, SR 2016, 'Hyperphosphatemia management in patients with chronic kidney disease', Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 494-505. Open access 20 25
2015	Mohamed, HJ, Sorich, MJ, Kowalski, SM, McKinnon, R, Proudman, SM, Cleland, L & Wiese, MD 2015, 'The role and utility of measuring red blood cell methotrexate polyglutamate concentrations in inflammatory arthropathies - a systematic review', European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, v 71, no.4, pp. 411-423. Open access 6 5
2013	Alssageer, MA & Kowalski, SR 2013, 'What do Libyan doctors perceive as the benefits, ethical issues and influences of their interactions with pharmaceutical company representatives?', Pan African Medical Journal, vol. 14, pp. 1-9. Open access 10
2012	Alssageer, MA & Kowalski, SR 2012, 'A survey of pharmaceutical company representative interactions with doctors in Libya', Libyan Journal of Medicine, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-19. Open access 14 15 1
2012	Alssageer, MA & Kowalski, SR 2012, 'Doctors' opinions of information provided by Libyan pharmaceutical company representatives', Libyan Journal of Medicine, vol. 7, no. 1, article no. 19708, pp. 1-6. Open access 9 1
2012	Kua, CH, Ng, S, Lhode, R, Kowalski, SR & Gwee, KA 2012, 'Irritable bowel syndrome and other gastrointestinal disorders: Evaluating self-medication in an Asian community setting', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 561-568. 1 3 1
2012	Wahab, MSA, Nyfort-Hansen, K & Kowalski, SR 2012, 'Inappropriate prescribing in hospitalised Australian elderly as determined by the STOPP criteria', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol. 34, no. 6, pp. 855-862. 53 46 3
2011	Widagdo, IS, Nyfort-Hansen, K & Kowalski, SR 2011, 'Prevalence of potentially inappropriate medication use in elderly hospitalised patients', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 41, no. 2, pp. 122-125. 5
2010	Kowalski, SR & Tan, MF 2010, 'Plasma potassium concentration changes associated with trimethoprim used for urinary tract infections', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 180-183.
2010	Mustafa, AA & Kowalski, SR 2010, 'A comparative analysis of the Libyan national essential medicines list and the WHO model list of essential medicines', Libyan Journal of Medicine, vol. 5. Open access 4 3
2010	Mustafa, AA & Kowalski, SR 2010, 'A need for the standardization of the pharmaceutical sector in Libya', Libyan Journal of Medicine, vol. 5. Open access 1 1
2008	Sorich, W, Stranks, S, Kowalski, SR, Kuruvila, M & Sorich, MJ 2008, 'Vitamin B12 deficiency in the elderly using metformin long term: Prevalence and relationship to putative risk factors', Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 111-113. Open access 3

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Al Arab Medical University	LIBYA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
Gleneagles Hospital	SINGAPORE
Guardian	AUSTRALIA
King Saud University	SAUDI ARABIA
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Modbury Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH)	SINGAPORE
Repatriation General Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Saudi Electronic University	SAUDI ARABIA
Sebha University	LIBYA
Smart Health Project	SAUDI ARABIA
Taibah University	SAUDI ARABIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Malaysia	MALAYSIA
Ward Medication Management	AUSTRALIA

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Member Pharmacy Board of Australia	2017
Member Society of Hospital Pharmacists, Australia	2017
Member Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy	2017

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