Thursdays@3 S4 | E5: “Going beyond dispensing medicine” – the power of pharmacy, with Jenny Kirschner and Leah Robinson

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Thursdays@3 S4 | E5: “Going beyond dispensing medicine” – the power of pharmacy, with Jenny Kirschner and Leah Robinson

A special episode today looking at the role pharmacists play in our health and wellbeing.

Last week our friends at the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) launched a new partnership with the ‘Pals’ program – which stands for Pharmacy Addressing Loneliness and Social-isolation.

This free program to PSA members is designed to equip pharmacists to understand loneliness and improve the health of their local community.

PSA is also leading one of the National Palliative Care Projects – the Palliative Care Foundation Training Program, which is working towards upskilling pharmacists with the foundational knowledge, skills and compassion needed to provide palliative care support to their patients.

The two people behind all this good work join us for this conversation.

Jenny Kirschner has over 20 years of experience in the healthcare and pharmacy sector and is the founder of the ‘Pals’ program.

And Leah Robinson, Project Manager with the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, and one of the heads, hearts, hands involved in the palliative care training.

Click play below to join the conversation or listen to the episode on Spotify

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