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Sudesh Samuel MHSM, BSc Pharm Hons, RPh
Sudesh Samuel Quick Facts
Main Areas: Medication ManagementCareer Focus: Author, Speaker, Consultant, Pharmacist, Medical communications specialist
Affiliation: Institute for Medication Management, Singapore Pharmacy Council, Pharmaceutical Society of Singapore
As a registered pharmacist, I practiced for several years at a national university hospital, where I ran the drug information service. Beyond dispensing and counselling patients on their medication, I administered continual education activities and managed a team of pharmacists in handling medication-related enquiries throughout the hospital. I reported on and developed protocols for the monitoring of adverse drug reactions and actively conducted drug reviews and evaluations to identify the best combinations of safe, effective and low cost drugs for use in the hospital. At other institutions, I subsequently expanded my clinical skillset, dispensing to and counselling a wider array of patients at various private and public hospitals, also taking on the role of an on-call pharmacist with a national drug and poisons information centre.
I have actively written articles for healthcare magazines and taken on engagements with various organizations specializing in medical and healthcare communications. Some of my roles have included that of medical journalist, editor, managing editor and consultant. I have developed healthcare content for various media from print to web, started a magazine from scratch as well as authored and managed several healthcare publications including a recently published book on LASIK surgery. I currently manage an organization that produces continual education material for healthcare professionals and custom healthcare publications for the general public with the twin goal of providing innovative communication tools that cater to the development of healthcare practices and the better living of patients.
My research into patient care favours medication review wherein I firmly believe that patients should be taking the right medication only when necessary and in a safe and effective way that minimizes errors and costs. I have developed a renal medication review service and presented research findings at a pharmacy congress. I have also conducted research into injectable medication for treating osteoarthritis and recently had a review article on halting the allergic march published in the April 2008 issue of the World Allergy Organization Journal.
I have a Masters in Health Service Management, that follows from an honours degree in Pharmacy at the graduation of which I delivered the valedictory address.
In developing my own unique language of healthcare and wellness, I now actively partake in medical missions. I describe myself as personable, resourceful and adventurous and continue to seek out activities that broaden my perspectives.
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Sudesh Samuel
Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man.
- Louis Nizer
Being rich is having money; Being wealthy is having time.
- Margaret Bonnano
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
- Irish Proverb
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
- Chinese Proverb
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
- Henry Ford
Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
- Chinese Proverb
Language exerts hidden power, like a moon on the tides.
- Rita Mae Brown
There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
Experience tells you what to do. Confidence allows you to do it.
- Stan Smith
Do or do not, there is no try!
- Yoda
Getting Started With Sudesh Samuel
At the Institute for Medication Management, pharmacists analyse your medication profile to help you develop strategies that lower costs and make treatments safer and more effective. Even if you do not require a medication review, there is a wealth of useful information that is freely available to registered users of the site at http://www.medicationreview.net Come by!
More about me and of my writing exploits is available at http://www.helium.com/users/481177
