Purple Pen Podcast

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

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

Jane and Dan spoke to Garth Birdsey, Senior clinician pharmacist at Barwon Health.

We asked Garth about:

Real world experience with DOACs in special patient groups Concerns about under-dosing patients with DOACs Optimal use of beta-blockers and why metoprolol 12.5 mg bd is often inappropriate in IHD

In our final MM2017 episode, we speak to Rahul Singal Associate Chief Pharmacist - Operational Productivity at Kings College Hospital in London. Rahul was a keynote speaker at SHPA MM2017.

We talk to Rahul about: The future for pharmacists in the UK and Australia How pharmacists can improve patient safety at transitions of care Models for pharmacist prescribing Professional responsibilities and expanded roles

Jane and Dan spoke to Dr James Edwards at MM2017. James is a Senior Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, he is also the founder of www.onthewards.org which is designed to assist medical practitioners in their earliest days of postgraduate practice.

• FOAM (Free Open Access Medical Education)

• Different models of education for health professionals

• Dissemination of research and digital scholarship

• Quality control issues for open access information

Jane and Dan caught up with Professor Zubin Austin at the recent MM2017 SHPA Conference where he was a keynote speaker. Professor Austin is the Murray Koffler Chair in Management at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on the professional and personal development of the health human resources workforce. '

• Culture shock

• Defining a professional culture

• How understanding the culture of different health craft groups can improve the relationships between them

Jane and Dan caught up with Natalie Tasker and Kristin Xenos, two members of the MM2017 Conference Scientific Program committee for a recap of the conference.

Live from Day 2 of the SHPA MM2017 conference, Jane and Dan caught up with some notable attendees:

• Amanda Horiniak, Resident Pharmacist at Alfred Health and newly awarded Resident of the Year
• Andrew Matthews, General Manager, Workforce Transformation at SHPA
• Stephen Bazire, author of the Psychotropic Drug Directory.

In the first of our special series of episodes live from MM2017, we are talking to A/Prof Thomas Gottlieb, Senior Staff Specialist in Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at Concord Hospital in NSW.

A/Prof Gottlieb's presentation at MM2017 is titled "Do More AMS, Pearls from Years in the Life of AMS". We spoke to A/Prof Gottlieb about challenges and wins in antimicrobial stewardship, engaging clinicians and patients and driving behavioural change.

In a preview of the upcoming SHPA Conference, we have two guests this week:

• Emeritus Professor Kim Oates, Director of Undergraduate Quality and Safety Education at the Clinical Excellence Commission in Sydney. Prof Oates is presenting a Plenary about patient safety.
• Fiona Doukas is an Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital in Sydney. Fiona is on the conference organising committee.

Medicines Management 2017, the 43rd SHPA National Conference is in Sydney for 16-19th November full MM2017 program is here: https://mm2017shpa.com/