ePlacebo - November/December 2022 Edition

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DearNAPSAMember, I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and time off spent with family and friends. Congratulations to everyone on completing another year, I hope you all survived exam season! I would also like to congratulate all the graduates of 2022 and the interns turned pharmacists! I wish you all the best for your upcoming intern year and yourfuturepharmacycareers.

Over the past month NAPSA attended the Australasian Pharmaceutical Science Association (APSA) - Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) Annual Conference and the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) MedicinesManagementconference.Itwasamazingtoseetheamountof studentresearchbeingpresentedatboththeseconferences.Thiswasalsoa great opportunity to discuss ways to collaborate with the APSA and SHPA in order to provide for our members who have an interest in hospital careers andresearch.

NAPSA’s National Pharmacy Student Survey (NPSS) officially came to a close lastmonth ThisinformationprovidedbyyouiscrucialtoNAPSAsothankyou to everyone who completed the survey, we appreciate your time and feedback.TheinformationyouprovideisnotonlyhighlyvaluedbyNAPSAbut thetopicsthatyourateasimportantarealsotakenonboardbypharmacy’s professional bodies Congratulations to the winners of the annual NPSS competition,withthewinnersreceivingprizeslikeaNintendoSwitch,Congress tickets, AMHs and much more! So stay tuned for the release of the survey results! The results from this survey help us to identify any issues, queries or concernsamongststudentsandgiveusanopportunitytoimplementpositive change

FlynnSwift 2022/23NAPSANationalPresident

Congress is less than a month away and we are especially thrilled to bring you a variety of education topics and workshop sessions The Canberra Congress Organising Committee is busy preparing education sessions that focus on every area of pharmacy, from community, to rural, to hospital, to industry and everything in between and beyond. If you are attending or will be around Canberraduringcongresspleasekeepaneyeoutforinformationregardingour Alumni event which will be held on Wednesday the 18th of January, this is an eventthatwewouldlovetoseeandcatchupwithalargenumberofourNAPSA Alumni,ifyouhaveanyquestionsregardingthiseventpleasecontact alumni@napsaorgau To the delegates attending congress, you are in for a treat and for those unable to make it, follow along via our NAPSA Twitter, InstagramandFacebook.

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia's annual conference is the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP), which will be heldintheGoldCoastfromMarch23rdto26th2023.Thisisaneventnottobe missed by anyone in the pharmacy profession, whether you ' re a pharmacy assistant, technician, student, intern or pharmacist! Pharmacy students keep an eye out on the NAPSA social media pages for a competition that we will be runningwhereyoucouldWINticketstoAPP2023!TheNAPSAteamwillbethere, andwelookforwardtoseeingyoutheretoo!

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your holidays, stay safe and look forward to a fantastic 2023 full of growth and new ventures. We’ll see you in Canberra for NAPSACongress2023!

FRED-Yourpharmacyisatargetforcybercriminals

The recent Optus data breach has thrust cyber security back into the national spotlight, with the impact devasting for both Optus and their customers Even a few weeks on it is far from over, and the consequences are likely to see Australian laws surrounding a data breach strengthenedandfinesincreased

It is a timely reminder of the serious impact a data breach can have and that all businesses must do better in protecting customer data Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil recently stated theMedibankbreachhadthepotentialtoresultinmoreseriousharmtocustomersthanOptus due to the nature of the health information stolen This positions pharmacies at the same elevatedrisk. Whatdoesthisallmeanforyourpharmacy?

Every day we see alerts of pharmacy networks being scanned for vulnerabilities Thousands of scansarerunningallday,everydaylookingforthatonelittleopeningtogetintoyournetwork. And unfortunately, over the last month we have seen successful attacks on pharmacies increase.

If you have not yet invested in cyber security measures to protect your business and patient data,youmustdosonow Youarebeingtargetedevenifyoudonotrealiseit!

Season6Episode1-ChantelleTurnerisapharmacist,emotionalintelligencepractitioner, leadership coach and the founder of TURN Pharmacy Leadership, a leadership coaching business created by a pharmacist for pharmacists and people within our industry. Through her business, Chantelle fulfils her purpose of empowering pharmacists and key personneltobecomegame-changersintheirlives,workplaces,andcommunities.

Chantelle has been described by her colleagues and clients as an inspiring and passionate leader who helps others fulfil their potential by seeing opportunities and perspectivesthatwouldnothaveotherwisebeenseen.Theinsightshebringsisbuiltfrom first-handexperience,longdaysandhardlessonslearned,aswellasapersonalongoing pursuitforgrowthandmastery. Throughherbusinessvaluesoftrust,upskilling,reignitingandnurturing,sheaimstobring everyone

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