Rate My Professor John Smithson

Smithson's research specializations focus on pharmacy and health professional education, including the integration of simulation and standardized patients in teaching to enhance student job readiness, improving teaching and learning quality through institutional processes, evidence-based prescribing, and expanding scope of professional practice. He has published over 21 works, including key publications such as the manual 'Rheumatoid Arthritis' (2009, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia), 'Standardized patients in pharmacy education: an integrative literature review' (2015), 'Benchmarking for the effective use of student evaluation data' (2015), 'Enablers and barriers to registered nurses expanding their scope of practice in Australia' (2019), and recent articles like 'Scoping the barriers to influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations from the perspectives of patients with cancer: is there a role for the pharmacist?' (2025). Smithson received an Office for Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning for blending high fidelity simulation into the pharmacy curriculum for counter prescribing and clinical assessment. His work has significantly influenced pharmacy education, particularly in regional and rural settings, through innovative teaching practices and leadership in program development.