Purple Pen Podcast

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Education and news for pharmacists, with a focus on Australian clinical pharmacy practice. Supported by the SHPA, Alfred Health and Austin Health. Hosted by Jane and Dan, we provide CPD and news for pharmacists, especially those interested in Australian clinical practice.

Episodios

  • PPP 175 - Travel Health with Dr Ian Heslop

    14/06/2025 Duración: 54min

    Listen in as Kristin chats with Dr Ian Heslop about the health care needs of travellers, covering topics such as traveller’s diarrhoea, altitude sickness and more. Listen until the end to find out what Ian brings in his travel medicine kit! Ian is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle and has a strong background in Hospital Pharmacy and in academia. He was involved in the establishment of the Bachelor of Pharmacy program at James Cook University in Townsville - and whilst teaching at JCU, he completed his doctorate in travel health.

  • PPP 174 - Intellectual Disability with Chelsea Felkai

    10/05/2025 Duración: 56min

    Listen in to our latest episode as Kristin chats with Chelsea Felkai about being a healthcare provider for patients with intellectual disability. Chelsea is a community pharmacist who is completing her PhD at the University of Newcastle. You can find resources relating to the provision of inclusive healthcare and the NSQHS Standards User Guide for the Health Care of People with Intellectual Disability that Chelsea refers to in the podcast here. Other resources include: PSA Medicine safety: disability care report https://www.psa.org.au/advocacy/working-for-our-profession/medicine-safety/disability-care/  Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/our-work/intellectual-disability-and-inclusive-health-care  Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031 - https://www.disabilitygateway.gov.au/ads/strategy  NDIS - https://www.ndis.gov.au/ NDIS – Consumables - https://ourguidelines.ndis.gov.au/would-we-fund-it/consumables  Guardianship Division - htt

  • PPP 173 - Acne with A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam

    12/04/2025 Duración: 32min

    Join Natalie as she chats with Dermatologist A/Prof Deshan Sebaratnam about the management of acne. Listen in as they chat about over the counter treatment options, what may have changed in acne management and the effectiveness of isotretenoin. A/Prof Sebaratnam, in addition to his private practice, as a specialist dermatologist at Liverpool and Dubbo Base Hospitals in NSW.

  • PPP 172 - Tuberculosis (TB) with Dr Sayontonee Ghosh

    15/03/2025 Duración: 35min

    Tune in as Dr Sayontonee Ghosh gives an overview of TB including: Transmission  Diagnosis  Screening Symptoms  Treatment options 

  • PPP 171 - Proton Pump Inhibitors with Dr Kostas Brooks

    15/02/2025 Duración: 42min

    Did you know that PPIs are one of the most commonly prescribed medications in Australia according to PBS data? Join Kristin for a deep dive into proton pump inhibitors as she chats with Gastroenterologist, Hepatologist and Gastrointestinal endoscopist, Dr Kostas Brooks. What dose PPIs should patients actually be taking? How do you manage rebound symptoms? Listen in to find out.

  • PPP 170 - Emerging Treatments for Fungal Infections with Dr Gaurav Sutrave

    11/01/2025 Duración: 36min

    Join Kristin as she chats with Dr Gaurav Sutrave to chat about emergening treatments for fungal infections.  Gaurav is a Staff Specialist Haematologist and Transplant and Cell Therapies Physician at Westmead Hospital, as well as the Medical Director for the Westmead T cell Therapies Laboratory.

  • PPP 169 - The Rural Pharmacist with Shaylee Mills

    14/12/2024 Duración: 40min

    Join Kristin and Nat as they chat with Shaylee Mills, The Rural Pharmacist. Shaylee works in the beautiful Pilbara region of WA - google it - the scenery is spectacular! Although it is at least 17 hours drive from the nearest capital city (Perth) - Karratha is far from a small town and is home to around 22000 people. Shaylee shares what her world as a pharmacist looks like and some of the benefits (and challenges) of working rurally. You can find Shaylee here and don’t forget to give Purple Pen a follow too!

  • PPP168 - Public Health with Jeremy McAnulty

    09/11/2024 Duración: 30min

    Check out our latest episode as Kristin and Nat chat with Dr Jeremy McAnulty about the work undertaken by Public Health Units. If you are from NSW, you may remember Dr McAnulty from the daily televised COVID updates  - Dr Jeremy McAnulty is a public health physician and Executive Director of Health Protection NSW at NSW Health, overseeing the statewide public health aspects of communicable disease control and environmental health. From 2020 to 2022 he headed NSW Health’s COVID Public Health Response Branch.

  • PPP167 - Meningococcal B with Dr Anita Campbell

    12/10/2024 Duración: 28min

    Join Kristin for a deep dive into meningococcal disease with Dr Anita Campbell.  Learn more about the various strains of meningococcal and their prevalence patterns in Australia and how that might impact the way we think about vaccination for meningococcal, using Men B as an example. Dr Anita Campbell is a clinician researcher working as a paediatric infectious disease specialist and medical lead of the Stan Perron Immunisation service at Perth Children’s Hospital.

  • PPP166 - Special Episode - World Pharmacist Day - Pharmacist Wellbeing with Dr Karlee Johnston

    24/09/2024 Duración: 41min

    Join us for a very special World Pharmacist Day edition of the Purple Pen Podcast.  Recorded live during pharmacy wellbeing week at Monash Health, Nat & Kristin reconnect with Jane Booth and Karlee Johnston to talk about Pharmacist Wellbeing.  We explore the concepts of empathy, vulnerability, burnout and restorative supervision. Our guest, Dr Karlee Johnston, is a clinical pharmacist with extensive experience in critical care and winner of the SHPA - Australian Clinical Pharmacy award in 2023. Karlee’s PhD focused on the experiences of Australian pharmacists during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a specific interest in burnout in this cohort. Following from this research Karlee has continued to research burnout and possible interventions to better support healthcare professionals in their work.

