SA/NT Branch pril Issue 1 Feb/March/A Inside this issue: Get to know— Julie Tran 1 Welcome New Members 1 Committee Contact Details 1 PL Jeff Award 2 SA/NT Student Awards 3 Retiring Committee Member 4 SA/NT Branch Committee 2014 Roles 4 Leadership Seminar 5 NEW CE program 2014 5/6 SAVE the date MM2014 6 Committee Contact Details Vasileff, Hayley — WCH [email protected] Eaton, Vaughn — FMC [email protected] Editor: Julie Tran Get to Know your Committee Members Name - Julie Tran Graduated – 2012 Pre-Reg Training - RAH Current Position - Pharmacist at RAH SHPA Member Since- 2011 Interests – Travelling, picnics, reading, running, yoga and just being outdoors Your favourite drug– Spironolactone Why? It smells sooo good– just like mintys! If I had a AHP-6 wage I Would I would buy an organic farm where I can grow my own organic produce and have a herd of dairy cattle! Hughes, Catherine — SALHN [email protected] Thomas, Alicia — RGH [email protected] Cheh, Rachael — TQEH [email protected] Chong, Cher-Rin — TQEH [email protected] Tran, Julie —RAH [email protected] Career Highlights• Being a member SHPA state branch and federal conference committees • Opportunity to undertake a Posaconazole Research Project Plans for Next 12 Months - Work hard on my current Research Project, travel to Bali for a yoga retreat, climb Mount Fuji and make the most of every hour of the day! 3 Ways to Make the Most of Your SHPA Membership 1. Make the most of the CPD opportunities 2. Check out the SHPA website for upcoming workshops/ seminars 3. Apply for grants for educational conferences New Members The SA/NT Branch would like to welcome the following new members Grzeskowiak, Luke — Adelaide Uni [email protected] Kerry-Anne Casanova (Student, Pt Lincoln) Tracey Watson (Pharmacist, RDH) Cole, Samantha —RGH [email protected] Louise Sheridan (Pharmacist, AMH) Matthew Smith (Student, UniSA) David Zhang (Pharmacist, PL Pharmacy) Sheree Wynne (Pharmacist, TQEH) Lauren Wierenga (Pharmacist, RGH) Wilson, Courtenay — LMH [email protected] Pek Sim Koay (Highgate Pharmacy) Cassandra Potts (Pharmacist, FMC) Manning, Judy — RAH [email protected] Van Ly Duy Duong (Pharmacist, TQEH) Emma Bartlett (CHSALHN) Ashleigh Crago — FMC [email protected] Rebecca Larcombe (Pharmacist, FMC) Alexander Nicholson (Intern, RAH) Kitto, Lisa — Norlunga Hospital [email protected] Samantha Cole (Pharmacist, RGH) Isabel Gundani (Intern, Pt Pirie HS) Young, Angela—Alice Springs Hospital [email protected] Amelia Williams — RAH [email protected] Bui, Matthew—LMH [email protected] Emma Bartlett— Port Augusta Hospital [email protected] Newsletter correspondence Julie Tran c/o Pharmacy Department Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA . E-mail: [email protected] Fares Al-Saraui (Student, Glenelg Pharmacy) Lauren James (DPH) Michael Buxton (Pharmacist, UFS Chemist) Rebecca Thompson (Intern, RAH) Gauri Gaonkar (Pharmacist, BWMH) Narelle Smith (Intern, TQEH) Page 2 PL Jeffs Early Career Pharmacist Award 2013 In 2013, the SHPA SA/NT Branch introduced the new PL Jeffs Early Career Pharmacist Award. The PL Jeffs Early Career Pharmacist Award is an encouragement award intended to recognize an early career young pharmacist who has made a significant contribution to either: • hospital pharmacy practice in South Australia or the Northern Territory, • SHPA, or • their workplace This award recognises the significant contribution of Mr P. Lance Jeffs as one of the inaugural members of SHPA and first president. He was well recognised in South Australia, and nationally, as a leading hospital pharmacist for his pivotal work involving the introduction of sterile eye drop formulations, which were later documented in Martindale and Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary. He began the first Clinical Pharmacy and Drug information services and informed From L-R: W Hayes, G.R Davies, and P. L Jeffs the profession both locally and overseas. He also had a keen interest in encouraging young Pharmacists in their profession. His extraordinary achievements and work was recognised by the SHPA and subsequently was awarded the SHPA Glaxo Medal of Merit. For further information, please visit <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_Jeffs>. This year we had three very high quality nominations for outstanding pharmacists within our branch. They were Catherine Hughes, Luke Grzeskowiak and Sally Marotti. At the SHPA SA/NT 2013 Annual Branch Meeting, SHPA was pleased to announce Luke Grzeskowiak as the inaugural winner of the PL Jeffs Early Career Pharmacist Award. Luke has been an elected member of the Branch Committee since 2009 and during this time has served as continuing education coordinator, convened two symposiums and been a member of the SHPA Research and Development Grants Advisory committee. Luke developed a passion for Women's Health during his internship