Rate My Professor Sally Marotti

Sally Marotti is a Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, College of Health, Adelaide University. A clinician and clinical pharmacist by background, she holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from the University of South Australia (1999-2002), Graduate Diploma of Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Queensland (2008), Masters of Clinical Pharmacy from the University of Queensland (2011), and Diploma of Business (Frontline Management) from TAFE NSW (2009). She is currently undertaking her PhD with Adelaide University. Marotti's career history includes extensive clinical roles such as Rotational Pharmacist and Intern Pharmacist at Flinders Medical Centre (2003-2005), various positions at John Hunter Hospital including Assistant Director of Pharmacy – Clinical Services (2006-2007), Acting Deputy Director of Pharmacy (2008-2009), and Clinical Tutor (2006-2007), and multiple roles at Queen Elizabeth Hospital including Specialist Clinical Pharmacist in Emergency Department & Diagnostic Planning Unit (2009), Intensive Care Specialist Pharmacist (2009-2012), Deputy Director of Pharmacy - Clinical Services (2010-2017), and Specialist Clinical Pharmacist - Teaching and Training (2014-2015). Since 2017, she has served as Research Director at SA Health, and from 2024 as Research Fellow at Flinders University. She is also a Pharmacist Tutor at Advanced Pharmacy Australia since 2010 and Casual Academic at University of Newcastle Australia (2006-2008).

Marotti's research specializations include pharmacy practice research, improving patient care quality through education and training, opioids and pain management, delirium and anticoagulation, collaborative practices such as prescribing and learning, interprofessional collaboration to enhance patient outcomes and learner development, digital technologies for practice efficiency, and machine learning integration. Her current role involves leading research in SA Health and supporting experiential learning in university and industry settings. She is working on two MRFF-funded projects with Flinders University, Adelaide University, and the Australian Institute of Machine Learning, focusing on consumer engagement in new medicines, Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting and Prescribing, pharmacist participation on ward rounds, entrustable professional activities, and educational programs. She co-supervises PhD and MPhil candidates across healthcare professions. Key publications include 'Assessing data entry accuracy of medication histories in electronic records by pharmacy students' (2026, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education), 'Beyond the Numbers: Exploring Tensions Between Formal Entrustment and Trainee Readiness in Internship Training' (2026, Perspectives on Medical Education), 'The structure and implementation of practice-integrated foundational professional development programs for hospital pharmacists: a scoping review' (2025, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research), 'Evaluating medication discrepancies and harm: a matched cohort study' (2025, International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy), and 'Perceptions and experiences of pain management and opioid use among orthopaedic patients' (2025, Sage Open Medicine). In 2021, she received the Australian Clinical Pharmacy Award from the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia for contributions to clinical practice and pharmacist prescribing research.