November 2010 - INPHARMATION

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                                                                              INPHARMATION
                                                                                                   Newsletter from the

                                                                                Queensland Branch of the
              SHPA (Qld Branch)
              PO Box 761 Fortitude Valley, Q 4006
              A division of the Society of Hospital
                                                                  Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
              Pharmacists of Australia
              ACN 004 553 806                                       Promoting the quality use of medicines through the ongoing development, application and
                                                                        implementation of leading edge pharmacy practice in hospitals and related areas
       State Branch Committee
          Members for 2010                                                                                                   November 2010
JASON ROBERTS                                                                                        Articles for next issue by end of December 2010
Chairperson
(Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)
j.roberts2@uq.edu.au
ARNA NEILSON
Vice-Chairperson (Safe Medication Practice Unit)
Arna_Neilson@health.qld.gov.au
HEIDI WONG
Vice-Chairperson (Royal Children’s Hospital)
Heidi_Wong@health.qld.gov.au
LEE ALLAM
Secretary (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
Lee_Allam@health.qld.gov.au
                                                                            Please Do Not Hesitate To Contact a
FRANCES GOLDING
                                                                         Committee Member If You Have Any Queries
Treasurer (QEII Jubilee Hospital)
Frances_Golding@health.qld.gov.au
                                                                                       or Concerns
JOHN PARKE
Minutes Secretary (QEII Jubilee Hospital)
John_Parke@health.qld.gov.au                                           New Members
JAANA BAKER
              -                                                        SHPA (QLD) Branch warmly welcomes the following
           -
Continuing Education Officer                                           Members
(Princess Alexandra Hospital)
           -
Jaana_Baker@health.qld.gov.au
ANDY LO                                                                Lynda Catherine Tripcony (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)
Continuing Education Officer
(Princess Alexandra Hospital)                                          Rudi Luigi De Faveri (Mareeba Hospital)
Andy_Lo@health.qld.gov.au                                              Wendi Jones (Friendly Society Pharmacy)
                                                                       Michelle Combrink (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)
NOLEEN NATH                                                            Natasha Ventura (Roma Hospital)
Continuing Education Officer (Redcliffe Hospital)
Noleen_Nath@health.qld.gov.au                                          Elaine Yee Li Chuah (The Wesley Hospital)
                                                                       Anna Tenielle Christensen (Hervey Bay Hospital)
JESSICA TOLEMAN                                                        Kaylene Andra Lilly (Cairns Base Hospital)
Continuing Education Officer
(Safe Medication Practice Unit)                                        Cassandra Lee Vale (The Prince Charles Hospital)
Jessica_Toleman@health.qld.gov.au                                      Jonathan Hall (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital)
NINA LATINOVIC
                                                                       Shannon Lone Doyle (student)
Newsletter Officer (The Prince Charles Hospital)                       Julie Anne Pope (The Prince Charles Hospital)
Nina_Latinovic@health.qld.gov.au                                       Carl Edward Bufe (APHS Riverside)
JOAN SEMMLER                                                           Sally Adrienne Porter (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
Pharmacy Technician Representative                                     Eleanor Elizabeth Evans (student)
(Princess Alexandra Hospital)                                          Sophie Jane Arthur (Ipswich Hospital – pre-reg)
Joan_Semmler@health.qld.gov.au                                         Julie Kaye Holman (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
LIZ HAYWARD                                                            Crystal Yim (APHS Riverside)
Rural Representative                                                   Jane La (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
(The Prince Charles Hospital)                                          Stephanie Michelle Highden-Smith (Princess Alexandra Hospital)
Elizabeth_Hayward@health.qld.gov.au                                    Jeremy John Sheridan
TONY HALL                                                              Karly May Huber (Gold Coast Hospital)
Federal Councillor (Griffith University)                               Shelley Lockhart (Mater Health Services)
t.hall@griffith.edu.au
                                                                       Turchet Angela (Pacific Pines Pharmacy)
IAN COOMBES
Federal Councillor (Medication Services QLD)
Ian_Coombes@health.qld.gov.au

JILL UPTON
Pharmacy Intern Representative
(Royal Children’s Hospital)
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INPHARMATION.
                               FROM THE CHAIRPERSON


An exciting couple of months have passed. In August, the Queensland Branch held its annual
Symposium and it was again a great success. The Symposium will be described in more detail
later in the newsletter, but I would like to thank Heidi Wong, the Convenor of the event, for her
tireless efforts to make the Symposium such a great success. I would also like to thank the other
Committee members that assisted Heidi in preparation for the day, and I would also like to
acknowledge the generous sponsorship provided by Astra Zeneca to make the day possible.

