APSA Research - Outcomes & Evaluations
Tracks
3
Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM |
C2.4 |
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Details
This session explores various aspects of pharmacy practice and its impact on healthcare outcomes. By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to enhance pharmacy practices, improve patient safety, and optimise healthcare outcomes through an evidence-based approach.
Learning Objective:
• Discuss current research outcomes and the potential impact on pharmacy practice.
Competency Standards (2016): 1.6, 3.3
Speakers
Daisy Cheung
Pharmacist/ PhD Candidate
Attitude and practice of pharmacy staff regarding wound care: A cross-sectional study
4:02 PM - 4:12 PMBiography
Daisy is a Doctor of Philosophy candidate at the University of Sydney, School of Pharmacy. She is currently practising as a community pharmacist, a university teaching associate, and a sessional lecturer for pharmacy. Her research in pharmacy practice focuses on wound care in the primary care setting.
Prof Suzanne Nielsen
Professor/Deputy Director (MARC)
Monash University
Pharmacist-led collaborative care for Medication Assisted Treatment for Opioid Dependence: Outcomes from the EPIC-MATOD implementation-efficacy trial
4:14 PM - 4:24 PMBiography
Professor Suzanne Nielsen (BPharmSc[Hons] PhD MPS) is the Deputy Director of the Monash Addiction Research Centre in Melbourne. She has been a registered pharmacist for over 20 years, with clinical experience in the treatment of substance use disorders in community pharmacy and specialist drug treatment settings in Australia and the United Kingdom. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed publications on substance use, treatment and harms, with a focus on opioid dependence. Her recent research has focused on expanding take-home naloxone in pharmacy settings for overdose prevention, and on treatment for opioid dependence.
Annabelle Chidiac
PhD Candidate/Pharmacist
The University Of Sydney
Patterns and outcomes of dosing errors with paracetamol in Australians aged 12 years and over, 2017-2023
4:26 PM - 4:34 PMBiography
Annabelle Chidiac is a pharmacist and a PhD candidate in the School of Pharmacy at The University of Sydney. After completing her honours project on lithium toxicity in adults she has gone on to participate in various projects observing the occurrence and impact of poisoning in Australia. Her current thesis aims to look at paracetamol poisoning in an effort to identify at risk populations and reduce its occurrence.
