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Afonso Miguel Cavaco

Afonso Miguel Cavaco holds a Ph.D. in Pharmacy Practice and Policy from UCL (UK), a post-doctorate in Health Communication from Johns Hopkins University (USA) as a Fulbright Fellow, the Habilitation title from the University of Lisbon (Portugal), and the Docent title from Helsinki University (Finland). He is an associate professor and researcher in social pharmacy at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Pharmacy (Portugal). He is visiting professor at the Universities of Vilnius (Lithuania) and Tartu (Estonia). Afonso is actively involved in interdisciplinary practice research and contributes to the training of pre and postgraduate pharmacists and other healthcare professionals. His scientific production includes book chapters and more than eighty-five articles published in journals indexed with impact factor. Educational outcomes include implementing innovative pedagogical approaches, such as pharmaceutical practice simulation. Current research interests cover attitudinal aspects of medication use and health communication, particularly patient consultation and medication information.

Publications

Exploring Ethical Principles Amongst Practicing Community Pharmacists in Portugal: Any Reasons for Concern?

Pharmacists facing ethical dilemmas have shown weaknesses in principled reasoning and disclosure. The chapter describes research on Portuguese community pharmacists' moral...

Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

This chapter describes the development of a theory-driven and evidence-based digital intervention to facilitate self-care in older adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and...

Pedagogies for Pharmacy Curricula

While the pharmaceutical industry evolves, the need for curriculum changes inherently follows suit. As healthcare systems have continuously improved through the use of big data...

Bridging Pharmacy Education and Health Humanities: The Contribution of Narrative Medicine to Pharmacists' Caring Abilities

Pharmacy education is largely based on learning elements of disease and the corresponding elements of treatment, using the natural sciences and the biomedical perspective. While...

Contribution of an Intelligent Virtual Assistant to Healthy Ageing in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

This chapter describes the development of a theory-driven and evidence-based digital intervention to facilitate self-care in older adults with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and...