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Johnson George

Lecturer

Dr Johnson George

Coordinator, Pharmacy Practice III A & B (VCP 3011 & 3012)
Member, faculty Graduate Studies Committee
BPharm (Bangalore); MPharm (Chennai); PhD (Monash)

Phone: +61 3 9903 9178
Fax: +61 3 9903 9629
e-mail: Johnson.George@pharm.monash.edu.au

Research Interests

• Quality use of medicines
• Non-medical prescribing
• Psycho-social aspects of health care
• Scale development and validation
• Outcomes research
• Complementary and alternative medicine
• Drug utilization evaluation

Awards

  • Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for the best doctoral thesis from the faculty  of Pharmacy (Monash)
  • Gold Medal for the best student in MPharm (Pharmacy Practice) from  JSS faculty of Pharmacy

Selected Recent Publications

  1. George J, Phun YT, Bailey MJ, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Development and validation of the Medication Regimen Complexity Index. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2004; 38: 1369-1376
  2. George J, Ioannides-Demos L, Santamaria N, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Use of complementary and alternative medicines by patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Medical Journal of Australia 2004; 181: 248-251
  3. George J, Kong DCM, Thoman R, Stewart K. Factors associated with medication nonadherence in  patients with COPD. Chest 2005;128:3198-3204
  4. George J, Vuong T, Bailey MJ, Kong DCM, Marriott J, Stewart K. Development and validation of the   medication-based disease burden index. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2006; 40:645-650
  5. George J, Pfleger D, McCaig D, Bond C, Stewart D. Independent Prescribing: A Study of the Awareness and Views of Scottish Community Pharmacists. Pharmacy World & Science 2006;28(2):45-53
  6. George J, Mackinnon A, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Development and Validation of the Beliefs & Behaviour Questionnaire (BBQ). Patient Education & Counseling 2006; 64:50-60
  7. George J, Vuong T, Bailey MJ, Kong DCM, Marriott J, Stewart K. Regimen complexity and medication adherence in patients at risk of medication misadventure. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2006; 36(2):99-102.
  8. George J, Kong DCM, Santamaria N, Ioannides-Demos L, Stewart K. Smoking cessation: COPD  patients’ perspective. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2006; 36(2):107-110.
  9. George J, McCaig D, Bond C, Cunningham S, Diack L, Watson A, Stewart D.  Supplementary prescribing: early experiences of pharmacists in Great Britain. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2006;40(10):1843-50
  10. George J, Munro K, McCaig D, Stewart D. Risk factors for medication misadventure among residents in sheltered housing complexes. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. 2007;63(2):171-6
  11. George J, Kong DCM, Santamaria N, Ioannides-Demos L, Stewart K. Adherence to Disease Management Interventions for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients: Patients’ Perspectives. Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2006;36:279-286
  12. George J, Shalansky S. Predictors of Refill Nonadherence in Patients with Heart Failure. British Journal  of Clinical Pharmacology 2007; 63(4):488-493
  13. George J, Kong DCM, Stewart K. Review of adherence issues in management of COPD. International Journal of COPD (in press)
  14. George J, McCaig D, Bond C, Cunningham S, Diack L, Watson A, Stewart D.  Benefits and Challenges of Prescribing Training and Implementation: Perceptions and Early Experiences of RPSGB Prescribers. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2007; 15: 23-30
  15. George J, Munro K, McCaig D, Stewart D. Prescription medications: beliefs, experiences, behaviour and adherence of sheltered housing residents. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2006; 40: 2123-9
  16. George J. Prescribing initiatives by pharmacists in the UK. Hospital Pharmacy Europe 2006;28:53-5
  17. George J, Cleland J, Bond C, McCaig D, Cunningham S, Diack L, Stewart D.  Experiential learning for supplementary prescribing trainees: Views and experiences of pharmacists and mentors. Patient Education & Counseling (in press)
  18. George J, Bond C, McCaig D, Cleland J, Cunningham S, Diack L, Stewart D.  Experiential learning as part of pharmacist supplementary prescribing training: feedback from trainees and their mentors. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy (in press)
  19. Stewart D, George J, Pfleger D, Bond C, Diack L, Cunningham S, McCaig D Pharmacist      supplementary prescribing training: a study of pharmacists’ perceptions and planned participation.  International Journal of Pharmacy Practice (in press)
  20. George J, Elliott R, Stewart D. A systematic review of interventions to improve medication taking in elderly patients prescribed multiple medications. Drugs & Aging (in press)

Book Chapter

  1. George J. Ward round participation In: Parthasarathi G, Nyfort-Hansen K, Nahata MC, editors. A Textbook of Clinical Pharmacy Practice: Essential concepts and skills. Orient Longman. 2003