Dr Remo Ostini
Adjunct Senior Fellow
Medical School (Rural Clinical School)
0439 374 680
Publications
Books
McCuaig, Louise A., Coore, Sally, Carroll, Kristie, Macdonald, Doune, Rossi, Anthony J., Bush, Robert, Ostini, Remo, Hay, Peter and Johnson, Rebecca (2012). Developing health literacy through school based health education : can reality match rhetoric?. St Lucia (Qld): School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland.
Ostini, Remo and Nering, Michael (2006). Polytomous item response theory models. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage. doi: 10.4324/9780203861264
Book Chapters
Ostini, Remo, Finkelman, Matthew and Nering, Michael (2015). Selecting among polytomous IRT models. Handbook of item response theory models. Applications to typical performance assessment. (pp. 285-304) New York, New York: Routledge.
Ostini, Remo (2010). Measuring conceptualizations of morality: Or how to invent a construct and measure it too. The Sage Handbook of Measurement. (pp. 337-351) edited by Geoffrey Walford, Eric Tucker and Madhu Viswanathan. London, U.K.: Sage Publications.
Ostini, Remo and Nering, Michael (2010). New perspectives and applications. Handbook of Polytomous Item Response Theory Models. (pp. 3-20) edited by Michael Nering and Remo Ostini. New York, NY, U.S.A.: Taylor & Francis.
Journal Articles
Martin, Priya, McGrail, Matthew R., Fox, Jordan, Doyle, Zelda, Ostini, Remo, Beattie, Jessica, Fuller, Lara, Allen, Penny and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2024). Sustained impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical student learning and well-being in rural Australia: findings from a repeated national multicentre survey. BMJ Open, 14 (11) e086359, 1-8. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-086359
Hutchinson, Penny and Ostini, Remo (2024). Southern Queensland general practitioners' knowledge and attitudes towards Q fever and behaviours in the management of the disease. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (5), 321-325. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-10-22-6598
Sturman, Nancy, Ostini, Remo, Choy, Melinda and Cyphers, Griffin (2024). Digital health access, uptake, literacy and trust in people with experience of homelessness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 4 (4), 220-226. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-2-23-6716
Hegerty, Christopher and Ostini, Remo (2023). Benefits and harms associated with an increase in gestational diabetes diagnosis in Queensland, Australia: a retrospective cohort comparison of diagnosis rates, outcomes, interventions and medication use for two periods, 2011-2013 and 2016-2018, using a large perinatal database. BMJ open, 13 (5) e069849, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069849
Martin, Priya, McGrail, Matthew, Fox, Jordan, Ostini, Remo, Doyle, Zelda, Playford, Denese, Beattie, Jessica, Isaac, Vivian, Fuller, Lara, Allen, Penny and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2022). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on student experiences during rural placements in Australia: findings from a national multi-centre survey. BMC Medical Education, 22 (1) 852, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/s12909-022-03927-1
Ostini, Remo (2021). How and where physicians learn their craft are central to determining where their medical careers unfold. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 (S1), S5-S6.