  • PPP165 - Fever with A/Prof Rebekah Moles

    14/09/2024 Duración: 39min

    Join Kristin as she chats with Rebekah Moles about fever. Rebekah is an Associate Professor in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Sydney and she is passionate about quality use of medicines in paediatric patients. She has conducted research on the management of common ailments such as fever and cough/cold in young patients.

  • PPP 164 - Gout with Dr David Liew

    10/08/2024 Duración: 43min

    Join us as we talk with Dr David Liew about the underappreciated condition of gout, dispell some myths and talk about what's changed in recommendations.  This podcast is in collaboration with Medcast and the Quality Use of Medicines Alliance, a provider of health professional education in Australia focused on the quality use of medicines. Check out their resources here.  Arthritis Australia have further information on gout here. The 2015 study by Philip C Robinson is here An Observational Study of Gout Prevalence and Quality of Care in a National Australian General Practice Population 

  • PPP 163 - Monoclonal Antibodies with Prof Sanjay Swaminathan

    13/07/2024 Duración: 30min

    Kristin is joined by Professor Sanjay Swaminathan to talk all things MABs or monoclonal antibodies. Dr Sanjay Swaminathan is a Clinical Immunologist and Allergist, he is a Senior Staff Specialist and Head of the Department of Immunology and Allergy at Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals.

  • PPP 162 - Impetigo (School Sores) with Prof Asha Bowen

    08/06/2024 Duración: 41min

    Prof Asha Bowen is back to discuss Impetigo (also known as school sores), an infection of the skin caused by bacteria. Observational studies over four decades in northern Australia have found that Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children living in remote communities have the highest burden of impetigo worldwide. Prof Asha Bowen is a paediatric infectious disease specialist and clinician-researcher at Perth Children’s Hospital and Telethon Kids Institute. She is Head of Department of Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s Hospital. National Healthy Skin Guidelines can be found here

  • PPP 161 - Respiratory Syncytial Virus with Prof Asha Bowen

    11/05/2024 Duración: 44min

    RSV season is upon us, and there are a number of new exciting developments in the prevention of RSV to discuss! Listen in, as Prof Asha Bowen chats to Kristin and Natalie about the newest innovations in RSV immunisation and vaccination. Prof Asha Bowen is a paediatric infectious disease specialist and clinician-researcher at Perth Children’s Hospital and Telethon Kids Institute. She is Head of Department of Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s Hospital. ATAGI statement in the use of Arexvy in older Australians NCIRS FAQs relating to RSV Information relating to WA RSV Immunisation Program Information relating to the QLD RSV Immunisation Program Clinician Guide to the NSW RSV Immununisation Program

  • PPP 160 - Social and Cultural Considerations in Antimicrobial Use with A/Prof Esmita Charani

    13/04/2024 Duración: 38min

    Join Kristin as she chats with A/Prof Esmita Charani, PhD, MSc, MPharm, MRPSGB, about the way clinicians think and feel about antibiotic use, and in particular how these beliefs can impact their response to various antimicrobial stewardship interventions.  Esmita also shares her research journey into broader human rights issues including bias and imbalance in low and middle income countries. Esmita is an Associate Professor at the University of Cape Town where she is undertaking a Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellowship investigating intersectionality and AMR (2023-2027). In the UK, she is an Honorary Reader in Infectious Diseases, AMR and Global Health at the University of Liverpool. She is a visiting Researcher at Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen Norway, and Adjunct Professor at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kerala India, where she is involved in helping implement and investigate national antibiotic stewardship programmes. Her work in AMR has been recognised through the Academy of Medical

  • PPP 159 - Deprescribing psychotropics with Dr Mark Horowitz

    16/03/2024 Duración: 51min

    Join Kristin as she talks with Dr Mark Horowitz about how to deprescribe psychotropics like antidepressants, what is known about the causes of depression, what evidence is behind the antidepressants commonly used, what the symptoms of antidepressant withdrawal look like and the origins of the phrase "it's Bedlam here." The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs are available for purchase here:  https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+Maudsley+Deprescribing+Guidelines%3A+Antidepressants%2C+Benzodiazepines%2C+Gabapentinoids+and+Z+drugs-p-9781119823025  This podcast has been released to co-incide with MedsAware which is SHPA’s Deprescribing Action Week, 18-24 March 2024 - find out more here: https://www.shpa.org.au/news-advocacy/MedsAware   

  • PPP 158 - Psoriasis with Associate Professor Deshan Sebaratnam

    08/03/2024 Duración: 31min

    Have a listen as Kristin talks to Associate Professor Deshan Sebaratnam about psoriasis. Who does it typically affect, how is it managed and there can be a lot more to psoriasis than meets the eye. 

  • PPP 157 - Tinnitus with Pia Nairn

    17/02/2024 Duración: 35min

    Tune in as Kristin chats to Pia Nairn, Clinical Audiologist at Lions Hearing Clinic to discuss Tinnitus, general advice for looking after your hearing and what to expect in a hearing assessment 

  • PPP156 - Cholesterol Update with Adam Livori

    13/01/2024 Duración: 56min

    Check out a bumper episode of the Purple Pen Podcast with Specialist Cardiac Pharmacist and PhD candidate Adam Livori as well discuss what in, and definitely what’s out when it comes to cholesterol management. Adam is the Lead Pharmacist - Medical Specialties and Ambulatory Care at Grampians Health Services in Victoria and is the current Chair of the SHPA Cardiology Specialty Practice Leadership Committee. His PhD through Monash University is looking for patterns and predictors of clinical outcomes in myocardial infarction and atrial fibrillation. Connect with Adam via LinkedIn

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