“Full scope is obviously super, super important and very exciting time for us here in Australia,” Clark says.

“So our role at the APC is to be the national accreditation and standard setting body for education and training for pharmacists.

“And so when we are looking at how we can support full scope, it’s really top of mind for us and we’re putting a lot of work and effort into collaborating with people to do this work.

“I think the key thing around the challenges with these programs has been around making sure that we have graduates who have the right level of competence and capability to be able to deliver full scope and prescribing regardless of where they are.”

01:40 – The biggest challenges in creating agile standards

04:50 – Will accreditation be applied nationally?

06:05 – “It will be a bit like optometry.”

11:10 – Harmonising the standards

15:46 – Could the traditional four-year plus internship model be replaced?

20:46 – Ensuring potential new programs are rigorous

23:21 – A new set of learning models for preceptors and supervisors

26:17 – Changes to the intern written exam

28:22 – “You’re actually assessing someone’s competence as opposed to their ability to remember.”

30:19 – The colloquium and its focus on respectful, inclusive conversations

34:41 – Changes to accreditation for CPD activities

37:35 – Does this shift create uncertainty?

39:19 – “The APC is very committed to this strategy of embedding cultural safety”

42:37 – The APC is nominated as a finalist in the leading tech awards in Australia

45:08 – The workforce crisis

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As the general manager of not-for-profit Wonthaggi Miners’ Pharmacy in regional Victoria, Sally Cairnduff runs her pharmacy a little bit differently. 

“Profit is not the goal in itself,” she tells AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh.

“Instead, we’re more interested in supporting our community and improving their health and wellbeing. So it’s a little bit different to other pharmacy models where all funds are either reinvested into the pharmacy to improve access and quality of care or donated to community initiatives.”

Cairnduff tells McMaugh how else the pharmacy supports locals and how she manages staff shortages in a regional community. 

Other highlights include:

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This is the fourth in a four-part series hosted by the AJP’s Fiona Duke, about the many aspects of cough and its various treatment methods. Fiona is joined by with two guest specialists: pharmacist, educator and medical writer Dr Brett MacFarlane and community pharmacist, educator and writer Jala Moushi.

Episode 1: The cough journey

Episode 2: Helping patients choose cough products

Episode 3: Matching the product format to the cough patient profile

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This is the third in a four-part series hosted by the AJP’s Fiona Duke, about the many aspects of cough and its various treatment methods. Fiona is joined by with two guest specialists: pharmacist, educator and medical writer Dr Brett MacFarlane and community pharmacist, educator and writer Jala Moushi.

Episode 1: The cough journey

Episode 2: Helping patients choose cough products

Episode 4: Cough guidelines and pharmacy staff education

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This is the second in a four-part series hosted by the AJP’s Fiona Duke, about the many aspects of cough and its various treatment methods. Fiona is joined by with two guest specialists: pharmacist, educator and medical writer Dr Brett MacFarlane and community pharmacist, educator and writer Jala Moushi.

Episode 1: The cough journey

Episode 3: Matching the product format to the cough patient profile

Episode 4: Cough guidelines and pharmacy staff education

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This is the first in a four-part series hosted by the AJP’s Fiona Duke, about the many aspects of cough and its various treatment methods. Fiona is joined by with two guest specialists: pharmacist, educator and medical writer Dr Brett MacFarlane and community pharmacist, educator and writer Jala Moushi.

Episode 2: Helping patients choose cough products 

Episode 3: Matching the product format to the cough patient profile

Episode 4: Cough guidelines and pharmacy staff education

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AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh sits down with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s immediate past president, Associate Professor Fei Sim, to discuss her time at the helm, and what the future holds for the organisation. 

Having broken through the glass ceiling to become the PSA’s first female leader, Sim led the society through a transformative period, securing a heads of agreement for the First Pharmacy Practice Agreement, and the acquisition of the Australasian College of Pharmacy. 

