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Branch News Volume 5; Issue 2
Chair’s Report (Andrew Sobey)
ACT
Committee
Members
Autumn Edition 2016
Federal Councillor
CE Coordinator
CE Team Member
CE Team Member
Intern Observer
Welcome to the autumn 2016 edition of the ACT SHPA branch newsletter. We’ve had some movement in
our committee this year. The committee would like to thank Mahipal Sinnolareddy for his contribution to
the committee in 2015 and wish him well for his future endeavours.
We welcome to our newest members of the committee Rebecca Res, Nathan Kwong, Nabeel Jafri and
Therese Pham. Their enthusiasm is really energising our committee to strive for great things in 2016.
As always, our CE team has done a wonderful job in delivering a great symposium – congratulations to
John and the team on a very successful event.
I was lucky enough to attend the UC pharmacy ball in March—to present the QUM poster prize for 2015—
Congratulations to Therese Pham and Kayla Lee on some great work.
We look forward to the MM2016 in Perth this year – the theme is “Discovery, disruption and
differentiation” Are you ready to share your work, knowledge and experience to:
transform us, from being reflective and risk averse to decisive
disruptors leading change in healthcare?
share the skills needed to promote our role and cement our place as
an invaluable asset in the healthcare team?
improve the patient healthcare experience through better
communication, innovation and engagement?
The committee would love to encourage a strong contribution from the ACT
members at the event in Perth. The call for abstracts is now open! - closing 15th July 2016. Get your ideas
and abstracts ready – and keep an eye out for correspondence from us in the coming weeks.
Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Andrew Sobey Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Vanessa Ward Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Joshua Kennedy Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Lauren Lambert Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Emily Diprose Calvary Healthcare, ACT (Public Hospital)
John Wsol Calvary Healthcare, ACT (Public Hospital)
Reza Ebrahimi Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Andrew Matthews Senior Project Manager, SHPA
Therese Pham Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Technician Observer
Bryan Walker Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Communications
and
CE Team Member
CE Team Member
Nathan Kwong Canberra Hospital and Health Services
Rebecca Res Calvary Healthcare, ACT (Public Hospital)
Federal Council Report (Emily Diprose)
Hello to all ACT members!
It seems the year is flying by! I’m sure you have all been busy, and so too has the SHPA Secretariat and
Federal Council. Hopefully you will have noticed the work being done and changes being made to improve
member services.
Andrew has put together a report on the three big projects SHPA is leading and here’s a bit of a summary
of other important messages
SHPA now offers free membership for students. SHPA has been working closely with the National
Australian Pharmacy Students' Association (NAPSA) over the last six months and we’re keen to
support the next wave of Australian pharmacists to lead excellence in medicines management.
SHPA anticipates many student members will continue their membership as interns and ultimately as
pharmacist (ordinary) members. Increasing our member numbers and engaging with future and
early career pharmacists will make SHPA a much stronger organisation.
SHPA is restructuring the secretariat to ensure the organisation continues to be a leader in
representing the interests of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians and promoting better use of
medicines. A key aim of the restructure is to ensure SHPA is a dynamic lead organisation providing
quality, relevant services and delivering effective advocacy.
The 3rd Future Summit is being held in late July and this year the aim is to progress ideas and plans
developed during the previous two Future Summits, rather than generating new ideas. The three
aims for 2016 are to develop a business tool kit to support the creation of new pharmacy services,
develop a mentoring program for pharmacists, particularly those who are considering or
transitioning into roles which may require new (e.g. non-clinical) skills, and to develop a plan to
evolve the pharmacy workforce in the digitised healthcare system of the future. I encourage you to
apply and get involved in these exciting endeavours as our profession and workforce evolves.
MM2016 is not far away so hopefully everyone is thinking about getting over to Perth in November.
It’s fantastic that the Federal Minister for Health the Hon Sussan Ley MP has accepted our invitation
to open our 42nd National Conference, which is a signal of the Federal Government's recognition of
the important roles played by all of our members. It’s hoped this is a robust, foundation step in
building a strong working relationship with the Government for the future. The call for abstracts is
open, enticing you to contribute to “Our future in 3D” and closes on July 15 so hopefully ACT can
continue to be well represented for the great work being done by our members.
SHPA has now combined all upcoming and recently available CPD into one monthly email. Watch
out for the regular medCPD and your access to fantastic continuing education and learning
opportunities in various formats.