Ostini, Remo, O'Sullivan, Belinda and Strasser, Sarah (2021). Principles to guide training and professional support for a sustainable rural specialist physician workforce. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 ( S1), S29-S33. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51122
Selvey, Linda A., Boyle, Frances M., Dettrick, Zoe, Ostini, Remo and Eley, Diann S. (2021). Sustainable rural physician training: leadership in a fragile environment. Medical Journal of Australia, 215 ( S1), S20-S28. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51122
Aljassim, Noor and Ostini, Remo (2020). Health literacy in rural and urban populations: a systematic review. Patient Education and Counseling, 103 (10), 2142-2154. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.06.007
Ogden, Jessica, Preston, Scott, Partanen, Riitta L., Ostini, Remo and Coxeter, Peter (2020). Recruiting and retaining general practitioners in rural practice: systematic review and meta-analysis of rural pipeline effects. Medical Journal of Australia, 213 (5) mja2.50697, 228-236. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50697
Wayment, Andrew, Wong, Curtis, Byers, Sean, Eley, Rob, Boyde, Mary and Ostini, Remo (2020). Beyond access block: Understanding the role of health literacy and self-efficacy in low-acuity emergency department patients. Ochsner Journal, 20 (2), 161-169. doi: 10.31486/toj.19.0047
Yeh, John and Ostini, Remo (2020). The impact of health literacy environment on patient stress: a systematic review. BMC Public Health, 20 (1) 749, 749. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08649-x
Sturman, Nancy, Williams, Ryan, Ostini, Remo, Wyder, Marianne and Siskind, Dan (2020). 'A really good GP': engagement and satisfaction with general practice care of people with severe and persistent mental illness. Australian Journal of General Practice, 49 (1-2), 61-65. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-19-4854
Verrinder, Joy M., Ostini, Remo and Phillips, Clive J. C. (2019). Assessing Veterinary Students' Ethical Sensitivity to Farm Animal Welfare Issues. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 46 (3), 302-339. doi: 10.3138/jvme.0617-083r
Bellamy, Kim, Dowse, Ros, Ostini, Remo, Martini, Nataly and Kairuz, Therese (2019). Preferences of resettled refugees on pictograms describing common symptoms of illness. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 22 (1), 216-219. doi: 10.1007/s10903-019-00908-3
Bellamy, Kim, Ostini, Remo, Martini, Nataly and Kairuz, Therese (2019). Insights from the coalface: barriers to accessing medicines and pharmacy services for resettled refugees from Africa. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 25 (2), 118-124. doi: 10.1071/PY18092
Nasir, Bushra F., Toombs, Maree R., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Kisely, Steve, Gill, Neeraj S., Black, Emma, Hayman, Noel, Ranmuthugala, Geetha, Beccaria, Gavin, Ostini, Remo and Nicholson, Geoffrey C. (2018). Common mental disorders among Indigenous people living in regional, remote and metropolitan Australia: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 8 (6) e020196, e020196. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020196
Sturman, Nancy and Ostini, Remo (2018). Medical student contact with specialty trainees: missing out in general practice?. Australian Journal of General Practice, 47 (6), 391-395. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-12-17-4423
Wild, Marcus G., Ostini, Remo, Harrington, Magdalena, Cavanaugh, Kerri L. and Wallston, Kenneth A. (2018). Validation of the shortened Perceived Medical Condition Self-Management Scale in patients with chronic disease. Psychological Assessment, 30 (10), 1300-1307. doi: 10.1037/pas0000572
Bush, Robert, Capra, Sandra, Box, Selina, McCallum, David, Khalil, Stephanie and Ostini, Remo (2018). An Integrated Theatre Production for School Nutrition Promotion Program. Children (Basel, Switzerland), 5 (3) 35, 1-11. doi: 10.3390/children5030035
Nasir, Bushra, Jurd, Kate, Cook, Sheila, Kwan, Marcella and Ostini, Remo (2018). Developing an Internship Preparedness Program for Final Year Medical Students. MedEdPublish, 7 (3), 219. doi: 10.15694/mep.2018.0000219.1
Nickel, Brooke, Dodd, Rachael H, Turner, Robin M, Waller, Jo, Marlow, Laura, Zimet, Gregory, Ostini, Remo and McCaffery, Kirsten (2017). Factors associated with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination across three countries following vaccination introduction. Preventive medicine reports, 8, 169-176. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.10.005
Sturman, Nancy , Ostini, Remo, Wong, Wai Yee, Zhang, Jianzhen and David, Michael (2017). “On the same page”? The effect of GP examiner feedback on differences in rating severity in clinical assessments: a pre/post intervention study. BMC Medical Education, 17 (1) 101, 101.1-101.7. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-0929-9
Hollingworth, Samantha A., Ostino, Remo, David, Michael C., Martin, Jennifer H. and Tett, Susan E. (2017). Ezetimibe: use, costs, and adverse events in Australia. Cardiovascular Therapeutics, 35 (1), 40-46. doi: 10.1111/1755-5922.12236
Bellamy, Kim, Ostini, Remo, Martini, Nataly and Kairuz, Therese (2016). Perspectives of resettled African refugees on accessing medicines and pharmacy services in Queensland, Australia. International Journal of Pharmacy and Practice, 25 (5), 358-364. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12324
