Purple Pen Podcast

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 whic…

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…

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…

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.

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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…

Jane spoke to Paul Tait, lead Palliative Care Pharmacist for the Southern Adelaide Local Health Network

• The differing presentations of palliative care patients.

• Interventions to i…

Jane and Dan spoke to Kate O'Hara, Lead Pharmacist for Women, Youth and Children at The Canberra Hospital.

We talk about:

• The many ways that paediatric patients are different to adults
• Pharmacokinet…

Jane sat down with Dr Chris Leung from Austin Health. Chris is a gastroenterologist, medical lead for clinical education and local clinical lead for Choosing Wisely.

• the r…

Dan sat down with Nashwa Masnoon, a PhD student at the University of South Australia and pharmacist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and Professor Sepehr Shakib Director of Clinical Pharmacology at th…

Jane and Dan spoke to Dr Rohan Elliott, senior pharmacist in aged care at Austin Health, adjunct senior lecturer at Monash University, and a research consultant with the Royal District Nursing Servic…

Jane and Dan talk to Hao Vo-Tran, a pharmacist at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne and editor of the Royal Women’s Hospital Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Medicines Guide.

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Jane and Dan chat to Dr Jacinta Johnson, Specialist Pharmacist, Clinical Educator and Lecturer in Pharmacy at the University of South Australia.

We talk to Jacinta about

• The risks from codeine and t…

Jane sat down with Gillian Swinnerton and Jerry Yik from the Pharmacists’ Support Service.

We talk about the Pharmacists' Support Service (PSS) and the help that they provide.

To contact the Pharmaci…

Jane and Dan chat to Dr Jo Grace, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist from Austin Health. 

We talk to Jo about:

• What we have learned from 12 months of subsidised Hep C treatment in Australia
• Clini…

Jim Siderov is the senior Oncology Pharmacist at Austin Health. He is also an Australian Advanced Practice Pharmacist and is US Board Certified in Oncology Pharmacy. 

We speak to Jim about: 

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Jane visited TAPNA 2017, the scientific meeting of the Toxicology and Poisons Network of Australasia. She spoke to Dr Kent Olson, keynote speaker and Medical Director of the San Francisco Division of…

In the 20th episode of the podcast Jane and Dan continue their chat with Dr Rochelle Gellatly. Rochelle is a clinical pharmacy specialist in critical care, an Australian Advanced Practice Pharmacist …