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Pharmacy and Climate Change: What is Our Role?
Abstracts / Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy 8 (2012) e1–e66 3. Work in small groups to evaluate a specific quality improvement tool in terms of barriers or facilitators to implementation (10 minutes) 4. Brainstorm ways to improve or modify the quality improvement initiative to overcome any identified barriers to implementation, while in the same small groups. (15 minutes) 5. Present their enhanced quality improvement initiative to the larger group and invite comments and further evaluation (30 minutes) Additional Information: Audiovisual aids required (for PowerPoint presentation), pens, paper, flip-chart, small tables and chairs are required for group work.
Pharmacy and Climate Change: What is Our Role? A. Alexander, Centre for Inter-Professional Postgraduate Education and Teaching, University of Reading, England, UK Introduction: Climate change has been a natural part of evolution of the Earth; however in addition to natural climate change we now have convincing evidence of anthropogenic or manmade climate change. Demonstration of global warming has been seen in recent catastrophic extremes of weather phenomena; most recently in Australia and Thailand. Many of the clinical professions have a fairly well developed approach to support mitigation of their contribution to climate change and strategies to adapt to the consequences. At present local, national and international approaches to climate change within pharmacy are at the early stages. Aims of the Workshop: The workshop aims to support the development of a pharmacy approach to the mitigation of climate change and strategies to adapt to the consequences. Learning Objectives: At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: State the evidence for anthropogenic climate change List the contributions to climate change that pharmacy can have an impact on Discuss ways to mitigate the impact of pharmacy on climate change Prepare for the impact of global warming Support others to engage in sustainable pharmacy practice Description of Workshop Activities: A short presentation will present the context for the discussions. The approaches being taken by the medical profession and the NHS within England will be discussed. Suggestions for change will be presented. Participants will then form small groups to discuss what is happening in their countries. Plenary feedback will be recorded on flipcharts, which will be collated and made available for participants.
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The timetable that is proposed is: 0.00 Welcome participants and gather information on roles and locations 0.15 Presentation on evidence for climate change, links with health and pharmacy 0.45 Small group discussions on what is happening in each country represented 1.15 Plenary feedback 1.30 Plenary discussion on what next for pharmacy and climate change 2.00 Finish Additional Information: Participants will be provided with a review of current literature on health and climate change and will be invited to join a group to take discussions forward after the workshop. The workshop will require access to a data projector, laptop and flipcharts.
Risky Drinking and the Role of Pharmacists in Reducing Harm: Translating Research into Practice J. Sheridan, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand Introduction: Community pharmacy has engaged in delivering public health interventions and services in the area of substance misuse – for example: methadone dispensing, smoking cessation and needle exchange. Another area of substance misuse of major concern to many governments is excessive alcohol consumption. This can have adverse impacts on individuals’ physical and psychological health and wellbeing, as well as on families and communities. Many countries have guidelines on safer drinking limits; however, risky drinking remains a significant issue in many societies. Screening for risky drinking (hazardous or harmful drinking, as opposed to dependent drinking), followed by brief advice or brief interventions (SBI) delivered in primary care (for example by general practitioners and practice nurses) has been shown to be effective in reducing alcohol consumption in this group. Preliminary research exists for this also being feasible and acceptable to patients and pharmacists in community pharmacy settings. Aims of the Workshop: the aim of this workshop is to explore the current evidence for community pharmacy involvement in alcohol SBI for risky drinking, and to determine a way to progress and translate current research into practice. Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop participants will have: 1. an understanding of the risks of excessive alcohol consumption, and the role of safer drinking limits; 2. an understanding of current research findings in relation to pharmacy SBI;
Pharmacy and Climate Change: What is Our Role? A. Alexander, Centre for Inter-Professional Postgraduate Education and Teaching, University of Reading, England, UK Introduction: Climate change has been a natural part of evolution of the Earth; however in addition to natural climate change we now have convincing evidence of anthropogenic or manmade climate change. Demonstration of global warming has been seen in recent catastrophic extremes of weather phenomena; most recently in Australia and Thailand. Many of the clinical professions have a fairly well developed approach to support mitigation of their contribution to climate change and strategies to adapt to the consequences. At present local, national and international approaches to climate change within pharmacy are at the early stages. Aims of the Workshop: The workshop aims to support the development of a pharmacy approach to the mitigation of climate change and strategies to adapt to the consequences. Learning Objectives: At the end of the workshop participants will be able to: State the evidence for anthropogenic climate change List the contributions to climate change that pharmacy can have an impact on Discuss ways to mitigate the impact of pharmacy on climate change Prepare for the impact of global warming Support others to engage in sustainable pharmacy practice Description of Workshop Activities: A short presentation will present the context for the discussions. The approaches being taken by the medical profession and the NHS within England will be discussed. Suggestions for change will be presented. Participants will then form small groups to discuss what is happening in their countries. Plenary feedback will be recorded on flipcharts, which will be collated and made available for participants.
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The timetable that is proposed is: 0.00 Welcome participants and gather information on roles and locations 0.15 Presentation on evidence for climate change, links with health and pharmacy 0.45 Small group discussions on what is happening in each country represented 1.15 Plenary feedback 1.30 Plenary discussion on what next for pharmacy and climate change 2.00 Finish Additional Information: Participants will be provided with a review of current literature on health and climate change and will be invited to join a group to take discussions forward after the workshop. The workshop will require access to a data projector, laptop and flipcharts.
Risky Drinking and the Role of Pharmacists in Reducing Harm: Translating Research into Practice J. Sheridan, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, New Zealand Introduction: Community pharmacy has engaged in delivering public health interventions and services in the area of substance misuse – for example: methadone dispensing, smoking cessation and needle exchange. Another area of substance misuse of major concern to many governments is excessive alcohol consumption. This can have adverse impacts on individuals’ physical and psychological health and wellbeing, as well as on families and communities. Many countries have guidelines on safer drinking limits; however, risky drinking remains a significant issue in many societies. Screening for risky drinking (hazardous or harmful drinking, as opposed to dependent drinking), followed by brief advice or brief interventions (SBI) delivered in primary care (for example by general practitioners and practice nurses) has been shown to be effective in reducing alcohol consumption in this group. Preliminary research exists for this also being feasible and acceptable to patients and pharmacists in community pharmacy settings. Aims of the Workshop: the aim of this workshop is to explore the current evidence for community pharmacy involvement in alcohol SBI for risky drinking, and to determine a way to progress and translate current research into practice. Learning Objectives: By the end of the workshop participants will have: 1. an understanding of the risks of excessive alcohol consumption, and the role of safer drinking limits; 2. an understanding of current research findings in relation to pharmacy SBI;