Perez, Samara, Tatar, Ovidiu, Ostini, Remo, Shapiro, Gilla K., Waller, Jo, Zimet, Gregory and Rosberger, Zeev (2016). Extending and validating a human papillomavirus (HPV) knowledge measure in a national sample of Canadian parents of boys. Preventive Medicine, 91, 43-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.07.017
Aung, Eindra, Ostini, Remo, Dower, Jo, Donald, Maria, Coll, Joseph R., Williams, Gail M. and Doi, Suhail A. R. (2016). Patient assessment of chronic illness care (PACIC) in Type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal study. Evaluation and the Health Professions, 39 (2), 185-203. doi: 10.1177/0163278714556674
Verrinder, Joy M., Ostini, Remo and Phillips, Clive J. C. (2016). Differences in moral judgment on animal and human ethics issues between university students in animal-related, human medical and arts programs. PLoS ONE, 11 (3) e0149308, e0149308. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0149308
Bellamy, Kim, Ostini, Remo, Martini, Nataly and Kairuz, Therese (2016). Seeking to understand: using generic qualitative research to explore access to medicines and pharmacy services among resettled refugees. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 38 (3), 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s11096-016-0261-1
Bergmann, Troels K., Isbel, Nicole M., Ostini, Remo, Barraclough, Katherine A., Campbell, Scott B., McWhinney, Brett C., Inder, Warrick J., Russell, Anthony and Staatz, Christine E. (2015). Exploratory Study of Total and Free Prednisolone Plasma Exposure and Cushingoid Appearance, Quality of Life and Biochemical Toxicity in Adult Male Kidney Transplant Recipients. Clinical Drug Investigation, 35 (11), 743-750. doi: 10.1007/s40261-015-0334-2
Bellamy, Kim., Ostini, Remo., Martini, Nataly. and Kairuz, Therese. (2015). Access to medication and pharmacy services for resettled refugees: A systematic review. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 21 (3), 273-278. doi: 10.1071/PY14121
Dodd, Rachael H., McCaffery, Kirsten J., Marlow, Laura A. V., Ostini, Remo, Zimet, Gregory D. and Waller, Jo (2014). Knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in the USA, the UK and Australia: an international survey. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 90 (3), 201-207. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051402
Wong, Jason Y.L., Gilson, Nicholas, Peeters, Geeske, Ostini, Remo, Bush, Robert A. and Brown, Wendy J. (2014). The characteristics of inactive men working in a regional area of Queensland, Australia. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 17 (1), 56-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.02.008
Neville, Christine and Ostini, Remo (2013). A psychometric evaluation of three pain rating scales for people with moderate to severe dementia. Pain Management Nursing, 15 (4), 798-806. doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2013.08.001
Marlow, Laura A. V., Zimet, Gregory D., McCaffery, Kirsten J., Ostini, Remo and Waller, Jo (2013). Knowledge of human papillomavirus (HPV) and HPV vaccination: an international comparison. Vaccine, 31 (5), 763-769. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.11.083
Kairuz, Therese, Bellamy, Kim M., Lord, Elizabeth, Ostini, Remo and Emmerton, Lynne M. (2013). Health literacy among consumers in community pharmacy: perceptions of pharmacy staff. Health Expectations, 18 (5), 1041-1051. doi: 10.1111/hex.12077
Waller, Jo, Ostini, Remo, Marlow, Laura A. V., McCaffery, Kirsten and Zimet, Gregory (2013). Validation of a measure of knowledge about human papillomavirus (HPV) using item response theory and classical test theory. Preventive Medicine, 56 (1), 35-40. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.10.028
Ostini, Remo and Kairuz, Therese (2013). Investigating the association between health literacy and non-adherence. International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, 36 (1), 36-44. doi: 10.1007/s11096-013-9895-4
Ostini, Remo, Roughead, Elizabeth E., Kirkpatrick, Carl M. J., Monteith, Gregory R. and Tett, Susan E. (2012). Quality use of medicines – Medication safety issues in naming; Look-alike, sound-alike medicine names. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice, 20 (6), 349-357. doi: 10.1111/j.2042-7174.2012.00210.x
Ostini, Remo, Dower, Jo and Donald, Maria (2012). The Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality of Life 19 (ADDQoL): Feasibility, reliability and validity in a population-based sample of Australian adults. Quality of Life Research, 21 (8), 1471-1477. doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-0043-0
Ostini, Remo, Hegney, Desley G., Jackson, Claire and Tett, Susan E. (2012). Knowing how to stop: Ceasing prescribing when the medicine is no longer required. Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy, 18 (1), 68-72. doi: 10.18553/jmcp.2012.18.1.68
Elliott-Kemp, Yvonne, Ahern, Kathryn J. and Ostini, Remo (2011). Glargine prescribing practices for Type 2 diabetes: Is there room for improvement?. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 3 (4), 352-360. doi: 10.1111/j.1752-9824.2011.01107.x
Dean, Julie H., Boyle, Frances M., Mutch, Allyson J. and Ostini, Remo (2011). Patient activation among people who contact chronic disease related consumer health organizations. International Public Health Journal, 4 (1), 43-49.
