Dan and Kristin spoke to Dr Juanita Westbury, Senior Lecturer with the Wicking Dementia Research & Education Centre at the University of Tasmania about the best practice use of antipsychotics in aged care. We spoke to Juanita about: The roles for pharmacists in aged care facilities Common issues with medicines use in aged care facilities Complexities around the term "chemical restraint" Best practice for the management of behavioural symptoms of dementia...
Feb 09, 2019•28 min
We caught up with Dr Simone Taylor from Austin Health and Amy McRae from Alfred Health about their work. Both Simone and Amy had projects featured in the "Time To Shine" session at last year's SHPA Medicines Management Conference. Amy's paper is titled "Collaboration Between Healthcare and Industry to Improve the Safety of Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in Australia". It describes an initiative to improve the packaging and labelling of these high-risk medicines. Simone's paper is titled "Emergenc...
Jan 27, 2019•20 min•Ep. 68
Recorded live at MM2018 in Brisbane, Dan and Kristin sat down with Erica Tong, Deputy Director of Pharmacy and Chief Pharmacy Information Officer for Alfred Health about partnered pharmacist medication charting. We spoke to Erica about her team's work developing a model for partnered pharmacist medication charting on admission to hospital and the safety outcomes that have been achieved.
Jan 12, 2019•15 min•Ep. 67
Happy holidays! The team is taking an episode off over Christmas, and in honour of Rohan's Clinical Pharmacy award at 2018, we are re-broadcasting this "classic hit". We will see you all in the new year with some great new episodes Jane and Dan spoke to Dr Rohan Elliott, senior pharmacist in aged care at Austin Health, adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University, and a research consultant with the Royal District Nursing Service Institute. We talk to Rohan about: · The definition of geriatric me...
Dec 29, 2018•25 min•Ep. 66
In this very special holiday episode, Dan and Kristin are joined by Dr Lindsey Fitzharris. Lindsey has a PhD in History from Oxford University and authored the wonderful book "The Butchering Art" which details the efforts of Joseph Lister to make surgery safer. We discuss: What surgery was like before anaesthetics and antiseptics How these agents were introduced to Britain Why you didn't want surgery in a hospital in the 1800s Two key surgeons in Victorian Britain: Liston and Lister Joseph Liste...
Dec 15, 2018•34 min•Ep. 65
Recorded live at MM2018, the 44th SHPA National Conference, Jane, Dan and Kristin caught up with keynote speaker Prof Brian Dolan. Brian is Director of Health Service 360 (UK) and Director of Service Improvement, Canterbury District Health Board, NZ where his role includes whole system culture engagement and change. why boredom could be worse than smoking for our patients the language that we use in healthcare that can be problematic for our patients what is meant by the term "PJ Paralysis" and ...
Dec 01, 2018•26 min•Ep. 64
This is Part 2 of our episode recorded live at the Antibiotic Allergy in Practice Workshop at Austin Health. We spoke to Prof Elizabeth Phillips, Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University (USA); Prof Connie Katelaris, Allergist and Immunologist at the University of Western Sydney and Campbelltown Hospital; and Dr James Yun, Allergist and Immunologist and the University of Sydney. We were really lucky to get to speak to this panel of experts. We asked them about: practical aspects of delabel...
Nov 17, 2018•25 min•Ep. 63
Jane and Dan attended the Antibiotic Allergy in Practice Workshop, held at Austin Health. In this bumper episode we speak with a number of distinguished guests around the management of antibiotic allergy: Dr Ar Kar Aung, ID Physician from The Alfred discusses the classification and detection of antibiotic adverse reactions Dr MIchelle Goh, Dermatologist at Alfred Health, Austin Health and Peter MacCallum regarding characterising allergy phenotypes Dr Natasha Holmes, ID and Antibiotic Allergy Phy...
Nov 03, 2018•49 min•Ep. 62
Back by popular demand, Prof Jason Roberts joins Dan to discuss ceftriaxone. They discuss situations where ceftriaxone is useful (spoiler: it's not "being an inpatient") and some pharmacokinetic quirks.