We still have the SHPA Queensland Branch Annual General Meeting and the annual Trivia Night
coming up in December. So more exciting activities ahead!

We are now under a month away from the 36th SHPA Conference in Melbourne. By now, those of
you who submitted abstracts should know whether you were accepted for either an oral or poster
presentation. I am led to believe that many submissions were not accepted which was due to the
record high number of high-quality submissions. This is unfortunate, but I encourage each of you
to submit to our Qld Branch Symposium next year, so that you may communicate your results to
other pharmacists. For those of you that will have an opportunity to showcase your research, I
wish you well!

A final comment I would like to make relates to the 50th anniversary of SHPA becoming a national
organization – this will occur in 2011. Some special activities are planned for the 37th SHPA
Conference in Hobart. This may be a good conference to mark in the calendar early!



Jason Roberts (Chairperson)




SAVE THE DATE:
SHPA Queensland Branch Trivia Night including a brief Annual General
Meeting
Date: 1st December 2010
Venue: The Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE), 20 Cornwall St, Woolloongabba.

THE Rx FACTOR
Come as your favourite entertainer
                              PHARMACY TECHNICIAN NEWS

                    Formation of National Technician Network


At the February meeting of the SHPA Federal Council, approval in principle was given for the
formation of an SHPA National Technician Network. Technician representatives from each branch
committee were invited as observers to the Federal Council meeting on Sunday 23rd and Monday
24th May where the formation of the network was discussed and endorsed by the SHPA CEO and
council members.

The members of the group are Jackie Abercrombie (Vic), Paula Caird (WA), Judy Manning (SA),
Joan Semmler (Qld), and Becky Walsh (NSW, Chairperson). The aims of the network will be to
actively promote education for technicians, and to provide a forum for communication and
discussion of technician specific issues. For the first few months the group will be meeting by
teleconference to gather information on technician roles around Australia and identify where there
is common ground and where there are differences.

All members of the network are grateful to their Branch Committees and the Federal Council for
their support and encouragement. I occasionally hear suggestions that pharmacy technicians
need their own professional organisation, but I wonder if we appreciate the benefits of having the
support and backing of an organisation such as the SHPA. Nowhere else in the world does the
professional society for hospital pharmacists welcome and support technician membership as the
SHPA does. I would encourage all interested pharmacy assistant/technician members to contact
members of the national network to bring forward any issues they would like discussed at a
national level and to share ideas.

There will be a breakfast session on the Saturday morning of the Medicines Management 2010
conference in Melbourne to introduce the network and provide a forum for discussion. Come along
to the Technician Network Breakfast for more information, or contact Joan Semmler
(Joan_semmler@health.qld.gov.au )


Joan Semmler (Technician Representative)
              QUEENSALAND BRANCH SYMPOSIUM FEEDBACK



In August, the SHPA Qld Branch held the Symposium themed ‘Points of Entry to Hospital’
which focused on multidisciplinary care for patients on admission to hospital through various
pathways. It included clinical services provided in Emergency Departments, Ambulance
Service, Poisons Information Centre, Pre-admission Clinics and Medical Assessment and
Planning Unit.


Participants’ evaluation of the Branch Symposium was summarised in
diagrams below.