Ostini, Remo, Jackson, Claire, Hegney, Desley and Tett, Susan E. (2011). How is medication prescribing ceased? A systematic review. Medical Care, 49 (1), 24-36. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3181ef9a7e
Bush, Robert A., Boyle, Frances M. and Ostini, Remo (2010). Risks associated with low functional health literacy in an Australian population. Medical Journal of Australia, 192 (8), 479-479. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03597.x
Kairuz, T., Emmerton, L. M., Bush, R., McKauge, L. M. and Ostini, R. (2009). Pilot studies on burden of health illiteracy. Australian Journal of Pharmacy, 90 (7), 6-7.
Ostini, Remo, Hegney, Desley, Jackson, Claire, Williamson, Margaret, Mackson, Judith M., Gurman, Karin, Hall, Wayne and Tett, Susan E. (2009). Systematic review of interventions to improve prescribing. The Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 43 (3), 502-513. doi: 10.1345/aph.1L488
Ostini, R., Hegney, D., Mackson, J. M., Williamson, M and Tett, S.E. (2008). Why is the use of clopidogrel increasing rapidly in Australia? An exploration of geographical location, age, sex and cardiac stenting rates as possible influences on clopidogrel use. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 17 (11), 1077-1090. doi: 10.1002/pds.1638
Ostini, R. and Ellerman, D. A. (1997). Clarifying the relationship between values and moral judgement. Psychological Reports, 81 (2), 691-702. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1997.81.2.691
Dance, P., Crawford, D.A., Ostini, R., Stevens, A. and Bammer, G. (1997). Is it time for a heroin maintenance program? Views of users and ex-users. Addiction Research, 5 (5), 383-393. doi: 10.3109/16066359709004353
Bammer, G., Dance, P., Stevens, A., Mugford, S., Ostini, R. and Crawford, D. (1996). Attitudes to a proposal for controlled availability of heroin in Australia: Is it time for a trial?. Addiction Research and Theory, 4 (1), 45-55. doi: 10.3109/16066359609005562
Bammer, G., Ostini, R. and Sengoz, A. (1995). Using ambulance service records to examine non fatal heroin overdoses. Australian Journal of Public Health, 19 (3), 316-317.
Bammer, Gabriele, Stevens, Adele, Dance, Phyll, Ostini, Remo and Crawford, David A. (1995). Controlled heroin availability in Australia? How and to what end?. International Journal of the Addictions, 30 (8), 991-1007. doi: 10.3109/10826089509055823
Stevens, A., Ostini, R., Dance, P., Burns, M., Crawford, D. A. and Bammer, G. (1995). Police opinions of a proposal for controlled availability of heroin in Australia. Policing and Society, 5 (4), 303-312. doi: 10.1080/10439463.1995.9964732
Ostini, R., Bammer, G., Dance, P. R. and Goodin, R. E. (1993). The ethics of experimental heroin maintenance. Journal of Medical Ethics, 19 (3), 175-182. doi: 10.1136/jme.19.3.175
Hong, S. M. and Ostini, R. (1989). Further evaluation of Merz's psychological reactance scale. Psychological Reports, 64 (3), 707-710. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1989.64.3.707
Conference Papers
Cleator, H., Arjunan, A., Lim, V. and Ostini, R. (2019). The journey of the 'acopic' patient: a retrospective observational study assessing 'social admissions'. Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 13-15 May 2019. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
Ostini, Remo, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Nasir, Bushra, Strasser, Sarah and Geoff Nicholson (2018). Data and the role of Rural Clinical Schools: What data and what roles?. 6th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium. Outback infront: 20 years of rural and remote health research, Canberra, ACT, Australia, 11-12 April 2018.