Oct 20, 2018•35 min•Ep. 61
Jane caught up with A/Prof Ernie Butler, neurologist and head of the Monash MS Clinic at the SHPA Vic Branch symposium. We discuss: Why neurology is the most interesting specialty Background to MS - the link to the sun and its symptoms and progression Management of MS with traditional drugs, and how the monoclonal antibodies fit into practice Monitoring for side effects, including screening for JC virus Managing these side effects...
Oct 06, 2018•15 min•Ep. 60
Jane chats with Dr Jenny Stephens, pain specialist and anaesthetist at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. Jane and Jenny discuss: The significance of Australia's problem with prescription opioids How the risks of post-operative opioids may start before admission The problems, beyond dependance, caused by long term opioid use Risk factors for opioid dependance post-discharge How Australia compares to the rest of the world with regard to problems with prescription opioids The impact of a pharmacy-led ...
Sep 22, 2018•28 min•Ep. 59
Jane and Dan caught up with Chris Braithwaite, a pharmacist with the Galambila Aboriginal Health Service in Northern NSW. Chris spoke to us about: his journey to working with indigenous communities what an average day looks like the challenges posed by existing funding models for home medicines reviews cultural competence and institutional racism
Sep 08, 2018•31 min
Jane and Dan caught up with Chris Braithwaite, a pharmacist with the Galambila Aboriginal Health Service in Northern NSW. Chris spoke to us about: his journey to working with indigenous communities what an average day looks like the challenges posed by existing funding models for home medicines reviews cultural competence and institutional racism
Sep 08, 2018•31 min•Ep. 58
Dr Kimberley Haines, Vice Chair of ANZICS Victorian Branch and ICU Physio at Western Health joins Dan and Jane to discuss survival following ICU admissions. Dr Kimberley discusses her journey to research, what happens to patients following ICU discharge and how we can improve the ICU journey for patients, staff and family.
Aug 25, 2018•29 min•Ep. 57
Jane and Dan caught up with Professor Jason Roberts, NHMRC Practitioner Fellow at The University of Queensland and Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Jason is a senior member of the Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre within the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research and is Director of the Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics in School of Pharmacy where he is also Chair of the research Strategies Committee. We ...
Aug 11, 2018•25 min•Ep. 56
Jane and Dan caught up with Professor Jason Roberts, NHMRC Practitioner Fellow at The University of Queensland and Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Jason is a senior member of the Burns Trauma and Critical Care Research Centre within the University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research and is Director of the Centre for Translational Anti-infective Pharmacodynamics in School of Pharmacy where he is also Chair of the research Strategies Committee. We ...
Jul 28, 2018•25 min•Ep. 55
Dan caught up with NAPSA President Sandra Minas at the inaugural SHPA-NAPSA symposium in Melbourne on Friday. We discussed issues facing students, the results of the latest NAPSA survey and key programs being rolled out by NAPSA. We learn that despite concerns about graduate numbers, the rise of discounters and low pay, almost all pharmacy students are dedicated to their profession, and are looking forward to their careers.
Jul 14, 2018•19 min•Ep. 54
Jane and Dan spoke to Horst Thiele from the Primary Care and Transitions of Care specialty practice leadership group. We asked Horst about the barriers and opportunities for pharmacists to assist patients at transitions of care and the evidence base for these services.
Jun 30, 2018•25 min•Ep. 53
Dan and Jane are joined by Clarissa Rentsch to discuss updates on Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Clarissa Rentsch. Clarissa is the Senior Pharmacist - Gastroenterology at Alfred Health, and discusses new therapy for IBD, the developing role for TDM in the management of this disease and her innovative clinic based role at The Alfred. We discuss: Commencing therapy with and monitoring purine analogues Infliximab - its expanding role in therapy, and the emerging field of TDM for biologicals Claris...
