Dr Gillian Knott ~ Lecturer

Gillian lectures mainly in the area of Pharmacy Practice, having been a practicing pharmacist for over 25 years. In the past, she has been employed in many areas of pharmacy practice, including hospital and community pharmacy in both rural and urban settings in many parts of Queensland, from Thursday Island to Charleville, as well as in the UK. Her main areas of hospital experience include general clinical pharmacy, nurse education, sterile manufacturing, and maternity and neonatal intensive care. To keep in touch with ‘the real world’, Gillian continues to work as an accredited consultant pharmacist conducting home and residential medication reviews in the Townsville Region.

Gillian has been involved with the Pharmacy program since 2000, as a placement preceptor, then as a tutor and for the past 10 years as a lecturer. She teaches mainly into years 2 to 4 of the Pharmacy program in areas such as clinical dispensing, dermatology, gastrointestinal pharmacy, respiratory pharmacy, paediatrics, geriatrics, oncology pharmacy and pharmaceutical calculations. She also teaches into various areas of the medical program such as Year 3 skin pharmacology, Year 1 interprofessional learning and the physicians assistant program. With a focus on over-the-counter conditions, Gillian has been co-ordinating the JCU round of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s Pharmacy Student of the Year counselling competition for the past 10 years and supervises student training for this event. She is also involved in supervising pharmacy Honours and Masters student research projects. With her links with the practice, she networks regularly with local pharmacists in her role as the Pharmacy tutor co-ordinator.  

Gillian completed her M Pharm (Research) degree in 2014, developing a discipline-specific training program for pharmacist tutors at James Cook University. She completed her PhD in 2023, developing and evaluating a training program for JCU pharmacist preceptors. Her current research interests include tutor and preceptor development, weight management in community pharmacy, home medicines reviews as a contributor to the quality use of medicines, the role of pharmacists in general practice clinics and interprofessional health education.          

Teaching

• MD3012: Introduction to Clinical Healthcare Part 2 of 2 (Level 3; TSV)
• PC1101: Introduction to Pharmacy (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1102: Pharmacy Practice and Pharmaceutics 1 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1110: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 1 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1210: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 2 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1310: Foundations of Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC1320: Introductory Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• PC2100: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2200: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2204: Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics for Pharmacists (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2207: Integrated Therapeutics 1 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2208: Pharmaceutical Public Health and Primary Healthcare for Pharmacists (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2540: Evidence in Pharmacy Practice Part 1 of 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC2550: Evidence in Pharmacy Practice Part 2 of 2 (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• PC3300: Applied Therapeutics and Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3301: Integrated Therapeutics 2 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3303: Integrated Therapeutics 3 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3360: Pharmacy Research Part 1 of 4 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC3460: Pharmacy Research (Professional) Part 1 of 4 (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• PC4401: Integrated Therapeutics 4 (Level 4; CNS & TSV)
• PC4404: Advanced Pharmacy Practice 3 (Level 4; TSV)
• PC6100: Professional Practice for Pharmacists 1 (Level 6; TSV)
• PC6200: Professional Practice for Pharmacists 2 (Level 6; TSV)

Interests

Research

• Discipline-specific training for pharmacist tutors at James Cook University
• Weight management in community pharmacy
• Home medicines reviews as a contributor to the quality use of medicines
• The role of pharmacists in general practice clinics
• Interprofessional health education
• Preceptor development

Teaching

• Teaching processes that assist in bridging the gap between theory and practice

Experience

• 2008 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)
• Education systems (3903)
• Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (3214)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Teaching and curriculum (1603)
• health (2099)

Awards

• 2022 to 2023 - Research Scholarship

Memberships

• 2017 - Co-ordinator - Townsville and District Accredited Pharmacist Group
• 2015 - Northern Australia Primary Health Network (NAPHN) (Previously Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local or TMML)
• 2002 - Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacists
• 1990 - Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
• 2009 to 2012 - Townsville-Mackay Medicare Local - Quality Use of Medicines Committee
• 1992 to 2002 - Australian College of Pharmacy

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Knott G, Mylrea M and Glass B (2023) Perceptions of academic staff on pharmacist preceptor roles, skills, attributes and training requirements: A qualitative report. Pharmacy Education, 23 (1). pp. 554-559
• Knott G, Mylrea M and Glass B (2023) Pharmacy preceptor training: Addressing the challenges of clinical supervision in community practice. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 31 (5). pp. 558-561
• Knott G, Mylrea M and Glass B (2022) What do preceptors want? A mixed methods study exploring pharmacist preceptor perceptions of their training and support needs at a regional Australian University. Pharmacy Education, 22 (4). pp. 7-18
• Malau-Aduli B, Jones K, Alele F, Adu M, Drovandi A, Knott G, Young L and Jo C (2022) Readiness to enter the workforce: perceptions of health professions students at a regional Australian university. BMC Medical Education, 22.
• Drovandi A, Adu M, Alele F, Jones K, Knott G and Malau-Aduli B (2020) Factors influencing the transition of pharmacy students from pre-clinical to clinical years at university. Pharmacy Education, 20 (1). pp. 336-345
• Knott G, Mylrea M and Glass B (2020) A scoping review of pharmacist preceptor training programs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 84 (10). pp. 1322-1334
• Knott G, Mylrea M and Glass B (2020) A scoping review of pharmacy preceptor training programs. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 84 (10).
• Knott G, Crane L, Heslop I and Glass B (2018) Design and evaluation of a pharmacist tutor training programme. Pharmacy Education, 18 (1). pp. 189-196
• Knott G, Crane L, Heslop I and Glass B (2017) Perceptions on requirements to inform the design of a pharmacist tutor training programme. Pharmacy Education, 17 (1). pp. 29-40
• Knott G, Crane L, Heslop I and Glass B (2015) Training and support of sessional staff to improve quality of teaching and learning at universities. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 79 (5). pp. 1-8

Other research outputs

• Knott G, Crane L, Heslop I and Glass B (2018) Educator development and quality assurance: design and evaluation of a pharmacist tutor training programme for enhanced links with pharmacy practice. Pharmacy Education, 18 (3). p. 29
• Knott G (2018) Weight management. Australian Pharmacist, 37 (3). pp. 34-39

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 15+ research outputs authored by Dr Gillian Knott from 2011 onwards.