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 ArrotexArrotex Pharmaceuticals is the largest and most diverse pharmaceutical company in Australia, formed following the merger of Arrow Pharmaceuticals and Apotex Australia. Arrotex provides affordable access to quality products, innovative programs and unique partnerships that create value for community pharmacy and improve health outcomes for Australians. We believe the Australian health system benefits when pharmacies are given the opportunity to expand their network. That's why we're investing in key growth areas for community pharmacy, including OTC brands, biosimilars, and complex therapies. This provides consumers with more affordable quality products than other companies, while providing community pharmacies with more competitive margins. |
Speakers
Day One SPEAKERS – Saturday 3 June 2023 |
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ORGANISATION BIO – EXHIBITION HALL | SESSION SUMMARY | SPEAKER BIO |
| Welcome | MC | |
| Keynote Address – 30min | Kos Sclavos | |
| Industry Update | ||
| The Culture Plan | Vanessa Lontos BPharm (Hons) |
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| People are at the heart of healthcare. Vanessa, a pharmacy coach, and team development expert will share a simple, evidence-based framework for building team culture and workplace wellbeing using best-practice principles.ÊVanessa will help you find time to lead and engage your team in practical and relevant ways so you can more easily overcome barriers, navigate change, and achieve meaningful results for your pharmacy. | Vanessa Lontos is an inspiring pharmacy leader, speaker and coach. Vanessa empowers pharmacists to lead happy and engaged teams that deliver holistic health solutions and expanded pharmacy care. Vanessa has worked with pharmacy teams across Australia, delivering coaching and development in areas of patient engagement, solution selling, building a culture of learning, leadership, innovation and change management.ÊPrior to launching her consulting business, Vanessa led the Learning and Development team at Sigma Healthcare. In 2010 Vanessa was a finalist for the City of Port Phillip Citizen of the Year award and won the 2019 ARCHI Award at Sigma Healthcare.Vanessa is also currently a Learning Partner at THINKA, a previous pharmacy owner of Clarendon Pharmacy, and lives with her daughter, Olivia, in Melbourne. | |
| PSA | Supporting Mental Health | Jarrod McMaugh BPharm MPS |
| The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is the only national peak body that represents all of Australia's 35,000 pharmacists across all practice areas. We want every Australian to have access to the best healthcare, which must include optimising access to pharmacists expertise and medicines. As the most accessible healthcare professionals, we want pharmacists to be at the forefront of healthcare to enhance the lives of Australians through safe, quality, and effective use of medicines. PSA is the leading education provider for pharmacists at all stages of their careers. From early career pharmacists to seasoned professionals wanting to brush up on the latest practice developments, PSA is here to support our profession to provide the best care to patients. | The disease burden of mental health conditions on the Australian health care system is vast, with many Australians suffering in silence. Pharmacists have the ability to reach out to sufferers and take steps to ensure they receive the best care. Learn how to engage your community about mental health and open the lines of communication about these debilitating conditions. | Jarrod McMaugh is the State Manager for the Victorian Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and the lead for Digital Health. He has been a pharmacist for 20 years, working in community pharmacies in rural areas for most of his career. Jarrod has an interest in professional practice, innovative service design, and furthering the role and utilisation of pharmacists in all areas of health care delivery. |
| Australian Pharmacy Council | Workplace based assessment tools: an interactive session | Josephine Maundu, BPharm (Hons), MPH, PharmD |
| The Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) is the national accreditation authority for pharmacy education and training.ÊThey keep the public safe by setting and maintaining high standards of pharmacy education, ensuring that pharmacists are competent and can deliver effective health care. | Synopsis | Josephine is currently Director of Policy and Projects at the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC). She is a registered pharmacist and has worked in many roles and practice settings in Australian and overseas. Prior to joining the APC, Josephine was involved in implementation of reforms following the Medicines and Medical Devices Regulation Review (MMDR) at the Therapeutic Goods Administration in Canberra. |
| This interactive session is for interns, early career pharmacists (ECPs), supervising pharmacists, and preceptors. | ||
| They do this through: | Through role play and group discussion you will learn about workplace-based assessment methodologies and how these structured activities support intern and ECP learning and readiness to practice independently. Participants will have hands on experience in the use of the workplace based assessment tools developed by the Australian Pharmacy Council. | |
| Skills assessment | You will join a dynamic network of pharmacists committed to fostering essential clinical skills and professional qualities in everyday workplace practice. | |
| The APC assesses the competency of Australian pharmacy interns and the skills of pharmacists who qualified outside Australia. Their focus on evidence-based assessment means all pharmacists in Australia meet the same high standards. | Glenys Wilkinson |
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| Accreditation of pharmacy programs and providers | Learning objectives | Glenys Wilkinson is currently the Deputy Chief Executive Officer for the Australian Pharmacy Council (APC) where she manages the projects, accreditation, examinations and skills assessment teams. Glenys holds undergraduate and Masters level qualifications in social work, organisational development and executive coaching and has held executive management positions in the not for profit and community sectors. Prior to her current position Glenys was Chief Executive Officer of the Australia Association of Social Workers. |
