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A pioneering training program designed to enable allied health prescribing has been launched in Queensland. The initiative aims to pave the way for a radical transformation of how health care is delivered to the community. By Karen Keast Thirteen physiotherapists and 10 pharmacists are participating in the nation’s first allied health education and training program for prescribing. The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has created the Allied Health Prescribing Training program as part of a Queensland Health initiative that aims to introduce models of care featuring allied health prescribing. It comes after the final report from the Ministerial Taskforce on Health Practitioner Expanded Scope of Practice this year outlined a number of evidence-based models of care that expand the scope of practice of allied health professionals, in a bid to address the community’s health care needs. The report states allied health professionals working in full scope and extended scope roles will not only be cost-effective but will also reduce waiting times in emergency departments and for specialist and surgical appointments, improve patient flow, and maintain and even boost patient satisfaction while achieving positive clinical outcomes.
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With the move to podiatry prescribing and QUT’s prescribing course for podiatrists being delivered for the first time this year, QUT was also selected to develop the allied health training program that’s aligned to the NPS Medicinewise Prescribing Competencies Framework as part of the initiative. Queensland Health, through the Allied Health Profession’s Office of Queensland (AHPOQ) has offered scholarship funding to Queensland Health employees, who also had to demonstrate support from within their hospital and health service for the implementation of the prescribing model as part of a research trial. Professor Lisa Nissen, the head of QUT’s School of Clinical Sciences, says the training is similar to a corporate education program, not an award course, that’s been specifically designed for the Queensland Health initiative. “I have set it up like a course but we can’t at this point give them an award, in the future we would like to be able to give people credit for having undertaken it,” she says. “Because we are running it for the purpose of the pilot for Queensland Health it’s like a high level corporate education program that has been mapped to the NPS competencies.” Professor Nissen says the program, which she assisted in developing as part of an interdisciplinary team of health professionals, consists of two units - clinical therapeutics for prescribers, and prescribing and quality use of medicines.
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Port Hedland and would like to know cy departments for some of those other cases people and already it’s challenged the physiregistered with AHPRA; In return, we are offering an attractive salary, including salary with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. You will also have comprehensive experience more about being a fl ight nurse contact PO Box 381, Marleston BC SA 5033 • Company motor vehicle and relocation assistance Augusta; and relocation assistance Reporting to the General Manager, Health Services, this Gabrielle West, Director of Nursing on staff packaging benefits in a level supportive environment where • Comprehensive experience in aeromedicine and acare area, toprovided; come through. and/or graduate qualifications in strategic a critical together with yingdoctor.net high customer service os,” shepost says. (08) 9417 6300. The RFDS areskills open to a of the • Participation in the development Email: careers@fl role is responsible for the coordination of health programs are valued and personal development is encouraged. 6 month plus flight nurse contract for critical care area essential; anddirection a professional approach to service delivery. seeking employment • Extensive and orientation; “For training pharmacy, it’sapplicants a different sort with of mix “It’s challenged them because they bases have in Enquiries & Applications to: orientation; for RFDSthe Flight Nurses; delivered throughout RFDS Central • Post graduate qualifications in criticalOperations care essential; the RFDS. Applications close: 9 April where 2012 • A supportive environment staff are and as required; environment where staff are valued valued • Roster development and coverage Adelaide, Port Augusta, Alice Springs and our Health Facility Nikki Crichton, Project Coordinator Information ondifference positions can be and obtained and we have previously piloted pharmacists had to look at drugs otherathan the handful thatan organisation • you Ability to lead andtomanage group of career staff; If are keen progress your with that makes a real to from Rosemary Hunt, by phoning personal development is encouraged. encouraged. Undertake Flight Nurse performance appraisals and in•Marree. RFDS Central Operations (08) 9417 6300 during office hours or • Ability to work both independently prescribing inside Queensland Health in prethey thought they’d have to. and as part of a all Australians, apply now. yourOpportunity e-mail request to clinical competency testing; The Royal Flying Doctor Service is ansend Equal Employer Tel: (08) 8238 3333 Other responsibilities include: nursing@rfdswestops.com.au. multi-disciplinary team; Post: PO Box 381 Marleston SA 5033 • Facilitating Participation in recruitment activities; also in a HIV outpatients “That’s what it’s supposed to do - it’s supClosing date for applications is Monday •Please planning, delivery and evaluation the McHugh Ifadmission you are keen to moveand your career into an your career into an organisation organisation • Confi dent inthe decision making abilities; direct your confidential enquiries toofGreg Ph: clinic (08)8150 1313 6th February 2012. 