Academic Status
College of Medicine and Public Health
Dr Cameron Phillips is a academic in the College of Medicine and Public Health, a Senior Pharmacist at Flinders Medical Centre and Research Lead with SA Pharmacy Department for the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. His research interests involve health services research, optimising the use of antimicrobials, Quality Use of Medicines and Knowledge Translation. Dr Phillips has held visiting researcher positions at the National Institue for Health Reseach (NIHR) Health Protection Research Unit in Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance at Imperial College London, the Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge and Public Health England. He has a strong interest in the education and development of registered health practitioners in the clinical environment. Dr Phillips currently holds a statutory appointment from the Ministerial Council as a Board Member on the Pharmacy Board of Australia.
Doctor of Philosophy (Flinders University)
Master of Clinical Pharmacy (University of Queensland)
Bachelor of Pharmacy (University of Tasmania)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Biology) (RMIT University)
2018 Statutory Appointment to the Pharmacy Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, Melbourne, VIC.
2018 Invited Speaker, 2018 Global Conference on Clinical Pharmacy, The American College of Clinical Phamracy, Seattle, USA, 21 October 2018.
2017 Fellow, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia.
2017 Associate Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association For Health Professional Educators
2017-16 Endeavor Executive Fellowship, Australia Award, from the Department of Education & Training to study novel strategies to optimise antimicrobial use at Imperial College London (AUD$18,500).
2016 Invited speaker School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China, 4 November 2016
2016 Invited speaker (plenary session) International Conference on Pharmacy Education & Practice. Univeristy of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, 29-31 January 2016.
2014-12 National Health & Medical Research Council of Australia, Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Fellowship (AUD$126,000) https://researchdata.edu.au/trip-ecf-grant-id1035960/110993
2013 Invited speaker (plenary session) 73rd International Pharmaceutical Federation World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dublin, Ireland, 31 August - 5 September 2013.
2012 National Medicinewise Award. Education for health professionals to build Quality Use of Medicine skills over $100,000 for the project Medicines Book for Aboriginal Health Workers.
2011, 2009, 2008 Dean's commendation for high achievement, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland.
2008 Australian Rural and Remote Health Professional Scholarship, Department of Health and Aging, Australian Government.
Antimicrobials - teaching across disciplines to optimise therapy, limit toxicity and minimise the development of resistant organisms. Strong interest in prescribing, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokintetics and therapeutic monitoring of antimicrobials
Medical students -Lecturers and assessment for Introduction to Clinical Practice MMED9251:Medicine 2A (MD program).
Flinders Antimicrobial Stewardship Trianing (FAST) - Program development for FAST and RACGP liaison.
Flinders Medical Centre
Clinical Educator to SA Pharmacy, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN)
Sessional tutorials to the Trainee Medical Officer Unit, SALHN
Expert affiliation
2021 Deputy Chair, Registration and Examination Committee, Pharmacy Board of Australia
2021 Statutory committee member, Notifications Committee, Pharmacy Board of Australia
2020 Statutory committee member of the Policy, Codes and Guidelines Committee of the Pharmacy Board of Australia
Current -2019 Statutory committee member of the Registration and Examination Committee of the Pharmacy Board of Australia
Current -2018 Statutory Appointment, Board member, Pharmacy Board of Australia, Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
Current -2016 Editorial Advisory Pannel, Drug Infromation, UpToDate, Inc, Wolters Kluwer, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
Current -2016 Committee member, Residency Advisory Committee, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia, Melbourne, VIC
2018 Educational co-ordinator for FAST - The Flinders Antimicrobials Stewardship Training symposium, Adelaide, Australia
2016 - 2013 Expert reviewer, Australian Medicines Handbook
2016 - 2010 Member of the South Australian Expert Advisory Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (SAAGAR). This Group reviews antimicrobial use in South Australian hospitals and develops strategies to reduce antimicrobial resistance and develops clinical practice guidelines.
Educational consultancy
2013-2018: Presenter for clinical competency assessment (clinCAT) training on behalf of the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.
Professional Associations
Fellow, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Assoc. Fellow, Australian & New Zealand Assocaition for Health Professional Educators
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (member)
Australian Society for Antimicrobials (member)
International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), Netherlands (member)
Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (USA) (member)