Helen is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally. Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her service…

Helen Cant is currently working as pharmacist prescriber in primary care in Tokoroa, prescribing in long-term conditions especially Type 2 Diabetes. Helen is passionate about education and wants to enable everyone to manage their own health conditions optimally. Helen is the 2018 Pharmacist of the Year and the 2019 PSNZ Shark Tank winner for her se…

Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recentl…

Ravi Sharma is the Director of England at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. He has held previous roles as the National Clinical Lead for Clinical Pharmacy and Genomics at NHS England and as the Vice President of the Primary Care Pharmacy Association. Ravi continues to work as a prescribing pharmacist in a GP practice on a weekly basis. More recentl…

In this episode we interview Keriana Brooking, Deputy Director-General of Health, Health System Improvement and Innovation, Ministry of Health. We will discuss the challenges facing the health system, what an integrated approach to delivering services looks like and the place of pharmacy in the integrated team. This interview was conducted at the 2…

In this episode we talk to Dr Janine Bycroft the Clinical Director of Health Navigator NZ. Listen to this episode of CollegeCast to find out about the apps available in the Health Navigator App Library, what people want from a health app, what health professionals need to know before recommending a health app, privacy concerns about who can access …

Welcome to episode 7 of CollegeCast where we interview Brock Dale. Brock recently won the Hospital Pharmacist of the Year Award on a Mental Health Clinical Pharmacy Service developed at Rotorua Hospital. Learn about how he developed this Service, if he met the objectives of the project, what the Service looks like in practice and the benefits seen.…

Welcome to episode 6 of CollegeCast where we interview Diana Phone on services offered at Waimauku Pharmacy. In this episode we will discuss the relationship this pharmacy has with their local doctors and Diana will tell us about some of the services offered at Waimauku Pharmacy which include the Community Anticoagulation Management Service (CPAMS)…

In Episode 5 we talk to Patrick J. Bridgeman Jr about burnout among health professionals. We will discuss what is burnout, how to recognise burnout, factors which may contribute to burnout and what we as individuals, colleagues and employers can do to support health and well-being.

Welcome to Episode 4 of CollegeCast. In this episode we continue our discussion with Dr Claire O'Reilly on stigma and discrimination in mental health. In this episode we will consider how stigma can impact on help seeking, the place and value of community pharmacy in supporting this group, experiences of family and friends of people with a mental i…

Welcome to Episode 3 of CollegeCast. In this episode we talk to Dr Claire O'Reilly about the stigma and discrimination patients experience from their health professionals. Claire explains her research on this topic including the prevalence of stigma and patient experiences. Dr Claire O’Reilly is a Senior Lecturer at the The University of Sydney Pha…

Welcome to Episode 2 of College Cast. In this episode we will interview Carina Walters on codeine misuse and the opioid crisis, international trends in codeine consumption, the recent up-scheduling of codeine combination products in Australia and the current intentions on codeine re-classification in New Zealand.Carina is currently a PhD student at…

Welcome to the first episode of CollegeCast! This is a trial podcast covering views and updates relevant to pharmacy practice. Over the next few weeks we will interview relevant people on topics such as codeine reclassification and the opioid crisis, stigma in mental health and health professional burnout. We will also talk to some pharmacists abou…