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Welcome to CollegeCast for pharmacy news, views and updates relevant to your pharmacy practice. CollegeCast is a New Zealand based podcast brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Shirena Vasan

  • Oct 14, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 16m AVG DURATION
  • 13 EPISODES


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Episode 5 - Helen Cant - Real-time glucose monitoring trial

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 15:43


Helen is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally. Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her service in providing real-time glucose monitoring in poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes.

Episode 4 - Helen Cant on her role as a pharmacist prescriber

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2019 10:49


Helen Cant is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally. Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her service in providing real-time glucose monitoring in poorly controlled Type 2 diabetes.

Episode 3 - Ravi Sharma on his career path and leadership

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2019 15:13


Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recently, Ravi received a scholarship by the NHS to complete a Masters in Genomic Medicines at Imperial College London and has just been awarded fellowship by the Faculty of UK Clinical Informatics. In this episode we discuss Ravi's career journey so far, his role at a General Practice and advice to pharmacists considering moving into new roles. Ravi Sharma was in New Zealand as guest speaker at the 2019 PSNZ Towards Integrated Health Conference.

Episode 2 - Ravi Sharma on emerging roles and future of pharmacy in England

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 14:42


Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recently, Ravi received a scholarship by the NHS to complete a Masters in Genomic Medicines at Imperial College London and has just been awarded fellowship by the Faculty of UK Clinical Informatics. In this episode we discuss the health landscape of the NHS, challenges facing the pharmacy sector, positive changes happening now and emerging roles in England. Ravi Sharma was in New Zealand as guest speaker at the 2019 PSNZ Towards Integrated Health Conference.

Episode 1 - Challenges facing the NZ health system and integrated approach to service delivery.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 25:16


In this episode we interview Keriana Brooking, Deputy Director-General of Health, Health System Improvement and Innovation, Ministry of Health. We will discuss the challenges facing the health system, what an integrated approach to delivering services looks like and the place of pharmacy in the integrated team. This interview was conducted at the 2019 PSNZ Toward Integrated Health Conference.

Episode 8 - Health Apps

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 17:41


In this episode we talk to Dr Janine Bycroft the Clinical Director of Health Navigator NZ. Listen to this episode of CollegeCast to find out about the apps available in the Health Navigator App Library, what people want from a health app, what health professionals need to know before recommending a health app, privacy concerns about who can access information stored on an app and which medication app could be recommended to improve medication adherence.

Episode 7 - Interview with Brock Dale

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 16:14


Welcome to episode 7 of CollegeCast where we interview Brock Dale. Brock recently won the Hospital Pharmacist of the Year Award on a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Service developed at Rotorua Hospital. Learn about how he developed this Service, if he met the objectives of the project, what the Service looks like in practice and the benefits seen.

Episode 6 - Interview with Diana Phone

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2018 15:52


Welcome to episode 6 of CollegeCast where we interview Diana Phone on services offered at Waimauku Pharmacy. In this episode we will discuss the relationship this pharmacy has with their local doctors and Diana will tell us about some of the services offered at Waimauku Pharmacy which include the Community Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMS), Medicine Use Review Service (MUR) and Own My Gout.

Episode 5 - Health Professional Burnout

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2018 20:34


In Episode 5 we talk to Patrick J. Bridgeman Jr about burnout among health professionals. We will discuss what is burnout, how to recognise burnout, factors which may contribute to burnout and what we as individuals, colleagues and employers can do to support health and well-being.

Episode 4 - Stigma and discrimination in mental health_Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 20:51


Welcome to Episode 4 of CollegeCast. In this episode we continue our discussion with Dr Claire O'Reilly on stigma and discrimination in mental health. In this episode we will consider how stigma can impact on help seeking, the place and value of community pharmacy in supporting this group, experiences of family and friends of people with a mental illness and Claire will also provide some tips for your practice.

Episode 3 - Stigma and discrimination in mental health_Part 1

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 19:12


Welcome to Episode 3 of CollegeCast. In this episode we talk to Dr Claire O'Reilly about the stigma and discrimination patients experience from their health professionals. Claire explains her research on this topic including the prevalence of stigma and patient experiences. Dr Claire O’Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at the The University of Sydney Pharmacy School. Claire is a pharmacist and health services researcher with expertise in mental health, as well as a practising community pharmacist and experienced mental health trainer (Master MHFA Instructor). CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Episode 2 - Codeine reclassification and the opioid crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 22:51


Welcome to Episode 2 of College Cast. In this episode we will interview Carina Walters on codeine misuse and the opioid crisis, international trends in codeine consumption, the recent up-scheduling of codeine combination products in Australia and the current intentions on codeine re-classification in New Zealand. Carina is currently a PhD student at the University of Auckland, where she is studying prescription and over the counter opioid dependence, and is a member of the University of Auckland Centre for Addiction research. Her previous role as as senior addictions pharmacist at Community Alcohol and Drug Services in Auckland. She is also a part time professional teaching fellow with the School of Population Health, teaching a postgraduate addiction paper. CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

Episode I - Introduction to CollegeCast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 2:06


Welcome to the first episode of CollegeCast! This is a trial podcast covering views and updates relevant to pharmacy practice. Over the next few weeks we will interview relevant people on topics such as codeine reclassification and the opioid crisis, stigma in mental health and health professional burnout. We will also talk to some pharmacists about current and new innovative services being offered in their pharmacies and the benefits of providing these services. CollegeCast is brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of The Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand.

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