Health Law Institute Podcasts

Walt shares his experience of pharmacy through the years from four year pharmacy curriculums and manual typewriters to electronic prescribing and expanded scopes of practice of pharmacy. Sprinkled with stories from being drafted into the army, expectations and realities of pharmacy practice, and personal connections. Our conversation also touches upon the larger pharmacy ecosystem of the role of state boards in supporting pharmacists and promoting a culture of safety.

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And if this has motivated you to advocate for older women health worker rights, consider the following.

First, acknowledge and recognize older women health workers in your daily sphere to better understand topical issues. Once you know these incidences you can engage your local and global communities to highlight these issues, organize public awareness campaigns and demand that health workers can share concerns relating to safety with the public without undue employer influence.

You can reach out to your policy makers to make sure they are including specific legal protections for older women health workers, providing adequate funding, providing social protection, and rethinking training and capacity through the eyes and experiences of frontline older women health workers.

Also, involve the education sectors and employers - it is vital to ensure they include legal literacy in health worker educational curriculum including continuous education curriculums. And, that they are designing effective continuing education and certification programs and developing effective support systems for health workers including the normalizing of mental health interventions and access to whistleblower protections to promote accountability and transparency.

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David Smith, Co-founder and Director of the International Network of Health Workforce education (INHWE), shares about his vision and experiences of founding INHWE and how it has evolve over the years including the pandemic. He also highlights some of the challenges of health workforce education and opportunities to overcome barriers. If you want to find out more about INHWE or be a member please visit www.inhwe.org.

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Noelle shares her experiences of working with community health workers (CHW) in different locations globally and her most recent interaction with CHW in Honduras after the start of the pandemic. She highlights the need for an enabling environment to sustain CHW systems and build on the trust, experience and dedication these individuals bring to the table. As we are seeing more and more health workers leave their jobs due to fatigue and burnout, growing a robust health workforce is more important now than ever. We need to respect and ensure their rights so that they can continue to be frontline heroes.

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Long-term care has been a recurrent topic of discussion throughout the pandemic. In this episode, we do a deep dive with Peter who oversees the certification of care workers in such settings. We discuss models of care, logistics, challenges and avenues for strengthening care delivery in long term care facilities. We also get a sneak peek into how Peter himself fared during the pandemic.

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This is the first time a vaccine has been developed and gained regulatory approval in such a short frame of time. With it comes the consequences of tackling vaccine hesitancy, delivery, protecting health workers, and developing a robust health workforce and health sector. COVID also makes a clear case for investment in the health workforce to transition to a proactive approach with emphasis on prevention rather than just treatment.

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Khalid shares with us some of the unresolved issues inherent in the practice of pharmacy - violence experienced from the patients they serve, troubling dynamics within the health care team that do not allow pharmacists to utilize their professional judgement and hinder proper health care delivery and the disconcerting hierarchy of health professionals. We also discuss how COVID-19 has shed light on the already existing health inequities with coping and resilience both an individual and a professional. Further, we delve into vaccine hesitancy, expanding pharmacist roles to include immunization, the the future of healthcare, digital health, and leveraging technology.

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Kate Grant shares her experiences working on the frontlines of delivering care. She gives us a glimpse of the turmoil, uncertainty, and hardships of responding to COVID-19 but also the kindness, adaptability and hope that we have found on this journey. Touching upon mental health, coping mechanisms, and living with hearing loss from contracting COVID, she leaves us with this poignant quote:  “The length of the journey has to be borne with, for every moment is necessary.” Georg Hegel (1770-1831)

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Disclaimer:

Dr (Catherine) Kate Grant is a General Practitioner registered with the GMC.  The opinions expressed on this show are her own and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of her places of employment. The opinions expressed on this podcast are meant for entertainment and education and should not be used to diagnose or treat any medical condition nor should they be used as a substitute for medical advice from a qualified, board-certified practicing clinician. Dr Grant has no relevant financial disclosures.

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The coronavirus pandemic is engendering a global mental health crisis. Frontline health workers, working under enormous pressures with already residual health worker shortages and burnout previous to COVID-19 coupled with the aggressive transmission of the virus and lack of proper personal protective equipment (PPE), are left vulnerable to depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

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https://www.healthlawinst.org/post/the-recurring-tragedy-key-reasons-why-health-workers-are-suffering-from-mental-health-problems

https://www.healthlawinst.org/post/safeguarding-the-health-of-health-workers