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New online CPD for nurses and midwives The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has launched a new range of online CPD courses covering cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, immunology and neurology. The Body Systems Training Room (BSTR) features more than 30 courses on anatomy, physiology, disease and disease management, along with medical procedures. ANMF federal education officer Jodie Davis said the new training room is designed to provide an affordable and practical option for nurses and midwives working to meet the minimum of 20 hours of continuing professional development (CPD) required each year for national registration. Ms Davis said with more than 230,000 members spread across a range of roles and geographical settings, it was a major challenge to provide high quality and affordable CPD services. “Our online training rooms allow nurses and midwives to undertake their CPD training without the costs of time associated with attending face to face training,” she said. “Courses provide an easy understanding of complex body systems, medical and health care concepts and scenarios, and courses include audio narrations and interactive quizzes shared through a story-board format.” The latest training room adds to the ANMF’s three separate professional development training rooms. It also has an Aged Care Training Room (ACTR) for nurses working in residential or community aged care with 60 learning activities, ranging from medication management and nutrition for older people to culturally and linguistically diverse older people, post-traumatic stress disorder and Parkinson’s Disease.
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easy understanding of complex body systems, medical and health care concepts and scenarios and courses include audio narrations and interactive quizzes shared through a storyboard format. With over 30 courses currently available, these can be purchased individually, within a tailored pack or as a complete library. For nurses and midwives purchasing the complete library they will also receive any new courses added to the training room free during their 12 month subscription. To complete the launch of this innovative website, the ANMF is offering all members (including NSWNMA and QNU) an inaugural discount on the already cost effective prices, a further saving of up to 20% will be available until 19/9/14. The three other CPD training rooms the ANMF offer include the Online Clinical Simulations for Nurses and Midwives which offers 3D simulated learning for clinical procedures, The Aged Care Training Room (ACTR) a one-stop-shop for aged care and community care nurses and the Continuing Professional Education website (CPE) with over 50 self-directing learning tutorials. There is no need to look any further than the ANMF for your CPD needs. Choose your preferred training room today or utilise them all! www.anmf.org.au/education For further information contact Jodie Davis and her team on 02 6232 6533 or education@ anmf.org.au.
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ANMF federal secretary Lee Thomas said the introduction of any form of co-payment for basic health services will hurt communities nationwide. “We support the AMA’s position that there be no cuts to the Medicare patient rebate, but the ANMF’s view on co-payments remains unchanged – we strongly oppose any form of a user pays scheme for basic health services,” Ms Thomas said in a statement. “The AMA, like the government, talks about sending a ‘price signal’ but out-of-pocket costs are already far too high and the introduction of co-payments will only shift further cost burden on to individual patients – and that’s not the answer.
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Parkinson’s nurse covers medication management By Karen Keast
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“The emphasis is that the patients’ knowledge is empowerment - that they need to know what their medications are, when they should take them, why they are taking them. “They need to be really informed.” Originally from New Zealand, Ms Jones works with Victorian neurologist Richard Peppard, supporting patients from diagnosis to advanced management and has a particular interest in deep brain stimulation surgery. Ms Jones, who started the first multidisciplinary clinic for movement disorders at Eastern Health in 1998 and was the first Parkinson’s nurse in the community in 2000, says she loves the variety of working as a Parkinson’s nurse. “I call it a designer disease because every person is totally different in how they react to the medications and what medications they need,” she says. “I also find that for people with a chronic condition, they are an amazing group of people who really, really appreciate the support of a Parkinson’s nurse because it’s so rare that they have access to it. “It’s also the excitement of seeing the ability to change someone’s life because often that’s what it does.” The seminar will feature streams for health professionals as well as people living with Parkinson’s. For more information visit www.parkinsonsvic.org.au
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Australia’s first allied health prescribing training A pioneering training program designed to enable allied health prescribing has been launched in Queensland. The initiative aims to pave the way for a radical transformation of how health care is delivered to the community. By Karen Keast Thirteen physiotherapists and 10 pharmacists are participating in the nation’s first allied health education and training program for prescribing. The Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has created the Allied Health Prescribing Training program as part of a Queensland Health initiative that aims to introduce models of care featuring allied health prescribing. It comes after the final report from the Ministerial Taskforce on Health Practitioner Expanded Scope of Practice this year outlined a number of evidence-based models of care that expand the scope of practice of allied health professionals, in a bid to address the community’s health care needs. The report states allied health professionals working in full scope and extended scope roles will not only be cost-effective but will also reduce waiting times in emergency departments and for specialist and surgical appointments, improve patient flow, and maintain and even boost patient satisfaction while achieving positive clinical outcomes.