Goh, T., Ostini, Remo and Thasneem, A. (2018). Assessment of Non-Cardiac Pulmonary Hypertension (NCPH) at Ipswich Hospital. TSANZSRS Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 23-27 March 2018. Respirology.
Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Kisely, S., Gill, N., Black, E., Hayman, N., Ranmuthugala, G., Beccaria, G., Ostini, R., Nicholson, G. and Nasir, B. (2018). The cultural appropriateness of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV TR, Axis I (SCID-I) for Indigenous populations, study update. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
Toombs, M., Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, S., Kisely, S., Gill, N., Black, E., Hayman, N., Ranmuthugala, G., Beccaria, G., Ostini, R., Nicholson, G. C. and Nasir, B. (2018). Mental health and indigenous connection to land and community. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) Annual Congress 2018, Auckland, New Zealand, 13-17 May 2018. London, United Kingdom: Sage Publications.
Alwis, D. D., Arjunan, A., Lin, S. and Ostini, R. (2018). A retrospective observational study on the management of urinary tract infections in older medical patients in the hospital. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2018, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 27-29 June 2018. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/ajag.12551
Jurd, Kate , Cook, Sheila and Ostini, Remo (2017). Designing active learning experiences through innovative learning design and blended pedagogy. AMEE 2017, Helsinki, Finland, 27-30 August 2017.
Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas, Nasir, Bushra, Ostini, Remo, Strasser, Sarah and Nicholson, Geoff (2017). Calculators to individualise the predicted probability of working in a rural area: an answer for the medical workforce issues in non-Metro areas?. Rural Medicine Australia 2017 (RMA17), Melbourne, 19-21 October 2017.
Ostini, Remo, Hogenbirk, John C., Nixon, Garry, McPhee, Ewen and Wynn-Jones, John (2017). Rural health equity in the context of generalism in rural medicine. 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, 29 April - 2 May 2017.
Aljassim, Noor and Ostini, Remo (2017). Health literacy in rural versus urban populations: a systematic review. 14th World Rural Health Conference, Cairns, 29 April -2 May 2017.
Ostini, R., Ostini, J. and Argall, R. (2016). Perceptions of Responsibility for Health Literacy Among Health Professionals and Consumers. 14th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine: Behavioral Medicine: Making an Impact in the Modern World (ICBM 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 7-10 Dec 2016. New York, NY United States: Springer New York .
Duncan, Gregory, Emmerton, Lynne M., Stewart, Kay, Hughes, Jeff, Hussainy, Safeera, McNamara, Kevin, Darzins, Peter, Swinburne, Glen, Williams, Kylie, Kairuz, Therese, Chaar, Betty, Ostini, Remo, Hoti, Kreshnik and Jiwa, Moyez (2016). The challenge with teach-back: learning from negative results from the health literacy in pharmacy (HeLP) RCT in Australia. 19 International Social Pharmacy Workshop, Aberdeen, UK, 19–22 July 2016. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1111/ijpp.12278/epdf
Ostini, Remo (2016). Australian psychometrics. International Meeting of the Psychometric Society, Ashville, North Carolina, United States, 12-15 July 2016.
Nancy Sturman, Andy Wong, Zhang, J, David, M and Ostini, Remo (2016). Examiner severity and recalibration. Ottawa Conference and the ANZAHPE Conference, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Perth, Western Australia, 19-23 March 2016.
Ostini, Remo and Passfield, Luke (2015). An application of population geography to a comprehensive needs assessment of primary healthcare in South-East Queensland. International Conference on Population Geographies (ICPG), Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 June-3 July 2015.
Kate Jurd, Sheila Cook and Ostini, Remo (2015). A technology enhanced intern readiness program to support the transition from medical student to junior doctor. AMEE eLearning Symposium, Glasgow Scotland, 5-6 September 2015.
