Purple Pen Podcast
Education and news for pharmacists, with a focus on Australian clinical pharmacy practice. Hosted by Kristin Xenos and Natalie Tasker, we provide CPD and news for pharmacists, especially those interested in Australian clinical practice. Created by Jane Booth and Dan Guidone.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 31 minutes
- Episodes
- 178
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
PPP138 - Analgesic Stewardship with Thuy Bui
Kristin is joined by Thuy Bui, Lead Pharmacist - Analgesic Stewardship (AGS) & Perioperative Services at Alfred Health in Victoria to discuss the role of analgesic stewardship. In their discussion t…
PPP137 - Monkeypox with Ivette Aguirre and Dr Melanie Bissessor
Kristin catches up with Ivette Aguirre and Dr Melanie Bissessor from the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health, to discuss monkeypox. We talk about vaccination, treatment as well as symptoms,…
PPP136 - Type II Diabetes
Kristin is joined by Dr Priya Sumithran, Endocrinologist and Clinician Researcher, to talk about treatment options for the management of type II diabetes. Priya leads the Obesity Research Group at t…
Clover the Chloroformist
We are joined by anaesthetist A/Prof Christine Ball to discuss her book, The Chloroformist, and more...
Culturally Capable Pharmacists with Bronwyn Clark and A/Prof Faye McMillan
Kristin speaks to Bronwyn Clark and A/Prof Faye McMillan about how to practice pharmacy in a culturally safe way. We also hear about the Australian Pharmacy Council's Leaders in Indigenous Pharmacy P…
PPP133 - Sepsis Clinical Care Standard
Kristin is joined by Prof Jason Roberts and Dr Carolyn Hullick to discuss the release of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care's new Clinical Care Standard in sepsis - which …
PPP132 - Toxicology with Naren Gunja
Kristin and Dan are joined by Associate Professor Naren Gunja - a clinical and forensic toxicologist from Sydney Medical School at the University of Sydney.
We discuss Naren’s “top 5 issues” in tox…
PPP131 - Interstitial Lung Disease with Assoc Prof Nicole Goh
Kristin is joined by Associate Professor Nicole Goh to talk Interstitial Lung Disease. Nicole is a respiratory and sleep physician at the Alfred and Austin Hospitals in Melbourne.
PPP130 - Bipolar Disorder with Professor Ian Hickie
We are joined by Professor Ian Hickie, a Professor of Psychiatry and Co-Director of Health and Policy at the Brain Mind Centre. He last spoke to the podcast on treatment resistance depression. This t…
PPP129 - Asthma Update with Dr Emma Gray
Kristin chats to Dr Emma Gray, consultant respiratory physician and visiting medical officer at Royal Prince Alfred. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney.
There have been some big …
PPP128 - Oral Cancers with Leanne Teoh and Sophie Beaumont
Kristin caught up with Leanne Teoh, a pharmacist, dentist and research fellow from the University of Melbourne and Sophie Beaumont, head of Dental Oncology at the Peter Mac to discuss all things oral…
PPP127 - COVID19 in Kids with Dr Brendan McMullan
We’re back for 2022 and now that’s school is in session we spoke to Prof Brendan McMullan about COVID19 in children. We discussed what COVID19 is like for kids, vaccination, current treatments and tr…
PPP126 - Treatment Resistant Depression with Prof Ian Hickie
In our last episode for 2021, Kristin chats with Professor Ian Hickie, co-Director of the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney. We chat about treatment-resistant depression and learn all…
Age-related macular degeneration
Dan is joined by Professor Robyn Guymer AM from the Centre for Eye Research in Australia to discuss Age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
PPP124 : ADHD with Prof Dave Coghill
We’re back! And Dan is joined by Professor Dave Coghill, a Child Psychiatrist and Chair of Developmental Mental Health at the University of Melbourne.
We discuss ADHD - an overview of its epidemiolo…
PPP123 - Hyperbaric Medicine with Conjoint Professor Michael Bennett AM
Kristin caught up with Conjoint Professor Michael Bennett AM (Academic Head, Wales Anaesthesia and Dept. Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine Prince of Wales Clinical School) to discuss Hyperbaric Medicine…
PPP122 - Infections in Pregnancy with Dr Nisha Khot
Dan and Jane caught up with our friend Dr Nisha Khot, who is the Clinical Director of Obstetrics at Djerriwarrh Health Service in Victoria. We discuss the screening, management and impact of a wide v…
PPP121 - Clinical Microbiology with Dr Indy Sandaradura
In a bumper episode, Kristin talks with ID physician and clinical microbiologist with Westmead Hospital and the Institute Of Clinical Pathology And Medical Research (ICPMR) Dr Indy Sandaradura.
They …
PPP120 - Orbital and Periorbital Cellulitis with Dr David Woo
Kristin caught up with Dr David Woo, an Ophthalmic and Oculoplastics surgeon from the Sight Foundation at the Sydney Eye Hospital and the Sydney CBD eye clinic. We chat about orbital and periorbital …
PPP119 - Epilepsy with Prof Sam Berkovic
Kristin was joined by Prof Sam Berkovic, Laureate Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, and Director of the Epilepsy Research Centre at Austin Health.
They discuss the dia…