1min 28 – A presidency was based on teamwork 

2.20 – Succession – Professor Mark Naunton is “the prefect leader… to take the PSA into the next chapter” 

4.18 – Predecessors, Dr Chris Freeman and Dr Shane Jackson woke the giant that is the PSA 

7.52 – Growing the PSA’s membership 

8.54 – The acquisition of the Australasian College of Pharmacy 

11.22 – The PSA needs to keep the momentum going to deliver on its strategic priorities 

12.33 – Growing pains in the pharmacist/GP relationship 

16.24 – Health professions need to support each other to work to the top of their scope of practice 

19.56 – Translating leader diversity into better outcomes 

22.56 – The First Pharmacy Practice Agreement 

29.54 – Breaking the glass ceiling to become the first female president of the PSA 

34.11 – Looking to the future in a new role with the AMH 

38.32 – Addressing unfinished business. 

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She sits down with PSA’s digital health lead and pharmacist Jarrod McMaugh to discuss everything from why criminals target small businesses, how to tell the difference between a legitimate communication from a GP or wholesaler and a data theft attempt, and pharmacists’ obligations to their patients when it comes to privacy.

The two discuss why the greater amount of data now collected and shared could leave a “back door” open to cyber threats – and why you should never pay a ransom if you’ve been targeted.

01:03 – Why is community pharmacy a high-value target for cybercriminals?

02:52 – Protection and prevention

06:25 – The common weak links in pharmacy digital infrastructure

07:58 – Spot the difference: legitimate requests and data theft attempts

10:31 – Pharmacies’ responsibilities under the Australian Privacy Principle 11

13:28 – Legal and professional obligations if a breach occurs

20:34 – “Every health service in the country must have a policy around their access to My Health Records.”

23:33 – Privacy considerations around the Pharmacists Shared Medicines List

27:01 – The top three non-negotiable digital hygiene habits

28:53 – The role of software vendors

31:49 – How do shared records raise privacy and cyber threat concerns?

33:42 – The role of professional indemnity insurers

36:21 – The role of the PSA

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AJP Podcast host Carlene McMaugh sits down with clinical pharmacist Ella Shearing, of Locumate, to discuss the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in pharmacy. 

A survey conducted by Shearing at a Sydney hospital found pharmacists were receptive to using the new technology (2 minutes 30), but understanding of AI was mixed (3:26).  

Shearing noted that while AI is already being used by pharmacists and other health practitioners for administrative tasks (7:03), decisions regarding how it is implemented need to take the views of frontline workers into account (16:13). 

“Just because we can adopt AI tools doesn’t mean we should,” Shearing told McMaugh (17:12).  

3:35 – Environmental costs of AI not well understood 

9:25 – Barriers to taking AI into the clinical space 

10:41 – Lack of transparency around AI software fuels hesitancy among some pharmacists 

13:16 – High costs mean AI is unlikely to replace existing drug interaction software 

14:25 – Integrating AI into electronic medical record systems (EMRs) “could be quite useful” 

21:15 – AI could be used to generate medication charts for patients to take home and for providing information about Webster pack changes with patients’ community pharmacies 

22:15 – The best way to learn about AI is to use it 

25:12: Development of guidelines and policies will be key to ensuring the safe and ethical use of AI in healthcare settings 

26:14 – Pharmacists currently using AI are conservative about how they use it.  

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In this episode of the AJP Podcast, host Carlene McMaugh sits down with Anna Theophilos, who takes listeners through her journey into an educator on social media – and how to cut through misinformation about vaccines.

Discussing the importance of communicating about the risks of influenza, especially for people aged over 50, and RSV, Theophilos says that the public already know and trust pharmacists as vaccinators.

“What needs to shift is not necessarily public perception, but it’s the system’s willingness to formally recognise what pharmacists already are, which we are immunisation leaders,” she says – noting that this also means appropriate remuneration and a new look at vaccinating outside community pharmacies.

01:23 – Theophilos’ mission

02:10 – From a “very sad Facebook page” to effective social media communication

04:30 – Where Theophilos gets ideas for content

05:45 – “I actually think the public is already ahead of the system on this one.”

09:04 – How she plans to work with the PSA to advocate for legislative change to support pharmacist immunisers

10:10 – System and funding barriers

12:55 – Work in aged care

14:30 – How can a busy community pharmacy integrate high volume vaccination programs without compromising safety or staff wellbeing?

16:49 – Ensuring financial viability

19:38 – High-level discussions

21:40 – Collaborating with local GPs

26:07 – “Vaccination will always be the inaugural proof point for full scope.”

28:19 – Advice for ECPs

30:51 – The most common vaccine myth Theophilos debunks

32:32 – “I’d make every vaccine funded.”

33:27 – A call to action

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