Sheila Cook, Ostini, Remo and Marcella Kwan (2015). An Innovative Intern Readiness Program: Where junior doctors can flip the classroom. Australian Prevocational and Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Forum, Darwin Australia, 12-15 October 2015.
Sheila Cook, Kate Jurd, Remo Ostini and Bushra Nasir (2015). Evaluating outcomes in a program to prepare medical students for their intern year. UQ Teaching and Learning Conference, UQ St Lucia, 6/11/2015.
Sheila Cook, Kate Jurd and Ostini, Remo (2015). Evaluating outcomes in a program to prepare medical students for their intern year. The University of Queensland School of Medicine Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, 6 November 2015.
Bushra Nasir, Kate Jurd, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas and Remo Ostini (2015). Social Media in Medical Education. UQ Teaching and Learning Conference, UQ St Lucia, 6/11/2015.
Ostini, Remo, Marcella Kwan, Geoff Nicholson and Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, Srinivas (2015). Reasons for choice of Clinical School among UQ Rural and Metropolitan Clinical School students. UQ Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, 6 November 2015.
Hollingworth, Samantha A., Ostini, Remo, Michael, David, Martin, Jennifer and Susan, Tett (2014). Use of Ezetimibe in Australia. 30th International Conference on Pharmacoepidemiology and Therapeutic Risk Management, Taipei, Taiwan, 24–27 October 2014. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/pds.3701
Emmerton, Lynne M., Duncan, G., Hughes, J., Darzins, P., Stewart, K., Chaar, B., Kairuz, Therese and Ostini, Remo (2012). Development of a health literacy education package for community pharmacists and pharmacy staff. 8th Annual National Disease Management Conference 2012, Melbourne, Australia, 13-14 September 2012.
Duncan, G., Emmerton, Lynne M., Hughes, J., Darzins, P., Stewart, K., Chaar, B., Kairuz, Therese and Ostini, Remo (2012). Development of a health literacy education package for community pharmacists and pharmacy staff Proceedings of the Pharmacy Australia Congress. PAC 2012: Pharmacy Australia Congress, Melbourne, Australia, 19-21 October 2012.
Tett, Susan E., Ostini, Remo, Hegney, Desley G. and Jackson, C (2011). Knowing how to stop: Prescription medicines and the culture of giving. Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR), Halifax, Canada, 9-12 May 2011.
Neville, C. and Ostini, R. (2011). Using pain rating scales in residential aged care facilities. Alzheimer's Australia 14th National Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 17-20 May 2011.
Research Reports
Ostini, Remo, Kairuz, Therése, Swinburne, Glen, Duncan, Gregory and Emmerton, Lynne (2019). A framework for designing interventions to bridge the gap between limited health literacy and better health. Brisbane, QLD Australia: University of Queensland.
Ostini, Remo, McGrail Matthew, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan Srinivas, Hill Peter, O’Sullivan Belinda, Selvey, Linda, Eley, Diane, Adegbija, Odewumi, Boyle, Fran, Dettrick, Zoe, Jennaway, Megan and Strasser, Sarah (2019). Rural physicians: training and professional support study. Toowoomba, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
McCuaig, Louise A., Coore, Sally, Carroll, Kristie, Macdonald, Doune, Rossi, Anthony J., Bush, Robert, Ostini, Remo, Hay, Peter and Johnson, Rebecca (2012). Developing health literacy through school based health education: can reality match rhetoric?. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland.
Ostini, R., Roughead, E. E., Kirkpatrick, C. M. J., Monteith, G. and Tett, S. E. (2010). Quality use of medicines: the appropriateness of medicine naming and labelling; sound-alike, look-alike medicine names. Not available: National Medicines Policy Committee.
Bush, Robert, Boyle, Fran, Ostini, Remo, Ozolins, Ieva, Brabant, Madeleine, Soto, Eliana Jimenez and Erikkson, Lars (2010). Advancing health literacy through primary health care systems. Healthy Communities Research Centre, The University of Queensland:
Ostini, Remo and Tett, Sue (2008). Understanding and improving prescribing practice. St Lucia, QLD Australia: UQ Blue Care Research & Practice Development Centre.