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With the move to podiatry prescribing and QUT’s prescribing course for podiatrists being delivered for the first time this year, QUT was also selected to develop the allied health training program that’s aligned to the NPS Medicinewise Prescribing Competencies Framework as part of the initiative. Queensland Health, through the Allied Health Profession’s Office of Queensland (AHPOQ) has offered scholarship funding to Queensland Health employees, who also had to demonstrate support from within their hospital and health service for the implementation of the prescribing model as part of a research trial. Professor Lisa Nissen, the head of QUT’s School of Clinical Sciences, says the training is similar to a corporate education program, not an award course, that’s been specifically designed for the Queensland Health initiative. “I have set it up like a course but we can’t at this point give them an award, in the future we would like to be able to give people credit for having undertaken it,” she says. “Because we are running it for the purpose of the pilot for Queensland Health it’s like a high level corporate education program that has been mapped to the NPS competencies.” Professor Nissen says the program, which she assisted in developing as part of an interdisciplinary team of health professionals, consists of two units - clinical therapeutics for prescribers, and prescribing and quality use of medicines.
The program, a mixture of online learning and interactive seminar teleconferences, also involves 120 hours of learning in practice. A former hospital pharmacist and current Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) Queensland branch president, Professor Nissen says most participants are expected to complete the program by March next year. “We believe that we’ve created a very robust program that will create very well prepared people and already it’s challenged the physios,” she says. “It’s challenged them because they have had to look at drugs other than the handful that they thought they’d have to. “That’s what it’s supposed to do - it’s supposed to challenge people to think about the accountability and responsibility that comes with being a prescriber and we don’t apologise for that.” A Department of Health spokesperson says the program will enable the group of allied health professionals to undertake prescribing trials within a research framework, subject to approval by a Human Research Ethics Committee. “All allied health professionals undertaking prescribing as part of a trial will have an identified medical officer who will provide support and supervision,” the spokesperson says. “When prescribing is currently not part of the scope of practice of the allied health profession, credentialing will be required by the local hospital and health service. “Extending the scope of practice for allied health professionals may be pursued where it enhances the patient journey or improves patient experience and will relate to specific contexts.” Professor Nissen says physiotherapists will trial prescribing in emergency departments in the area of musculoskeletal conditions, where the evidence for practice is strong, while pharmacists will trial prescribing across a range of areas.
“It’s very obvious sort of scope of practice in emergency departments for physiotherapists where you are looking at not your high trauma categories but sort of those cases that take quite a bit of time in emergency,” she says. “They could be dealt with by people who have skill sets specifically to manage that kind of presentation, acknowledging that if they could add prescribing for things, like analgesics, that that could free up spaces in emergency departments for some of those other cases to come through. “For pharmacy, it’s a different sort of mix and we have previously piloted pharmacists prescribing inside Queensland Health in preadmission clinic and also in a HIV outpatients clinic on the Gold Coast. “Pharmacists are more aligned to medicines’ use as a profession, you can see areas like emergency for chronic disease patients, pre-admission clinic, chronic disease outpatient clinics, some in oncology, geriatrics - so it’s a broader mix of models of care that pharmacy is interested in prescribing a pilot model for.” Professor Nissen hopes the training program will form the basis for future courses in allied health prescribing. “We intend on integrating these courses into our postgrad program so that people could do them as actual enrolled units for award that is our plan,” she says. “In a way, it provides the opportunity for us to consolidate things that we’ve learnt and developed in other areas and tailor them to the allied health space. “It could be speech pathologists, it could be dietitians, psychologists, diabetes educators,” she says. “There’s an eclectic mix that are on the cusp of wanting to play in this space and we need to have a robust course that can accommodate any of those.”