at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. He completed a PhD at UniSA focussing on the feasibility of using routinely collected health data to examine long term effects of medication use in pregnancy. Since then he has generated a number of local, national and international research collaborations, publications and presentations. Luke has continued his research as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, in the Pregnancy and Development Research Group at The University of Adelaide . and has also worked as a senior clinical pharmacist in Women’s and Children’s Health at Flinders Medical Centre. Luke was recognised in his nomination as a respected clinician, researcher and educator with the potential to become an international leader in his field. SHPA would also like to congratulate Catherine and Sally on being nominated for this prestigious award in 2013. Their From L-R: Luke Grzeskowiak and Hayley Vasileff nominations were testament to their significant achievements in hospital pharmacy and contributions to SHPA thus far as early career pharmacists. Page 3 SHPA SA/NT Branch Student Research and Development Awards In 2013, The SHPA SA/NT Branch launched a new Student Research and Development Award through UniSA and Charles Darwin University to recognise excellence in student research in pharmacy. UniSA UniSA fourth year pharmacy students who undertook a research project as part of the honours or placement program were asked to nominate themselves for the award. Nominations consisted of an abstract of the research undertaken and a short description of its relevance to pharmacy practice. We had nominations from Joy Liew for her research on inappropriate antipsychotic use among aged-care in metropolitan Adelaide and Rebecca Thompson for her research on an investigation into the frequency and nature of drug related problems in the Women’s Health Unit at the Lyell McEwin Hospital. Both Joy and Rebecca presented their research at the SHPA SA/NT Branch October Continuing Education Meeting to members and a judging panel including Steve Morris, Chris Doecke, Hayley Vasileff and Richard Marotti. Rebecca Thompson was selected as the South Australian winner of this award and received her award at the SHPA SA/NT 2013 Annual Branch Meeting. Congratulations to Rebecca and thankyou to our judging panel. From L-R: Rebecca Thompson and Hayley Vasileff Charles Darwin University In October, Northern Territory hospital pharmacists were privileged to receive presentations from three Charles Darwin University (CDU) Honours Students. Thanks to videoconferencing, pharmacists from Gove and Alice Springs were able to watch Aaron Khan, Julia Knobloch and Samuel Keitaanpaa present in the Royal Darwin Hospital's auditorium. Aaron's research aimed to establish a formula for Ivermectin suspension for use in hospitals and community pharmacies. Julia aimed to identify whether appropriate use of a Peak Flow Meter improved individual asthma self-management. Sam investigated the impact of uncollected medicines and the influence of stock control and prescribing practices on Quality Use of Medicines in Top End clinics. Aaron was selected as the winner for the NT Student Research Award. Congratulations to all students for their hard work and their contributions to improving the world of pharmacy and thank you to the CDU staff and supervisors for their support. Retiring Committee Members and Awards At the 2013 SHPA SA/NT Annual Branch Meeting, we took the time to thank our members retiring for the branch committee in 2013. Richard Marotti retired from the committee after completing a 3-year term. Richard was the chair of the branch in 2011 and 2012. His leadership and contributions to the committee have been invaluable and we would like to thank him on behalf of the committee and membership. Hamed Shahnam retired from the committee after a 3-year term. Hamed has been an asset to the committee over the past 3-years, as a committee member and as treasurer. We thank him and wish him all the best in his future career. Misha Shahbandi retired from the committee after 1-year during which she served as newsletter editor. We thank her for her work in 2013 and wish her all the best as she joins the Queensland Branch of SHPA. Alexandra Greig, Lisa Kitto and Jeremy Tehan retire after being our intern observers on the committee in 2013. We would like to thank them for their contributions to the committee this year, particularly for their involvement in the SHPA/UniSA Careers in Hospital Pharmacy Presentation and in organising the 2013 ABM and dinner. In 2013, The SHPA SA/NT Branch launched a new Student Research and Development Award through UniSA and Charles Darwin University to recognise excellence in student research in pharmacy. From L-R: Lisa Kitto, Alexandra Greig, Jeremy Tehanretire SHPA SA/NT Branch Committee 2014 Roles Chairperson: Hayley Vasileff CE Co-ordinator: Courtney Wilson Vice Chairperson: Vaughn Eaton NT Representatives: Angela Young Federal Councillor: Catherine Hughes Technician Representative: Judy Manning Secretary: Alicia Thomas Pharmacist Observer: Lisa Kitto Assistant Secretary: Rachel Cheh Pharmacist Intern Observer: Ashleigh Crago Treasurer: Cher-Rin Chong Pharmacist Intern Observer: Amelia Williams Public Relations: Julie Tran Pharmacist Intern Observer: Emma Bartlett CE Co-ordinator: Luke Grzeskowiak Pharmacist Intern Observer: Matthew Bui CE Co-ordinator: Samantha Cole Early Career Pharmacist Leadership Seminar 2014 May 17th-18th EARLY CAREER PHARMACIST LEADERSHIP SEMINAR—REGISTRATION NOW OPEN http://cpd.shpa.org.au/Seminars-and-Symposiums/Leadership SHPA continue to offer a wide ranging Continued Educational programme and now this includes a specific seminar series targeted at Early Career Pharmacists (less than 10 years’ experience) as part of the launch of the Leadership and Management Reference Group this year. The L&M Reference group will target programmes tailored to all levels of practice and these will be advertised throughout 2014 and beyond. The inaugural Early Career Leadership Seminar will be held right here in Adelaide (17th -18th May 2014) facilitated by Roger Hunter (Clinical Psychologist) and Catherine Hughes, Chair Leadership and Management Reference Group. Who might this seminar appeal to? If you have less than 10 years experience and aren’t necessarily in a Management role. If you are an AHP2 or AHP3 pharmacist you are required to lead in situations even when ‘not in charge’ so need to be able to adapt your style to work with others. What will the seminar cover? opportunity to understand your personal leadership characteristics, identify the foundations of your style and how that affects your interaction with others including ways to influence and motivate. You will also challenge your professional leadership in respect to ensuring quality care of patients. What this seminar is not… this isn’t management training – you won’t learn how to manage staff, it wont cover HR or running meetings, this is about your personal leadership growth - however the L&M Reference Group will be delivering opportunities for middle and senior management into the future in the form of online education modules, targeted seminar and leadership series. This is a CPD accredited event for 4-hours Group-1 and 8-hours Group 2 (total 20 hours CPD credit S2014/16 NEW Continuing Education Program 2014 FREE for SHPA members In recent years the SA/NT branch has observed a significant reduction in attendances at its monthly CE meetings. This is likely the result of increasing availability of alternative high quality CE activities offered at a national level as part of your SHPA membership. The SA/NT branch committee remains committed to providing high quality CE opportunities. In the recent needs assessment survey, members were asked to vote and comment on alternative approaches towards the delivery of local CE activities in 2014. As a result of this feedback, the committee has decided to modify the CE program for 2014. In place of monthly CE meetings for 2014, we will hold two half-day symposiums, which will be held on Saturday afternoons. These will be a free for members. The focus of this first half-day symposium will be around health economics: “Dollars and Sense – Balancing Health Costs in Patient Care”. The first seminar is likely to be held in June. We will inform members regarding the date very shortly. All members are reminded of the significant CE opportunities on offer as part of their SHPA membership: http://cpd.shpa.org.au/. NEW Continuing Education Program 2014 FREE for SHPA members To support the continuing professional development of SHPA members, SHPA is now offering some additional continuing education online in the form of webinars. So keep an eye out on your emails for these national CE Webinars or visit the SHPA website for updates. NOTE: Pharmacists need 40 CPD credits each year, of which up to 50% (20 credits) may be Group 1 CPD, to satisfy the Pharmacy Board of Australia's CPD standard. SHPA National Medicines Management Conference 2014 Pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and associates practicing anywhere in the health system are invited to come to Darwin for the Annual SHPA National Medicines Management Conference 2014. Join the mailing list and keep up to date with the latest conference information by submitting your details online. For further information and full conference details please visit www.mm2014shpa.com CALL FOR ABSTRACTS NOW OPEN KEY DATES TO REMEMBER: Abstract submission closing date: Notification of acceptance by: Conference early bird registration closes: Friday 16 May 2014 Monday 23 June 2014 Friday 4 July 2014
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