And don’t forget to keep in touch with any member of the ACT Branch and let us know if we’re meeting
your needs! Feel free to send an email, call or speak to us at any CE events.
Cheers Emily
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
CaSPA Ball. Left to right: Andrew
Sobey, Rebecca Res, David Nguyen
(President CaSPA), Nabeel Jafri
Student Observer
Nabeel Jafri University of Canberra [email protected]
Workforce Projects for Pharmacy’s Future (Andrew Matthews)
Throughout 2016 SHPA has committed to three crucial projects that will help transform the pharmacy workforce and ensure hospital pharmacy adapts to future consumer and health system needs.
Our Residency, Research and Redesign projects emanated from concepts proposed by members at previous SHPA Future Summits.
The Residency Program project aims to establish a structured, formalised, supported and accredited national two-year residency program for pharmacists in their foundation years. SHPA sees a future residency program helping to develop a capable and competent workforce, fit for purpose to deliver expanded pharmacy roles. The Steering Committee is chaired by Federal Councillor (Tasmania) Peter Fowler. The project is currently developing site selection criteria with a view to call for expressions of interest in June, for hospital pharmacy departments to participate in the first phase of a residency program in 2017.
The Research project aims to establish a National Translational Research Collaborative (NTRC) that will drive high quality research and provide contemporary practice-based evidence. It will support the pharmacy workforce by fostering the development of research skills, knowledge, capability and capacity especially amongst early career pharmacists. The Steering Committee is chaired by Federal Councillor (NSW) Dr Lisa Pont. An NTRC ‘Think Tank’ is being planned as an opportunity to further engage with SHPA members interested in the project.
The Pharmacy Technician Role Redesign Project aims to review the current roles of hospital pharmacy technicians and assistants, and identify variations in scope of practice, and barriers to changes in scope. The Steering Committee is chaired by Federal Councillor (Queensland) Trudy Teasdale. SHPA recognises there is a need to build capacity not just in the pharmacist workforce but also through developing and expanding the scope of practice of pharmacy technicians and assistants. A survey has recently been distributed to hospital pharmacy departments- results of the survey will be used to plan education and development of the workforce to meet emerging needs within hospitals.
For more information on all three projects and to see representatives on project steering committees, see: www.shpa.org.au/News/Workforce/Residency-Research-Redesign
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Critical Care
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21-22 May Brisbane
Medication
Management in
Geriatric Care
28-29 May Sydney
Practice-Based
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4-5 June Melbourne
Clinical Pharmacy
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22-24 July Adelaide
Infectious Diseases 13-14 August Adelaide
Cardiology 27-28 August Sydney
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Evening Lecture
June Beth Hua
Palliative Care;
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June/July Robyne
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Palliative
Nurse
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The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Paediatric Symposium: A Reflection (Bryan Walker)
On Saturday April 2 2016, I went to the Pediatric Symposium at the ANU Medical School. I barely know anything about Paediatrics and I had no idea what to expect. Would I understand the material from the presenters? Would all the pharmacists questions confuse me? Will I be able to answer the questions in the case studies? Would I feel like I belong? What if I ask a silly question? These questions and more were flowing through my thoughts as I walked into the auditorium. All the speakers spoke in an educated way, explaining terms, graphs, and observations that they experienced at their workplace. I never felt lost or overwhelmed with the material. All the speakers spoke as though everyone in the audience was hearing the information for the first time. When I didn’t know a term and googled it on my phone, I noticed that others were doing the same thing. I went to the case studies and found that I was able to answer a fair amount of the questions with the information I learned earlier that day. I didn't need extensive pharmacological knowledge to comprehend the questions. The questions were straight forward and not confusing. In observation, everyone was nervous in answering the questions. Probably had the same questions running through their heads that I did! Everyone was learning something new as a collective whole. There weren’t pharmacists and technicians at this event. Just people wanting to learn something new and interesting. I thought it was fun to learn something new, see people you know outside a work setting, meeting new people, listening to new ideas, and receiving current information from presenters representative of their field of expertise. I gained a new perspective on something very unfamiliar. For all of those reasons I belonged there. These events are not for pharmacists, or for technicians or for SHPA members. They are for anyone who is eager to learn something and have some fun meeting new people who share the same passion.
The Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
Photos from Paediatric Symposium
Get to know you drinks before the Paediatric Symposium
with the guest speakers and the committee old and new
One of the lectures.
Great turn out!
Mingling at morning tea and lunch
Hard at work at the Case studies