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Ambulance tracking service launched By Karen Keast Queenslanders can now pinpoint almost exactly where their paramedics and ambulances are, all at the click of a button. In an Australian first, the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) has launched an online availability map in a bid to show the public real time tracking of the state’s fleet of more than 1000 ambulances. The tracking tool, running on the QAS website via Facebook and Twitter, displays ambulance locations in the far northern, northern, central, north coast, Brisbane, south eastern and south western regions of the state. Directly linked to the Emergency Services Computer Aided Dispatch system, it shows the total number of vehicles available, and maps the location of frontline operational response vehicles and supervisor response vehicles. It also details the number of busy vehicles as well as how many are performing patient handovers at hospitals but doesn’t display those vehicles on the map due to patient confidentiality. The tracking tool uses Integrated Real-Time Operational Ambulance Management (iROAM) software, developed by QAS and first launched at the service three years ago. Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the QAS is embracing technology and social media for the benefit of the public and better workforce management. “Government should be open and accountable, and now for the first time anyone can see exactly how many ambulances are available at a given time across the state,” he said in a statement. “Families want to know that if they have an emergency, an ambulance will be available and this is now possible.
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“If there is pressure on the ambulance service, that information will also be freely available,” he added. “We promised at the election to restore accountability and we also promised to revitalise frontline services.” QAS commissioner Russell Bowles said the tracking tool should also put an end to any confusion around ambulance availability. “One of the biggest misconceptions is that when there are ambulances dropping patients at a hospital, there are none available to respond to other emergencies,” he said. “Use of the QAS social media stream has more than doubled in the past six months. We can use this tool to dispel some of the myths.”
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Medication pilot for pharmacists, RDNS nurses and GPs Community pharmacists and GPs will work with Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) nurses in a Victorian pilot project that aims to improve medication self-management among older patients. The Quality Use of Medicines project will target older people taking multiple medications in a bid to reduce medication errors, hospital admissions and re-admissions. It comes as figures show more than 50 per cent of medication errors take place during care transitions and up to 15 per cent of hospital admissions in older people are medication related. Pharmacy Guild Victorian branch president Anthony Tassone said the project aims to improve the medication reconciliation process. “What they’ve found through research is when a patient transitions care, so goes from the hospital to the community when they’ve been discharged, there is a risk of errors with their medication or a discrepancy,” he says. “They’ve found if a health professional, let’s say a pharmacist, intervenes to provide a medication reconciliation and reconciles what they should be on based on the discharge and the involvement of district nurses who do home visits, they can reduce the rate of re-admissions to hospital.” The project will support GP referrals to community pharmacists to access medication reconciliation services, and encourage GPs to work with patients and community pharmacists to ensure GP records reconcile against patients’ records It will also develop health literacy for older patients on quality use of medicines and implement a re-call function six to 12 months after the initial medication reconciliation to assess any changes.
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Mr Tassone said up to 100 patients in a high-risk target group, who take more than seven medications, will be the focus of the pilot but he said details, including which pharmacies will be involved, what geographic area the project will cover, and when the pilot will begin, are still being finalised. He said the project is vital for older patients and an important step forward for the pharmacy profession. “What it means is the opportunity to play a specific role in using our skills as medicine experts to intervene for patient benefit, and hopefully be remunerated for our skills and expertise in things that we do every day, but in a structured and coordinated way that can be consistent and ongoing,” he said. “Also, it provides another opportunity to work with other health professionals, doctors and nurses, in a team environment to deliver great patient outcomes.” The Health Innovation and Reform Council (HIRC) recommended the project which has been funded by the Victorian Department of Health with in-kind contributions of staff through the Pharmacy Guild of Australia Victorian branch and the RDNS. RDNS Victoria general manager Fiona Hearn said new approaches are needed to support older people living in the community, who are taking more medications than ever before. “RDNS’ home nursing and support services are integral to the well-being of many thousands of older people every day, especially in assisting them to manage their medicines safely,” she said. “The aims of this project are in line with our commitment to investigate and implement new practices which safely enhance the independence and capacity of older people.”
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