                                 PART A: Overall Evaluation


   Attending the CPD event
   was definitely worthwhile

   There was adequate
   opportunity of ask
   questions

   The materal was up to
   date

   The material was well
   presented

   The educational content
   of the CPD event was of
   high quality




  8                     8.2                8.4               8.6               8.8   9
                           Mean Score (10 = Strongly Agree, 1 = Strongly Disagree)


Having good speakers who were experienced in the field ensured the currency of information.
The Symposium was considered as a practical rather than therapeutic continuing education
event and therefore decreased the perceived educational content of the CPD event. The
committee may wish to consider therapeutic topics for future programs.
                                      PART B: Learning Objectives


   This Symposium w as a good
   opportunity to share
   professional know ledge,
   experience and expertise


   I am more confident in fluid and
   electrolyte management and
   managing toxicology scenarios


   I have better understanding of
   patient admission pathw ays and
   how they may impact on
   management


   I have increased know ledge and
   skills to practise in Emergency,
   pre-admission clinic and MAPU




 7.2                      7.4            7.6            7.8             8       8.2
                        Mean Score (10 = Strong Agree, 1 = Strongly Disagree)



The Symposium was successful in achieving its key learning points – “a better understanding
of patient admission pathways and how they may impact management”. However due to its
didactic nature, there were insufficient opportunities to share professional experience. Group
discussions and oral presentation sessions may be good alternatives. Participants reported
less improvements into their skills to practise in Emergency, pre-admission clinic and MAPU
may be due to a few reasons. For example, participants may have already been practising in
these areas. Limited time was allocated to pre-admission clinic and MAPU sessions. The
presentations had strong emphasis on setting up the service rather than the clinical problems
seen in these areas.
                              OTHER CONFERENCES 2010

           CONFERENCE                                DATES                      LOCATION
                                                                     Surfers’ Paradise Marriott Resort &
   Integrative Medicine for Pharmacists            6-7 November
                                                                               Spa, Gold Coast
The Highway to Health: 3rd Annual Hospital
in the Home Society Australasia Scientific       18-19 November         Hilton on the Park, Melbourne
              Conference




              PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA
           Continuing Professional Development Calendar 2010


                                               BRISBANE
 DATE                TOPIC                    SPEAKER                     VENUE                  TIME
   09                                                                 PACE Auditorium,           7.30pm-
                  Cardiovascular             Dr Paul Varghese
November                                                          Cornwall St, Woolloongabba     8.30pm
   13                                                                 PSA Office, PACE,          9.00am-
                      First Aid                First Aid Alive
November                                                          Cornwall St, Woolloongabba     1.00pm
   28           Full Day Seminar:         Dr Geraldine Moses        PACE Seminar Room,           9.00am-
November       Clinical Therapeutics       Mrs Debbie Rigby       Cornwall St, Woolloongabba     4.00pm

                                                 CAIRNS
 DATE                TOPIC                    SPEAKER                     VENUE                  TIME
   10                                                                  Cairns City Library,      7.30pm-
                Pain Management              A/Prof Lisa Nissen
November                                                              151 Abbott St, Cairns      8.30pm

                                          DARLING DOWNS
 DATE                TOPIC                    SPEAKER                     VENUE                  TIME
   08         Differential Diagnosis of                            Unara Conference Centre,      7.00pm-
                                               David Neilson
November            Eye Infection                                   Pechey St, Toowoomba         8.00pm

                                             TOWNSVILLE
 DATE                TOPIC                    SPEAKER                     VENUE                  TIME
   09                                                              Room 2-3, Pharmacy Bldg       7.00pm-
                Pain Management            A/ Prof Lisa Nissen
November                                                          DB47, James Cook University    9.00pm
                  Special reduced registration fee for
                      Residents of Queensland!

            For further details, please visit the conference website at
                         www.fixedcombination.com
Conference Secretariat
Fixed 2010 Secretariat
c/o Paragon Conventions
18 Avenue Louis-Casai, 1209 Geneva, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)22 5330 948, Fax: +41 (0)22 5802 953
E-mail: fixed2010@fixedcombination.com

Venue
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center
Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets
South Bank, Brisbane
Queensland Australia
Phone
Australia: 07 3308 3000
International: 61 7 3308 3000
Toll Free Australia Only: 1800 063 308
Website: www.bcec.com.au
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