CollegeCast
Welcome to CollegeCast, the College podcast for pharmacy news, views, and updates relevant to your pharmacy practice.
CollegeCast is a New Zealand-based podcast brought to you by the College Education & Training business unit of the Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand. CollegeCast is also available to stream and download on Spotify and Apple Podcast.
Listen to Season One Now!
Topics covered in season one include;
- Codeine Reclassification and the Opioid Crisis
- Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health
- Health Professional Burnout
- Health Apps
- And discussions with invited guests - Diana Phone and Brock Dale.
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Listen to Season Two Now!
Season 2 is packed with invited guests covering a wide range of topics including;
- Keriana Brooking on challenges facing the NZ health system
- Ravi Sharma on emerging roles, the future of pharmacy, careers paths and leadership
- Helen Cant on pharmacist prescribers and real-time glucose monitoring
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The Resilient Pharmacist Podcast
The Irish Institute of Pharmacists (IIOP) has launched a series of podcasts - “The Resilient Pharmacist”, which has been developed in collaboration by pharmacists in the IIOP Mental Health Ambassador Network, and IIOP Mental Health and Wellbeing working group, to raise awareness about important and relevant issues.
In this 10-episode podcast, Catriona Bradley (IIOP CEO and pharmacist) speaks to pharmacist guests about their experience in building resilience. You can hear about how pharmacists have experienced growth through adversity. Topics will include issues such as anxiety, stress, burnout, personal illness, and bereavement, as well as advice for navigating work-related issues such as challenging patient encounters and managing teams.
Pharmacists who have contributed to this podcast production have generously shared their stories to raise awareness about important and relevant issues. The result is a wonderful collection of human stories within Irish pharmacy and well worth a listen here in NZ.
A new episode will be released each fortnight.
Episode 1 - “Ailbhe Harnedy. Frightening Experiences”<a href="
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Community pharmacist, Ailbhe, tells us about a frightening experience she encountered when newly qualified. She describes the impact this had on her, in the short and long-term, how she dealt with it and gives advice for other pharmacists who experience similar events.
Episode 2 - “Lisa Kehily. Tough Times”
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Lisa is a community pharmacist in Cork city. She talks about coping with grief and her own personal health issues, and how her experiences receiving healthcare treatment had an influence on her decision to become a pharmacist. Lisa discusses how she manages her stress and shares her experience of reaching out to a professional counselling service.
Episode 3 - “Julian Judge. Trust”
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Julian, a former pharmacy owner, chats about the realities of community pharmacy practice and offers practical tips on developing resilience. He also challenges us to think about where pharmacists best add value.
Episode 4 - "Dec Kerins. Good Enough"
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Dec is a community pharmacist and owner. He talks about his experience with burnout (or as Dec likes to call it, his “breakthrough”) and how it affected his personal and professional life. Dec shares the methods he uses to maintain his mental health and speaks about the importance of recognising our own signals of stress and burnout.
Episode 5: “Rebecca Foley. Perfectionism”
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Rebecca is a community pharmacist in Dublin. She talks about the difficulty of “switching off”/being on high alert as a pharmacist. Rebecca also discusses the pros and cons of being a perfectionist and how it’s intrinsically linked into her personal and professional life.
Episode 6 "Jean Lannin. Self-Discovery"
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Jean is a pharmacist with a diverse career in community and industry pharmacy. She shares with us her personal experience with anxiety and therapy, as well as her journey of self-discovery.
