Pacific Culture and Health - Live Webinar

About the event

This course is provided by College Education and Training, a business unit of Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc.

Presented by: Professor Pauline Norris and Pharmacist Kasey Brown

Pauline Norris is Professor of Social Pharmacy at the School of Pharmacy, University of Otago. She has worked with Pacific colleagues on studies of medicines use, supervised Pacific students doing research, and been the School of Pharmacy’s support person for Pacific students for many years.

Kasey Brown is a clinical Pharmacist of Samoan descent. She is the Pacific Advisor to the School of Pharmacy Otago and has recently finished up as a Clinical Pharmacist at Wellington Hospital and is moving to Gisborne Hospital. Kasey founded the NZ Pacific Pharmacy Facebook Group which she is currently working on to make an official Association with other members. One of Kasey's main passions is to bridge the gap in health disparities between Pacific Islanders and the rest of the NZ population by education and empowerment to the communities and health professionals.

Course Information:

On completion of this course, pharmacists will be able to:

• Understand the variety of Pacific nationalities and cultures within NZ
• Describe patterns of ill-health within the Pacific communities
• Identify the importance of family and religion in Pacific culture
• Understand the possible challenges in accessing medicines (and the health system) in NZ
• Identify tools/suggestions for improving interactions with our Pacific communities

Assessment:

Pharmacists must achieve an 80% pass mark in order to complete the course.

One learning package must be purchased for each individual to complete the course.

Group 2 points will be available. Exact amount to be confirmed.

Pre reading is not assessed. Allocate Group 1 points based on one point per hour.

Non Member Registration

Non PSNZ members can register for this event. Please note you will need to register as a user on the PSNZ website before you can register to attend the event. Look for the "New user? Register now" option at the bottom of the Login screen.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Payment must be received before your course materials will be made available to you. Confirmation and how to access the course materials will be forwarded to your preferred email address once your registration has been processed.

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Cancellation more than seven days before the webinar:

A full refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation between two and seven days before the webinar:

A 50% refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation the day before, the day of, or after the webinar:

No refund available.

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Declaration:

By enrolling in this training, you are confirming that all work undertaken within this training programme and assessment answers are your own. If there are grounds to believe that cheating or plagiarism has occurred, we will investigate and your work may be disallowed and you will be unable to complete the training.