Rate My Professor James Townshend

James Townshend is a Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences within Griffith Health at Griffith University, located at the Gold Coast Campus. He holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (Grad Cert Higher Ed). In his role, he delivers instruction in essential pharmacy courses, including Pharmacy Management (7011PHM), Placement Preparation (7025PHM), and Experiential Rotations I (7027PHM). His dedication to enhancing student learning was acknowledged with a Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, as documented in the Griffith University Annual Report 2022.

Townshend's research centers on educational assessment, higher education, and educational theory, particularly within pharmacy practice and pedagogy. His contributions address key challenges in pharmacy education, such as engaging stakeholders in curriculum design to expand scope of practice, implementing scaffolding for deliberative practice to promote student-led growth, evaluating pharmacists' readiness for increased non-prescription medicines reclassification, and developing post-placement critical assessments to reinforce interprofessional learning. Prominent publications include: Bertilsson E, Hall S, Bowden M, Townshend J, Kelly F (2023) 'Stakeholder role in setting curriculum priorities for expanding pharmacy scope of practice' in Pharmacy Education; Kelly FS, Townshend J, Seedhouse D, Bowden M (2022) 'Students growing students—Seeded by scaffolding deliberative practice' in Medical Education; Hope DL, Kelly F, Townshend J, Baumann-Birkbeck LM, King MA (2020) 'Australian pharmacists: ready for increased non-prescription medicines reclassification' in International Journal of Pharmacy Practice; Mey A, King M, Kelly F, Grant G, Townshend J, Baumann-Birkbeck L (2018) 'Australian pharmacy perspectives on increasing access to medicines through reclassification' in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. These works, along with others on interprofessional learning, have accumulated 32 citations on Google Scholar, influencing advancements in Australian pharmacy training and professional development.