| The ACP accredits pharmacy programs and continuing professional development (CPD)Êaccrediting organisations in Australia. They develop and maintain the standards for these processes. This means that Australian pharmacists can expect a consistent, evidence-based standard of learning.ÊIt also means the community can trust pharmacists. | By the end of the session you will be able to: • Explain the purpose of workplace based assessment and state examples of workplace based assessment tools. • Describe how the entrustment concept underpinning entrustable professional activities (EPAs) supports pharmacy intern and ECP development. • Identify pharmacy encounters that can be used as the basis for case based discussions • Describe resources that are available to support interns, ECPs and their supervisors in their understanding of how to use workplace based assessment tools. | |
| Session Outline | ||
| Short Presentation: Overview and introduction to workplace based assessment | ||
| Role Play: Case Based Discussion and Assessment Forms | ||
| Video: Assessment of Entrustable Professional Activity | ||
| Discussion: Making entrustment decisions | ||
| Conclusion | ||
| Take aways | ||
| • You will have confidence to carry out case based discussions and assessment of Entrustable Professional Activites in your pharmacy workplace. • You will understand the value of the application of these tools for interns and early career pharmacists. | ||
| Competency standards (2016) addressed: 1.1,4.3,5.1 | ||
| TBC | Morris Miselowski | |
| Arrotex | Arrotex Business | TBC |
| Arrotex Clinical | TBC | |
| Dispensary Worx | Danelle Lynn BPharm |
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| PharmaPrograms | Dispensary Operations – 30min | Kos Sclavos |
| Prescription retention/loyalty | ||
| Pharmacy Team: Top-performing | ||
| MedAdvisor | ||
Day TWO SPEAKERS– Sunday 4 June 2023 |
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ORGANISATION BIO Ð EXHIBITION HALL | SESSION SUMMARY | SPEAKER BIO |
| The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot | Full Scope | Sara Kemp BSc(Pharm) Senior Project Leader |
| The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot, a first in Australia, authorises participating pharmacists to provide a broader scope of care services for their patients. During the Pilot, pharmacists will be able to offer the following: | ||
| Wider range of vaccinations | The North Queensland Community Pharmacy Scope of Practice Pilot | |
| Medication administration | The Pharmacy Guild of Australia, Queensland Branch | |
| Therapeutic adaptation, substitution, and continued dispensing | Sara Kemp is a former Canadian prescribing pharmacist with over 20 years of experience in community pharmacy, the majority of which were in pharmacy operations, professional services and business development. Sara has also worked in the areas of medical information and marketing and has practiced across a wide range of pharmacy settings including independent, franchise and big box pharmacies. During her time as President of the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists, Sara supported the updating of the Pharmacy Act to incorporate key practice changes, including pharmacist prescribing and injection services as well as technician licensing. Sara believes the evolution of pharmacy practice to a much more patient-centric care model is long overdue in Australia and is excited to be able to continue advocating for the right patient care at the right time and right place. | |
| Autonomous prescribing for 17 acute common conditions and wellbeing | ||
| Structured prescribing as part of 5 chronic diseases management programs | ||
| BioCeuticals | Mental Health Supplements | |
| Blackmores | ||
| PSA The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is the only national peak body that represents all of Australia’s 35,000 pharmacists across all practice areas. We want every Australian to have access to the best healthcare, which must include optimising access to pharmacists’ expertise and medicines. As the most accessible healthcare professionals, we want pharmacists to be at the forefront of healthcare to enhance the lives of Australians through safe, quality, and effective use of medicines. PSA is the leading education provider for pharmacists at all stages of their careers. From early career pharmacists to seasoned professionals wanting to brush up on the latest practice developments, PSA is here to support our profession to provide the best care to patients. | Culturally Safe Care Culturally safe care should be a standard experience for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients when accessing health care. PSA has developed guidelines for pharmacists supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples with medicines management to guide you on your journey to provide culturally safer care. In this session we will discuss some of the recommendations from the guidelines, giving real-life examples of small changes you can make and ways to connect meaningfully with community to make a big difference in improving the care of your Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients. | Jarrod McMaugh BPharm MPS |
| Jarrod McMaugh is the State Manager for the Victorian Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and the lead for Digital Health. He has been a pharmacist for 20 years, working in community pharmacies in rural areas for most of his career. Jarrod has an interest in professional practice, innovative service design, and furthering the role and utilisation of pharmacists in all areas of health care delivery. |
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| AI Group | Ian Dixon | |
| Andrew Campbell | ||
| RSM | Performance/KPIs/Reporting, using Nostra to understand opportunity | Craig Dhondee |
| Kian, RSM TBC | ||
| Dispensary Automation – BD | BD TBC | |
| Medicinal Cannabis | Cannatrek TBC | |
| ADHA When it comes to improving the health of all Australians, the role of digital innovation and connection is a vital part of a modern, accessible healthcare system. Under the backdrop of COVID-19, digital health has seenÊexponential growth in relevance and importance,Êmaking itÊmore pertinent than ever for all Australians and healthcare providers. The Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) is a corporate Commonwealth entity established by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (Establishing the Australian Digital Health Agency) Rule 2016. They strive to deliver a healthier future for all Australians through connected healthcare. They aim to achieve this by creating a collaborative environment to accelerate adoption and use of innovative digital services and technologies. | Dispensary Operations – 45min ASL/eScripts, eNRMC, RTPM | Vicki Ibrahim BPharm MHM CHIA |
| Director, Medicines Safety Program – Program and Project Delivery Branch – Policy, Programs and Engagement DivisionÊ | ||
