Eczema unveiled: transforming myths into effective management for pharmacists
Tracks
Track 3
| Saturday, August 2, 2025 |
| 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM |
| C2.5 + C2.6 |
Details
Atopic dermatitis (AD), also known as eczema, is a prevalent chronic skin condition in Australia, affecting up to 1 in 3 children and 1 in 10 adults. This session will explore the significant impact of AD on the quality of life of affected individuals, their caregivers, and families. Despite the availability of effective first-line therapies, their underutilisation due to misconceptions and myths about their safety and efficacy remains a challenge. Additionally, misunderstandings about the role of diet and allergies in the management of AD often lead to inappropriate treatment approaches.
Pharmacists, with their accessibility and expertise, are in a unique position to provide clear, evidence-based information to support individuals with AD, dispelling myths and promoting optimal management strategies.
Learning objectives
- Discuss the prevalence and impact of atopic dermatitis
- Identify misconceptions about first-line therapies for the treatment of atopic dermatitis
- Describe the role of diet and allergies in atopic dermatitis management
Competency standards (2016): 1.3, 2.1, 3.1, 3.5, 3.6
Speakers
Bree Armstrong
PSA
Eczema unveiled: transforming myths into effective management for pharmacist
Biography
Bree has worked as a pharmacist across multiple practice settings including delivering HMRs and RMMRs since 2007, as an embedded pharmacist in general practice and as part of a multidisciplinary outreach hospital team.
Bree has a special interest in providing quality use of medicine educational activities through her previous work with NPS MedicineWise and now as a project manager with The PSA.
Mr Chris Braithwaite
Project Manager
Pharmaceutical Society of Australia
Eczema unveiled: transforming myths into effective management for pharmacist
Biography
Chris has experience in community pharmacy, as a credentialed pharmacist, delivering Quality Use of Medicines activities to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community health clinics and worked as an ACCHO pharmacist for 6 years in Coffs Harbour. Chris is now a Project Manager for the PSA, delivering a number of projects on topic areas such as quality use of medicines, opioid dependence and primary care.