Jun 16, 2018•31 min•Ep. 52
Jane and Dan spoke to Dr Manuel Serrano Santos, Lecturer of Pharmacy at QUT and member of the editorial committee for the third edition of Don't Rush to Crush. We spoke to Manuel about: his role as a specialist dysphagia pharmacist what goes wrong when medicines are modified inappropriately common reasons for making mistakes when modifying medicines
Jun 02, 2018•24 min•Ep. 51
This is a reboot of our first ever episode: Antibiotic Allergies with Dr Jason Trubiano
May 19, 2018•24 min
For our special 50th Episode we first discuss some things we've learned from making the podcast. Then Jane caught up with Dr Jason Trubiano, an Infectious Diseases Physician from Austin Health. Jason appeared on our first episode, and in Episode 50 we get an update on the world of antibiotic allergies and bust some more myths. We're also re-releasing Episode One as a special 50th Episode treat.
May 19, 2018•18 min•Ep. 50
Jane caught up with two members of the writing group for the recently updated Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular. Confusingly, they are also called Jane and Dan! Jane O'Connor is an Editor at Therapeutic Guidelines and Dr Daniel Scherer is a Cardiologist and PhD Candidate at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute.
May 05, 2018•27 min•Ep. 49
Dan discusses PREPx with three experts: A/Prof Edwina Wright from The Alfred, Monash Uni and The Burnet Institute, Alison Duncan, Lead Pharmacist for HIV at The Alfred and Luxi Lal, Pharmacist and Scientist from the Burnet Institute. We were so fortunate to have Edwina - who ran the pivotal Australian trials and was so kind in sharing her knowledge with us. We learn about: How the key Australian studies were set up and run Novel dosing modalities Information for pharmacists and key counselling p...
Apr 21, 2018•31 min•Ep. 48
Jane and Dan talk Specialty Practice with Courtney Munro and Suzanne Newman from SHPA and Susie Welch from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney. We talk about: Development of standards of practice How involvement in specialty practice can form part of your CPD plan What can be gained from involvement in a Specialty Practice Stream Hot topics in Emergency Medicine
Apr 07, 2018•32 min•Ep. 47
Jane and Dan spoke to Bronwyn Clark, CEO of the Australian Pharmacy Council and Catriona Bradley, Executive Director of the Irish Institute of Pharmacy. Bronwyn is the Host Committee Convenor and Catriona is a keynote speaker at the upcoming Life Long Learning in Pharmacy Conference. We discuss different models for assessing pharmacist competence, how to measure and develop competency in soft skills and what patients want pharmacists to be doing.
Mar 24, 2018•33 min•Ep. 46
Dan is joined by eminent physician, pharmacologist and former pharmacist Prof Dave Juurlink from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. We talk about: Why Tramadol is a bad choice of analgesia Why Codeine upscheduling is a good idea for Canada and Australia How scheduling impacts medication choice How a 100-word "paper" in NEJM contributed to the opioid epidemic
Mar 10, 2018•30 min•Ep. 45
In the lead up to International Women's Day 2018, Jane sat down with three Pharmacy Leaders: Sue Kirsa (Director of Pharmacy, Monash Health), Nicole Dirnbauer (Assistant Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Monash Children's Hospital) and Marisa Hodgkinson (SHPA Victorian Branch Committee Chair). We talk about: Challenges and things that have helped build a career Whether a mentor is necessary for success Whether we still need to be talking about women in healthcare leadership At the Society of Hospital...
Feb 24, 2018•23 min•Ep. 44
Jane and Dan spoke to Janelle Penno, Perioperative Medicine Pharmacist at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. Janelle's paper "Improving Medication Labelling - Patients Driving Their Information" was awarded best paper at the MM2017 conference in November. We spoke to Janelle about: Patients' preferences for medicine instructions Principles of Plain English communication Useful resources to help improve the way that health professionals communicate with their patients
Feb 10, 2018•20 min•Ep. 43
ane talks to Benita Suckling, a clinical pharmacist with the Opioid Stewardship Service at Redcliffe Hospital in Queensland. We spoke about: A model for an opioid stewardship service, and why it is beneficial Risk factors for inappropriate opioid use post discharge Strategies to optimise pain management on discharge SHPA members can join the Pain Management Specialty Practice stream to connect with other pharmacists working in this area
Jan 27, 2018•26 min•Ep. 42
