Check in with your lungs
March 18, 2014
The Lung Foundation Australia
has launched a campaign to
encourage people to check their
lung health, with pharmacist
training available online.
The three month campaign,
called ‘Check in with your Lungs’
involves an online lung health
checklist, which can be accessed
via touchscreen units and iPads at
more than 700 pharmacies around
the country.
The pharmacy program included
online training, webinars, access
to COPD screening devices and
promotional materials, developed
in consultation with COPD experts,
community pharmacists and
representative bodies including the
Pharmacy Guild of Australia, the
Australian College of Pharmacy,
the Pharmaceutical Society of
Australia and the Society of
Hospital Pharmacists of Australia,
the Foundation said.
“This online training helps
pharmacists to educate and
motivate patients... encouraging
them to engage in selfmanagement.
“Pharmacists do more for
people with lung disease than just
dispensing their medicines.
Pharmacists could check inhaler
technique, identify quality use of
medicines and help people in the
community to identify their risk
factors and symptoms, Allan said.
Participating in the COPD training
program would help increase
pharmacists’ knowledge and
confidence about COPD, she said.
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